Gabelli Funds LLC Has $10.33 Million Stock Position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Gabelli Funds LLC increased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 14.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 48,227 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,262 shares during the period. Gabelli Funds LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $10,328,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 61.0% during the third quarter. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. now owns 161 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. Aviso Financial Inc. grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 400.0% during the third quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the period. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 100.0% during the third quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 200 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA grew its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 74.1% in the third quarter. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA now owns 235 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock opened at $414.05 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $282.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $242.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $675.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 135.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 2.40. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $107.67 and a 12 month high of $469.21. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.The business had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.96 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 EPS for the current year.

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• Neutral Sentiment: AMD is still being compared favorably with Nvidia, but some analysts say the valuation already reflects a lot of optimism, which may limit near-term upside. AMD: Priced Like A Leader, Operating In Nvidia’s Shadow
• Negative Sentiment: Some traders are warning that semiconductors have become a crowded trade, raising the risk of pullbacks if AI enthusiasm cools or money rotates out of chip stocks. Nvidia, AMD Bulls Beware — Wall Street’s Most Crowded Trade Just Flashed A Sell Warning
• Negative Sentiment: AMD also faced some short-term pressure from broader chip-sector weakness and investor caution after a strong multiweek run, which may be contributing to today’s softer trading. Nasdaq Finishes Lower. The Chip Stock Selloff Gathers Steam.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $444.39, for a total value of $10,832,450.64. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 105,222 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,759,604.58. This trade represents a 18.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 31,320 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $10,962,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,236,037 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $432,612,950. This represents a 2.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 309,598 shares of company stock valued at $105,644,316 over the last ninety days. 0.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group raised Advanced Micro Devices from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $240.00 to $450.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $579.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $345.00 to $505.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. DA Davidson raised their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer cut Advanced Micro Devices from a “market perform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have issued a Buy rating and twelve have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Advanced Micro Devices currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $410.00.

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.