Research Analysts Set Expectations for AMD FY2025 Earnings

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) – Equities research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Advanced Micro Devices in a research note issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C. Muse anticipates that the semiconductor manufacturer will post earnings of $4.11 per share for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $180.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Advanced Micro Devices’ current full-year earnings is $2.54 per share.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.92. The company had revenue of $6.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.71 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 7.52% and a return on equity of 6.62%. Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue was up 17.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.53 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $180.00 price target (down previously from $200.00) on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. UBS Group reduced their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $210.00 to $205.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $205.00 to $165.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Citigroup reduced their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $200.00 to $175.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Bank of America downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $180.00 to $155.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $176.33.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of AMD opened at $122.84 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 2.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $128.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of $144.12. Advanced Micro Devices has a 52-week low of $114.41 and a 52-week high of $227.30. The company has a market capitalization of $199.35 billion, a PE ratio of 110.67, a P/E/G ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 1.66.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices

In related news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 80,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $143.87, for a total value of $11,509,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 3,566,762 shares in the company, valued at approximately $513,150,048.94. The trade was a 2.19 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 40,540 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $141.67, for a total value of $5,743,301.80. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 293,347 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $41,558,469.49. This trade represents a 12.14 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 197,036 shares of company stock valued at $28,165,821. Corporate insiders own 0.73% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Advanced Micro Devices

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Tempus Wealth Planning LLC grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 44.3% in the fourth quarter. Tempus Wealth Planning LLC now owns 5,702 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $689,000 after purchasing an additional 1,750 shares in the last quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 8.9% in the 4th quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,708 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $206,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. Blodgett Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. Blodgett Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,257 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $756,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 94,698 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $11,439,000 after acquiring an additional 2,020 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GDS Wealth Management lifted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 9.0% during the fourth quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 88,136 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $10,646,000 after purchasing an additional 7,253 shares during the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. It operates through Data Center, Client, Gaming, and Embedded segments. The company offers x86 microprocessors and graphics processing units (GPUs) as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, data center, and professional GPUs; and embedded processors, and semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products, microprocessor and SoC development services and technology, data processing unites, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), and adaptive SoC products.