Research Analysts Set Expectations for AMD FY2025 Earnings

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) – Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C. Muse now forecasts that the semiconductor manufacturer will earn $3.76 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $4.11. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Overweight” rating and a $180.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Advanced Micro Devices’ current full-year earnings is $2.54 per share.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by ($0.19). Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 6.62% and a net margin of 7.52%.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $175.00 to $129.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. HSBC reaffirmed a “reduce” rating and set a $110.00 price target (down from $200.00) on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $200.00 to $162.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Bank of America reduced their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $155.00 to $135.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating, twenty have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $161.30.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

Shares of AMD opened at $110.16 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $178.77 billion, a PE ratio of 99.24, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $124.53 and a 200-day moving average price of $140.39. 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 has a fifty-two week low of $106.50 and a fifty-two week high of $227.30.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Advanced Micro Devices news, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 76,496 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.66, for a total transaction of $10,912,919.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 3,566,762 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $508,834,266.92. This trade represents a 2.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.73% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of AMD. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 124.6% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 155 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 86 shares during the period. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Global Wealth Strategies & Associates acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter valued at $32,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.