Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Shares Down 1.3% – Should You Sell?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) shares were down 1.3% on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $194.88 and last traded at $199.45. Approximately 35,686,457 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 11% from the average daily volume of 40,118,910 shares. The stock had previously closed at $202.07.

Advanced Micro Devices News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: AMD signed a multi‑year AI infrastructure deal with Meta, a marquee customer win that underpins revenue visibility for AI data‑center deployments and likely fueled earlier upside in the stock. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Signs Multi-Year Meta AI Deal
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street sentiment remains constructive: Piper Sandler, Jefferies and other firms reiterated bullish views and high price targets (median targets elevated), supporting longer‑term optimism even amid short‑term volatility. Piper Sandler and Jefferies Stay Bullish on AMD After Meta Deal
• Positive Sentiment: AMD expanded its Ryzen AI 400 Series and PRO chips (Copilot+ support, up to ~60 TOPS), strengthening its AI PC roadmap and diversifying AI compute exposure beyond datacenter GPUs. This product momentum supports the AI growth narrative. AMD Expands AI Portfolio With New Ryzen Chips
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader industry themes—CPUs regaining data‑center relevance—are supportive for AMD’s CPU business, but timing/realized demand for CPU-based AI workloads remains uncertain. This is a structural tailwind rather than an immediate catalyst. CPUs are back en vogue in the data center
• Negative Sentiment: A Bloomberg report that the U.S. may impose new export‑approval rules for advanced AI chips sparked renewed downside risk for AMD (and peers) by raising the prospect of restricted sales to key markets and additional compliance/market access costs. That regulatory overhang pressured shares intraday. Nvidia and AMD Stocks Drop after Report of New U.S. Rules Requiring Approval for AI Chip Exports
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive/market dynamics: fresh Nvidia GPU order flow and headlines about Nvidia’s momentum drew investor attention away from AMD at times, contributing to pullbacks despite AMD’s deal flow. This keeps near‑term volatility elevated. AMD Stock Slides as New Nvidia GPU Orders Grab Attention

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on AMD shares. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $210.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Roth Mkm reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Melius Research set a $380.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $290.53.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

The business’s 50-day moving average price is $218.53 and its 200 day moving average price is $208.57. The company has a market capitalization of $325.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 75.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $10.27 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.65 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 12.52% and a return on equity of 8.84%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 34.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.09 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.81, for a total transaction of $4,216,954.50. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 289,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $62,679,337.38. This represents a 6.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,442 shares of the firm’s 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 transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 16,359 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,834,876.78. This represents a 12.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 271,892 shares of company stock valued at $58,476,908 over the last three months. 0.06% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Impax Asset Management Group plc grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 326.5% in the third quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 52,068 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $8,424,000 after acquiring an additional 39,861 shares during the period. Global Retirement Partners LLC bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the second quarter valued at about $4,519,000. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 43.3% in the second quarter. Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 12,245 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,738,000 after purchasing an additional 3,702 shares during the last quarter. Swiss National Bank boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 7.5% in the second quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 4,917,975 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $697,861,000 after purchasing an additional 341,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, New York State Common Retirement Fund increased its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 8.4% during the 2nd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 2,239,239 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $317,748,000 after purchasing an additional 172,745 shares during the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.