Lisa Su Sells 15,000 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Stock

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) CEO Lisa Su sold 15,000 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $480.94, for a total transaction of $7,214,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,102,156 shares in the company, valued at $1,491,950,906.64. This represents a 0.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMD opened at $473.25 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $511.40 and a 200-day moving average price of $375.55. The firm has a market cap of $772.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 121.66 and a beta of 2.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.61 and a quick ratio of 1.91. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1 year low of $149.22 and a 1 year high of $584.73.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.04. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 15.58% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The company had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.31 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.48 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 50.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, JNBA Financial Advisors increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 142.9% in the 2nd quarter. JNBA Financial Advisors now owns 51 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMD has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Wall Street Zen downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 15th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $665.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $550.00 to $620.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Finally, HSBC downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $335.00 to $340.00 in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $546.95.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:

• Positive Sentiment: BMO initiated coverage of AMD with a buy recommendation, adding to bullish Wall Street sentiment toward the semiconductor sector and AMD’s AI opportunity. BMO Buy Ratings for Semiconductor Stocks
• Positive Sentiment: AMD continues to show stronger and more consistent revenue growth than Arm Holdings. Its latest quarter included record revenue of $11.54 billion, up 50.1% year over year, and earnings that exceeded analyst expectations. AMD and Arm Revenue Comparison
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Google may collaborate with AMD on its next-generation TPU could represent a meaningful design win and broaden AMD’s relationships with hyperscalers. Coatue Management’s new position, valued at approximately $55.8 million, also signals institutional interest in the AI trade. Google Reportedly Working With AMD on a TPU
• Neutral Sentiment: AMD is increasingly viewed as Nvidia’s most credible AI-chip challenger, particularly with its Helios platform, but investors remain focused on whether it can narrow Nvidia’s ecosystem and market-share advantages. AMD and Nvidia AI Competition
• Negative Sentiment: Google’s expanding custom-chip program, including its relationship with Marvell, could increase competition for AI-inference workloads. A report that SpaceX selected Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform reinforces concerns that AMD is still losing some high-profile AI infrastructure opportunities. SpaceX Selects Nvidia AI Infrastructure
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Lisa Su and SVP Ava Hahn sold shares totaling roughly $8.7 million. The transactions were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, limiting their signaling value, but the sales may still weigh on sentiment after AMD’s substantial rally. AMD Insider Stock Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a risk: AMD trades at a very high earnings multiple, leaving the stock vulnerable to profit-taking or disappointment if AI growth slows or fails to meet aggressive expectations. AMD Valuation Analysis

About Advanced Micro Devices

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) is a global semiconductor company that designs and sells microprocessors, graphics processors, chipsets and adaptive computing solutions for a broad set of markets. The company’s product portfolio includes consumer and commercial CPUs under the Ryzen and Threadripper brands, data center processors under the EPYC brand, and Radeon graphics processing units for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products for gaming consoles and other specialized applications, and provides supporting software and platform technologies for OEMs, cloud service providers and end users.

Founded in 1969, AMD has evolved from a supplier of logic chips into a diversified, fabless semiconductor designer.