Henson Edgewater Management LLC Takes Position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Henson Edgewater Management LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 22,919 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $11,068,000. Advanced Micro Devices comprises 6.2% of Henson Edgewater Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $5,551,000 after purchasing an additional 29,438 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,001,000 after buying an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 125.1% in the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,344 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $758,000 after buying an additional 2,970 shares in the last quarter. United Bank lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 22.0% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 13,255 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,881,000 after buying an additional 2,392 shares during the period. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 361.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 9,230 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,310,000 after buying an additional 7,228 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.69, for a total transaction of $57,586,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,896,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,334,572,400.31. The trade was a 4.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 28,811 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $471.87, for a total transaction of $13,595,046.57. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,261,461 shares in the company, valued at approximately $595,245,602.07. The trade was a 2.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 232,577 shares of company stock valued at $109,509,170 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Saudi Arabia AI deployment goes live: AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN announced that production AI compute is now operational in Saudi Arabia using AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, EPYC CPUs and Cisco Silicon One networking. The companies plan to expand the project by up to 250 megawatts beginning in 2027, with broader plans potentially reaching 1 gigawatt by 2030. The rollout provides evidence of commercial demand for AMD’s data-center products and expands its international AI footprint. AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN Expand Saudi Arabia’s AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Broader AI infrastructure momentum: Coverage also points to AMD collaborations involving expanded AI networks and a new supercomputer, reinforcing the investment case that the company can capture a portion of the rapidly growing accelerator and data-center market. AMD Stock Rises on New AI Infrastructure and Supercomputer Collaborations
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst-rating support: Wall Street Zen upgraded its rating on AMD, adding a favorable sentiment signal, though the article provides limited detail about the rationale. AMD Stock Rating Upgraded
• Neutral Sentiment: AI sector expectations remain elevated: Micron’s upcoming results could influence sentiment across AI semiconductor stocks. Strong AI demand may help AMD’s sector narrative, but an earnings disappointment could increase volatility throughout the group. Micron Could Be September’s Biggest AI Winner or Loser
• Negative Sentiment: Selling and competitive risks: ARK Invest sold approximately $74.5 million of AMD shares while buying Nvidia and Broadcom, potentially weighing on sentiment. Separately, Nvidia’s expanding chip portfolio highlights intensifying competition for AI workloads. Cathie Wood Sells AMD Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Policy and valuation overhang: Proposed U.S. tariffs on imported semiconductors and components could raise AMD’s supply-chain costs. Insider selling is another near-term confidence concern, while AMD’s high valuation leaves the stock vulnerable if AI growth expectations or execution disappoint. AMD Is Exposed to Proposed US Chip Tariffs

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Up 1.1%

NASDAQ:AMD opened at $470.72 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $504.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $387.43. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $149.22 and a 52-week high of $584.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a current ratio of 2.61. The company has a market cap of $768.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 121.01 and a beta of 2.48.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 12.30% and a net margin of 15.58%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.48 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have weighed in on the company. Truist Financial upped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $478.00 to $594.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Raymond James Financial upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $565.00 to $641.00 in a research note on Tuesday, August 25th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Argus boosted their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $625.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Friday, July 24th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.72.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

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.