Cibc World Market Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)

Cibc World Market Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 1.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 373,369 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after buying an additional 6,766 shares during the period. Cibc World Market Inc.'s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $45,099,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 12.0% during the 3rd quarter. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc now owns 560 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $97,000 after buying an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Effects LLC lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Wealth Effects LLC now owns 9,419 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $1,545,000 after buying an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Jacobsen Capital Management lifted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Jacobsen Capital Management now owns 3,378 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $554,000 after purchasing an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Sigma Investment Counselors Inc. lifted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Sigma Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 1,482 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $243,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bedell Frazier Investment Counselling LLC lifted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. Bedell Frazier Investment Counselling LLC now owns 1,780 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $292,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.34% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Forrest Eugene Norrod sold 40,540 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $141.67, for a total value of $5,743,301.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 293,347 shares in the company, valued at approximately $41,558,469.49. This trade represents a 12.14 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 80,000 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $143.87, for a total value of $11,509,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 3,566,762 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $513,150,048.94. The trade was a 2.19 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 197,036 shares of company stock worth $28,165,821 in the last three months. 0.73% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AMD has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Wolfe Research downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from an "outperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Bank of America downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and cut their target price for the stock from $180.00 to $155.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, UBS Group cut their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $210.00 to $205.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, twenty have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Advanced Micro Devices presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $171.04.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMD opened at $118.86 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $192.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 107.08, a PEG ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.78 and a current ratio of 2.50. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a one year low of $112.80 and a one year high of $227.30. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $126.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $142.09.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.92. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 6.62% and a net margin of 7.52%. The company had revenue of $6.82 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.71 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.53 EPS. Advanced Micro Devices's revenue for the quarter was up 17.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 2.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. It operates through Data Center, Client, Gaming, and Embedded segments. The company offers x86 microprocessors and graphics processing units (GPUs) as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, data center, and professional GPUs; and embedded processors, and semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products, microprocessor and SoC development services and technology, data processing unites, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), and adaptive SoC products.

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