Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) Receives Buy Rating from Benchmark

Benchmark reissued their buy rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) in a research note released on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. Benchmark currently has a $325.00 price target on the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on AMD. China Renaissance began coverage on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $291.00 target price for the company. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Tuesday. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $358.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday. Truist Financial set a $283.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, CICC Research upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Friday, November 7th. 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 data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $290.53.

Advanced Micro Devices Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $210.86 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $219.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $207.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.85. Advanced Micro Devices has a fifty-two week low of $76.48 and a fifty-two week high of $267.08. The company has a market cap of $343.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 79.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.81 and a beta of 1.94.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last announced its quarterly 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. The firm 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%.Advanced Micro Devices’s revenue for the quarter was up 34.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.09 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.14, for a total transaction of $26,892,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 3,277,476 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $705,116,186.64. The trade was a 3.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,450 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.81, for a total value of $4,216,954.50. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 289,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $62,679,337.38. The trade was a 6.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 271,892 shares of company stock worth $58,476,908. 0.06% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Wilkerson Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth $33,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Large, multi‑year Meta contract validates AMD as a hyperscaler AI supplier and supports long‑term data‑center revenue growth; shipments for the first 1GW start H2 2026. AMD shares jump as Meta agrees to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of its AI chips
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple sell‑side firms raised targets or reiterated buys after the announcement, citing meaningful EPS upside from sustained data‑center demand. Analyst bullish note
• Positive Sentiment: Partnerships and ecosystem moves (e.g., Nutanix tying into AMD platforms) broaden customer options and help win hyperscaler and enterprise deployments. Nutanix partnership article
• Neutral Sentiment: Market mechanics: the Meta announcement already caused a strong rally earlier (investors priced in future revenue), so some profit‑taking and rotation are normal after the initial surge. Barchart coverage of market reaction
• Negative Sentiment: Deal structure includes performance‑based warrants that could allow Meta to acquire up to ~10% of AMD, creating dilution risk and a “circular” financing concern that some investors and analysts flagged. Fortune on warrants and potential stake
• Negative Sentiment: Execution and competition risk remain: scaling multi‑GW deployments, meeting hyperscaler specs, and ongoing rivalry with Nvidia (and its upcoming systems) keep downside risk if AMD stumbles on delivery, margin or performance. Zacks analysis on competition & execution
• Negative Sentiment: Retail/income products tied to AMD (e.g., an AMD options‑income ETF) can attract yield‑seeking flows but carry strategy and tracking‑risk that could amplify volatility for the stock. 24/7 Wall St. on AMDY ETF risks

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.