KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp Purchases Shares of 4,840 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund acquired 4,840 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $783,000. Advanced Micro Devices comprises approximately 1.1% of KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest holding.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 0.9% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 155,997,751 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $25,238,876,000 after purchasing an additional 1,348,892 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.4% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 73,824,441 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $11,944,056,000 after buying an additional 1,755,182 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the second quarter worth about $3,094,662,000. Amundi increased its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 17.5% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 13,486,227 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $2,181,937,000 after acquiring an additional 2,012,865 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 6.5% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,348,413 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $2,159,640,000 after acquiring an additional 813,844 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMD has been the topic of several research analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $210.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $260.00 to $255.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $230.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Monday. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $290.53.

Advanced Micro Devices News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Samsung MoU expands strategic ties for AI memory supply and explores foundry cooperation — strengthens AMD’s supply chain access for high‑bandwidth memory and could ease capacity constraints for Instinct accelerators. Samsung Elec and AMD sign MoU
• Positive Sentiment: Celestica collaboration to commercialize the “Helios” rack‑scale AI platform — a route‑to‑market play that pairs AMD Instinct accelerators with systems-level integration and third‑party manufacturing, improving cadence for large cloud customers. Celestica and AMD Announce Collaboration
• Positive Sentiment: Multi‑year IP license and settlement with Adeia removes a legal overhang and grants AMD additional semiconductor IP access — reduces execution risk around product development. AMD Ties Up With Adeia
• Positive Sentiment: Expanded manufacturing tie‑ups (Flex, Celestica) and analyst reiterations keep the AI growth narrative intact — supports capacity scaling for large cloud deployments and underpins bullish price targets from several firms. Assessing Flex Valuation After Expanded AMD Partnership
• Neutral Sentiment: Early RDNA 5 leaks/benchmarks hint at improved GPU performance — potentially positive for graphics and inference, but impact depends on final specs and design wins. Zen 6 / RDNA 5 Leak
• Neutral Sentiment: Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “Sector Perform” rating with a $230 target — not a downgrade but a reminder some analysts see limited near‑term upside relative to elevated valuation. RBC Reaffirms Sector Perform
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Lisa Su sold 85,000 shares (~$16.9M) in early March — part of broader insider selling that can weigh on near‑term sentiment even if driven by diversification or tax planning. SEC filing: Insider Sale SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure from Nvidia (GTC product roadmap, Vera Rubin platform, new chips) and macro volatility (oil‑driven market swings) keep execution and margin risk on the table — a potential drag if Nvidia announcements translate into faster customer adoption. Nvidia GTC 2026 Coverage

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 7,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.87, for a total transaction of $1,536,525.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 129,598 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,550,742.26. This trade represents a 5.47% decrease in their position. The transaction 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 Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Friday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.42, for a total transaction of $572,453.64. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 16,359 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,834,876.78. The trade was a 12.99% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 239,392 shares of company stock worth $50,016,383. Company insiders own 0.06% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $196.31 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $320.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 74.08, a P/E/G ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.98. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $215.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of $210.87. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $76.48 and a 52-week high of $267.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.85 and a quick ratio of 2.01.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $10.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.65 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 8.84% and a net margin of 12.52%.The firm’s revenue was up 34.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.09 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.