Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $1.05 Billion Stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 6.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,142,516 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 291,165 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $1,045,954,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Joseph Group Capital Management bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Finally, Main Street Group LTD acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the first quarter valued at approximately $33,000. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $444.39, for a total transaction of $10,832,450.64. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 105,222 shares in the company, valued at $46,759,604.58. The trade was a 18.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 19,487 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $431.40, for a total transaction of $8,406,691.80. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 324,527 shares in the company, valued at approximately $140,000,947.80. The trade was a 5.66% 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. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 341,630 shares of company stock worth $152,147,456. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $700.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, William Blair began coverage on Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Thursday, July 9th. They issued a “market perform” rating for the company. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell 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 $468.65.

Key Headlines Impacting Advanced Micro Devices

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

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains constructive on AMD, with KeyCorp reiterating an Overweight rating and a $725 price target, while other firms like Erste Group also raised forward earnings estimates. This supports the view that AMD’s longer-term AI and data-center growth story remains intact. AMD analyst and earnings estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Investors are looking ahead to AMD’s Advancing AI 2026 event next week, where analysts expect new AI products, customer wins, and potentially major partnership news. Some reports say the event could include updates that improve sentiment around AMD’s AI opportunity and competitive position versus Nvidia. AMD Advancing AI event article
• Neutral Sentiment: AMD’s recent quarter showed strong fundamentals, with revenue up 37.8% year over year to about $10.3 billion. That provides a supportive backdrop, but it has not been enough to offset the market’s current risk-off mood toward chip stocks. AMD quarterly revenue background
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment was also hurt by a report that Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster sold 6,000 shares, adding to an already heavy pattern of insider selling. Over the past six months, AMD insiders have made 100 open-market sales and no purchases, which can make some investors cautious. AMD insider sale article
• Negative Sentiment: Broader market coverage described AMD as part of a semiconductor rout, with traders taking profits after a strong run in AI stocks. That rotation is the main reason AMD shares are weaker today, even though the company’s long-term AI narrative remains intact. Chipmaker rout article

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

NASDAQ AMD opened at $495.76 on Monday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $149.22 and a 12 month high of $584.73. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $503.89 and a 200-day moving average of $330.45. The company has a market cap of $808.39 billion, a PE ratio of 162.54, a PEG ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 2.47.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The business had revenue of $10.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.96 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.