Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) Holdings Lifted by TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 32.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 136,011 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after purchasing an additional 33,295 shares during the quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.'s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $16,429,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 150,210,152 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $18,143,884,000 after purchasing an additional 1,441,626 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 35,079,256 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $4,224,840,000 after acquiring an additional 835,413 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 24,086,020 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $2,909,350,000 after acquiring an additional 290,784 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at $2,867,193,000. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 23.3% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 11,859,744 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $1,432,538,000 after purchasing an additional 2,238,866 shares in the last quarter. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

NASDAQ AMD traded up $2.18 on Friday, reaching $96.65. 28,464,135 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 42,807,704. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $76.48 and a 12 month high of $187.28. The company has a market cap of $156.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 97.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.89. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $99.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $121.42. The company has a quick ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.07. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 7.42% and a net margin of 6.36%. As a group, research analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on AMD shares. Morgan Stanley set a $137.00 price target on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $140.00 to $110.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $125.00 to $95.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Summit Insights upgraded Advanced Micro Devices to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating, seventeen have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $140.57.

Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices

In other news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 17,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.47, for a total transaction of $1,670,725.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 1,713,710 shares of the company's stock, valued at $163,607,893.70. The trade was a 1.01 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Philip Guido purchased 4,645 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 7th. The stock was bought at an average price of $107.56 per share, with a total value of $499,616.20. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 33,522 shares in the company, valued at $3,605,626.32. This trade represents a 16.09 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Company insiders own 0.06% of the company's stock.

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.