Thornburg Investment Management Inc. Sells 38,143 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

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Thornburg Investment Management Inc. cut its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 31.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 84,425 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 38,143 shares during the period. Thornburg Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $49,043,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of AMD. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Graney & King LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the first quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Main Street Group LTD bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the first quarter worth about $33,000. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Jean X. Hu sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $474.08, for a total value of $7,111,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 160,979 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $76,316,924.32. This trade represents a 8.52% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,993 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $488.69, for a total transaction of $1,462,649.17. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 26,623 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,010,393.87. This trade represents a 10.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 232,577 shares of company stock worth $109,509,170. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of AMD opened at $459.61 on Wednesday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $149.22 and a 52-week high of $584.73. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $502.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $389.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a current ratio of 2.61. The stock has a market capitalization of $750.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 118.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.87 and a beta of 2.48.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 12.30% and a net margin of 15.58%.The firm had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.31 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.48 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 50.1% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on AMD shares. Roth Capital raised their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $500.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $478.00 to $594.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Seaport Research Partners upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $430.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Susquehanna boosted their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $450.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.72.

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Key Headlines Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

  • Positive Sentiment: AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN said AMD Instinct MI355X-based AI infrastructure is now live and serving customers in Saudi Arabia. The partners plan up to 250 megawatts of additional capacity beginning in 2027, potentially scaling to 1 gigawatt by 2030. The deployment provides tangible evidence of commercial AI demand for AMD’s GPUs and CPUs. AMD’s Instinct Systems Are Now Live in Saudi Arabia
  • Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain broadly constructive, with a reported median price target of $490 and several targets above $600. Recent commentary also highlights AMD’s strong AI growth prospects and the possibility that optimization advances could make AMD-based inference systems more competitive with Nvidia’s offerings. AMD Stock Is Up 115% YTD
  • Neutral Sentiment: AMD’s recent results remain a fundamental support: quarterly revenue rose about 50% year over year to $11.5 billion and exceeded expectations. However, investors are weighing that growth against a high valuation after the stock’s substantial advance.
  • Negative Sentiment: A global bond selloff pushed long-term yields higher, pressuring high-multiple technology and semiconductor stocks. AMD declined alongside Nvidia, Intel and other chipmakers, indicating sector-wide risk reduction rather than a company-specific setback. Semiconductor Stocks Slide as Yields Rise
  • Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns are intensifying. Analysts question how much upside remains after AMD’s rapid rally, while tightening export controls and competition from Nvidia’s expanding edge-to-cloud ecosystem could limit future gains. AMD: There’s Little Upside Here
  • Negative Sentiment: ARK Invest reportedly sold tens of millions of dollars of AMD shares while reallocating capital toward Nvidia and Broadcom. The move may reinforce short-term profit-taking concerns, although it represents one fund’s portfolio decision rather than a change in AMD’s fundamentals. Cathie Wood Sells AMD and Buys Another Chip Stock

Advanced Micro Devices 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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