Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Raised to Hold at DA Davidson

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) was upgraded by stock analysts at DA Davidson to a “hold” rating in a report issued on Friday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other analysts also recently commented on the stock. China Renaissance assumed coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $291.00 price objective on the stock. Raymond James Financial initiated coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Thursday, November 20th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $377.00 price target on the stock. Loop Capital set a $290.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $235.00 target price on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Phillip Securities raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Sunday, February 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $288.17.

Advanced Micro Devices Trading Up 0.7%

NASDAQ:AMD opened at $207.32 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $338.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 78.23, a PEG ratio of 0.78 and a beta of 1.94. The company has a current ratio of 2.85, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. Advanced Micro Devices has a 12 month low of $76.48 and a 12 month high of $267.08. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $221.32 and a 200-day simple moving average of $206.09.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $10.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 quarterly revenue was up 34.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.09 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,442 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.42, for a total value of $572,453.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 16,359 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,834,876.78. This represents a 12.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.36, for a total value of $26,795,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 3,152,476 shares in the company, valued at $675,764,755.36. The trade was a 3.81% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 291,342 shares of company stock worth $62,938,155. Corporate insiders own 0.06% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cordoba Advisory Partners LLC acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth $396,000. Burton Enright Welch acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at about $205,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 3.9% during the 4th quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 143,038 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $30,633,000 after acquiring an additional 5,418 shares during the last quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 19.4% in the fourth quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC now owns 444 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $95,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares during the period. Finally, 360 Financial Inc. increased its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. 360 Financial Inc. now owns 1,590 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $341,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Arista Networks’ CEO said her firm is shifting workloads away from Nvidia toward AMD (now ~20–25% AMD vs. ~99% Nvidia a year ago), a near-term enterprise validation that likely helped demand expectations for AMD’s data-center chips. Nvidia’s stock is down and AMD is up. The culprit may be Arista.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and coverage note AMD is gaining PC and server processor share from Intel, reinforcing revenue upside in CPUs which supports margins and data-center momentum. AMD Taking PC, Server Market Share From Intel
• Positive Sentiment: Leaked windows for AMD’s next‑gen GPU release lifted sentiment around product cadence and future AI/graphics revenue. Timelines can re-rate expectations for the GPU roadmap. AMD Stock Gains Alongside Leaked Next-Gen GPU Release Window
• Positive Sentiment: Reports flag AMD’s aggressive data-center growth targets (big expansion plans and revenue goals), which supports the investment case for continued server share gains and AI exposure. AMD Quality Score Surges On 60% Annual Data Center Expansion Bet To Drive AI Dominance
• Neutral Sentiment: Aggregate analyst/forecast summaries show mixed views — momentum in 2025–26 is strong but valuation and AI competition create divergent price targets. Advanced Micro Devices Stock Forecast: Trending Views From Analysts
• Neutral Sentiment: Options-market commentary and short‑interest data items have produced noise; some derivatives flows suggest traders are pricing continued volatility around AI narratives. Options Markets Fires Warning Shot at Advanced Micro Devices Stock (AMD)
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Lisa Su sold 125,000 shares (~$26.8M) on Feb. 11, trimming her position by ~3.8% — insider selling can be viewed as a near-term headwind for sentiment. SEC filing — Lisa T. Su Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: EVP Forrest Norrod also sold shares (~19,450 shares, ~$4.2M) on Feb. 11, another insider sale that may weigh on sentiment when paired with the CEO sale. SEC filing — Forrest E. Norrod Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Quiver/13F estimates show Wells Fargo’s fund materially trimmed AMD exposure in the most recent filing period, signaling some institutional repositioning away from the name. Fund Update: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY|MN Just Disclosed New Holdings
• Negative Sentiment: Some analysts warn AMD lags in networking and software stack areas, which could be a medium-term headwind if competitors strengthen integrated offerings. AMD is falling behind, warns this analyst who says other chip stocks are better bets

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.