Victory Capital Management Inc. Lowers Stock Holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)

Victory Capital Management Inc. trimmed its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 11.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,234,926 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 167,088 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. owned about 0.08% of Advanced Micro Devices worth $149,167,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of AMD. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Global Wealth Strategies & Associates purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, Compass Financial Services Inc purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter worth approximately $39,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.34% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Philip Guido purchased 4,645 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 7th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $107.56 per share, with a total value of $499,616.20. Following the completion of the acquisition, the executive vice president now owns 33,522 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,605,626.32. This represents a 16.09 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.73% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Roth Capital set a $140.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $150.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Loop Capital started coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. They set a "buy" rating and a $175.00 target price for the company. Melius Research reissued a "hold" rating and set a $129.00 target price (down previously from $160.00) on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, nineteen 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 company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $155.83.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Up 0.9 %

NASDAQ:AMD opened at $101.67 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $164.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 102.70, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.65. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 1-year low of $95.89 and a 1-year high of $227.30. The company's fifty day moving average price is $115.41 and its 200-day moving average price is $135.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.62 and a quick ratio of 1.83.

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

About Advanced Micro Devices

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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