Long Walk Management LP Acquires New Stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Long Walk Management LP bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 200,000 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $32,358,000. Advanced Micro Devices accounts for about 6.5% of Long Walk Management LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest holding.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% in the 3rd quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares in the last quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 39.7% during the third quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 162 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Pinney & Scofield Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 81.0% in the second quarter. Pinney & Scofield Inc. now owns 190 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares during the period. Avion Wealth grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 49.3% in the second quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 218 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Signature Resources Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 170.4% during the 3rd quarter. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC now owns 219 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 138 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $207.32 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market cap of $338.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 78.23, a PEG ratio of 0.78 and a beta of 1.94. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $221.05 and its 200-day moving average price is $206.50. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $76.48 and a 52-week high of $267.08.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.21. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 12.52% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The company had revenue of $10.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.65 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.09 earnings per share. Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue was up 34.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.36, for a total transaction of $26,795,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 3,152,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $675,764,755.36. This represents a 3.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,442 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.42, for a total value of $572,453.64. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 16,359 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,834,876.78. This trade represents a 12.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 291,342 shares of company stock worth $62,938,155 in the last ninety days. 0.06% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on AMD shares. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $288.17.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street bullish — several analyst notes argue AMD has roughly 40% upside thanks to accelerating data-center and PC demand, underpinning renewed buy-side conviction. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic India expansion — AMD and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will deploy a 200MW Helios rack-scale AI architecture in India to support large-scale AI training/inference for enterprises and sovereign AI initiatives, broadening AMD’s addressable AI market outside the U.S. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Deepening Tata alliance — coverage highlights AMD’s push to challenge NVIDIA in India via a deeper AI alliance with Tata, which could accelerate adoption of AMD inference/training platforms in a fast-growing market. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades / consensus — AMD received a DA Davidson upgrade and an overall “moderate buy” consensus from analysts, supporting momentum in the stock. Upgrades can attract flows and lift short-term sentiment. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional & thematic interest — inclusion in AI stock roundups and ownership by sustainability-focused funds highlights demand from thematic and ESG investors who favor AMD for digital infrastructure exposure. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Comparative analysis — industry write-ups compare AMD vs. peers (e.g., Navitas, NVIDIA), noting AMD’s strong data-center growth and valuation dynamics; useful context but not an immediate catalyst. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data appears to be an anomaly — a reported “increase” showed zero shares and NaN changes, indicating a likely reporting error; no clear short-squeeze signal from this data. (data item)
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — CEO insider sales totaling roughly $26.8M were reported; while insider sales don’t always indicate long-term trouble, they can weigh on near-term sentiment and be used by bears as a caution. Read More.

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.