Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC Takes Position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,063 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $496,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 178.2% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 45,956 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $5,551,000 after purchasing an additional 29,438 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 8,283 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,001,000 after buying an additional 234 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 125.1% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,344 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $758,000 after buying an additional 2,970 shares during the period. United Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 22.0% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 13,255 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,881,000 after buying an additional 2,392 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 361.0% in the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 9,230 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,310,000 after buying an additional 7,228 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently 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: Huge multi‑year customer win: Meta committed to deploy up to 6GW of AMD GPUs across multiple generations, potentially worth tens of billions and giving Meta an option on a stake in AMD — clear commercial validation for AMD’s MI450 / Helios roadmap. AMD clinches second mega chip supply deal, this time with Meta (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic significance versus Nvidia: the Meta deal — coming after Meta’s expanded Nvidia tie — signals hyperscalers are diversifying suppliers, boosting AMD’s market positioning in AI infrastructure. Meta strikes up to $100B AMD chip deal (TechCrunch)
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst / institutional momentum: sell‑side and some shops reiterated bullish views (Evercore cited the Meta deal and OpenAI ties when keeping a positive stance), supporting upgrades and higher targets. AMD Buy Rating Driven by Underappreciated Meta 6GW AI Accelerator Deal (TipRanks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro and market context helped the move — broad tech rebound and heavy trading around AI names and Nvidia’s upcoming earnings amplified AMD flows. Nasdaq Bounces Back After AMD‑Meta Deal (WSJ)
• Neutral Sentiment: High volumes and many differing deal‑size reports (estimates vary across outlets); real revenue recognition will be gradual over multiple years — watch execution and timing. $AMD stock is up 6% today — data snapshot (QuiverQuant)
• Negative Sentiment: Warrant / dilution concerns: some coverage flagged the equity option terms embedded in the deal (potential stake purchase mechanics and warrant pricing), which could raise dilution or governance questions depending on final terms. AMD stock surges after AI chip deal with Meta — worries about warrants (MSN)
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and “buy the news” risk: some commentators warn the rally may be front‑loaded and that execution, margins on rack‑scale products, and competitive responses (pricing/scale from Nvidia) are the next tests. AMD: A Rare Case Of Buying The News (Seeking Alpha)

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on AMD. Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $260.00 to $255.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating and ten have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $289.83.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,442 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 owned 16,359 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $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 is available through this link. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 3,277,476 shares in the company, valued at $705,116,186.64. This trade represents a 3.67% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 271,892 shares of company stock valued at $58,476,908. 0.06% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Up 8.8%

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $213.84 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $76.48 and a twelve month high of $267.08. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company’s 50 day moving average is $219.55 and its 200 day moving average is $207.81. The company has a market cap of $348.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 80.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.94.

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

Advanced Micro Devices 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.