Independence Bank of Kentucky Buys 1,722 Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD

Independence Bank of Kentucky boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMDFree Report) by 7.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 23,495 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,722 shares during the quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $4,780,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Columbia Bank lifted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.7% in the first quarter. Columbia Bank now owns 5,188 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,055,000 after acquiring an additional 34 shares during the period. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 11.0% in the 1st quarter. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. now owns 352 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $72,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Focused Wealth Management Inc lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.7% in the 1st quarter. Focused Wealth Management Inc now owns 1,431 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $291,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the period. James J. Burns & Company LLC boosted its stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. James J. Burns & Company LLC now owns 1,816 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $389,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Private Wealth Management Group LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 24.8% during the first quarter. Private Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 201 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on AMD shares. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $505.00 to $615.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 30th. HSBC lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price target for the company from $335.00 to $340.00 in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Barclays lowered shares of Advanced Micro Devices from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, June 12th. Susquehanna raised their target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Melius Research set a $540.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Monday, May 18th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $458.92.

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Advanced Micro Devices Stock Up 2.0%

Shares of AMD stock opened at $557.89 on Friday. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $141.60 and a fifty-two week high of $584.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $909.70 billion, a PE ratio of 182.92, a P/E/G ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 2.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a current ratio of 2.72. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $491.60 and its 200-day simple moving average is $318.92.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMDGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 13.37% and a return on equity of 9.55%. The firm’s revenue was up 37.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.96 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.15 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total value of $4,502,772.00. Following the sale, the director owned 87,173 shares in the company, valued at $45,504,306. This trade represents a 9.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 24,376 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction dated 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 owned 105,222 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,759,604.58. The trade was a 18.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 374,739 shares of company stock worth $161,135,671. 0.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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Advanced Micro Devices Company 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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