Legacy Capital Group California Inc. Sells 30,007 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Legacy Capital Group California Inc. reduced its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 87.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 4,462 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 30,007 shares during the period. Legacy Capital Group California Inc.’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $908,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth $4,929,312,000. Jennison Associates LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 181.6% in the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 10,910,310 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $2,336,552,000 after purchasing an additional 7,035,991 shares during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,000,783,000. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 335.9% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,847,825 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $784,330,000 after buying an additional 3,735,807 shares during the period. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 340.1% during the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,747,834 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,016,796,000 after buying an additional 3,669,054 shares during the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on AMD. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $500.00 to $700.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 29th. Oppenheimer lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wedbush lifted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $290.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $635.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $325.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $460.95.

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Advanced Micro Devices Trading Down 4.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:AMD opened at $534.39 on Tuesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $141.90 and a 52-week high of $584.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 2.72. The company has a market capitalization of $871.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 175.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $495.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of $321.90.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.96 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Advanced Micro Devices News Summary

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total transaction of $8,406,691.80. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 324,527 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $140,000,947.80. This represents a 5.66% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 31,320 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total transaction of $10,962,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,236,037 shares in the company, valued at $432,612,950. The trade was a 2.47% 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 sold a total of 374,739 shares of company stock valued at $161,135,671 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

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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.

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