Zacks Research Has Negative Outlook for AMD Q1 Earnings

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the semiconductor manufacturer will earn $0.71 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.72. The consensus estimate for Advanced Micro Devices’ current full-year earnings is $3.87 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Advanced Micro Devices’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.10 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.58 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.09 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.57 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. KeyCorp lowered their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $175.00 to $129.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Argus set a $160.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. TD Cowen reduced their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $185.00 to $150.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Mizuho reduced their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $160.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $155.83.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AMD opened at $99.81 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $116.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $136.90. Advanced Micro Devices has a twelve month low of $98.69 and a twelve month high of $227.30. The stock has a market cap of $161.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 100.82, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.65. 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) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.07. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 7.42% and a net margin of 6.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In related news, EVP Philip Guido acquired 4,645 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 7th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $107.56 per share, for a total transaction of $499,616.20. Following the purchase, the executive vice president now directly owns 33,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,605,626.32. This trade represents a 16.09 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 76,496 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.66, for a total value of $10,912,919.36. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 3,566,762 shares in the company, valued at approximately $508,834,266.92. The trade was a 2.10 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.73% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Advanced Micro Devices

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC boosted its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 124.6% during the third quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 155 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 86 shares in the last quarter. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Global Wealth Strategies & Associates bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Greenline Partners LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at about $29,000. Institutional investors own 71.34% 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.