D L Carlson Investment Group Inc. Decreases Holdings in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)

D L Carlson Investment Group Inc. lowered its position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) by 59.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 11,114 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 16,031 shares during the period. D L Carlson Investment Group Inc.’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $1,342,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Northeast Financial Consultants Inc raised its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. Northeast Financial Consultants Inc now owns 2,920 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $479,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Abel Hall LLC increased its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 4.6% during the third quarter. Abel Hall LLC now owns 1,855 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $304,000 after acquiring an additional 82 shares during the last quarter. Segment Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Segment Wealth Management LLC now owns 16,038 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,937,000 after acquiring an additional 87 shares during the period. Breakwater Capital Group lifted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Breakwater Capital Group now owns 1,767 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $213,000 after buying an additional 88 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,762 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $575,000 after buying an additional 91 shares during the period. 71.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices

In related news, EVP Philip Guido bought 4,645 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 7th. The stock was bought 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 in the company, valued at approximately $3,605,626.32. This represents a 16.09 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 0.73% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on AMD. HSBC reaffirmed a “reduce” rating and set a $110.00 price objective (down from $200.00) on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Melius Research reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $129.00 price target (down from $160.00) on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. StockNews.com lowered Advanced Micro Devices from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Loop Capital initiated coverage on Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $175.00 price target for the company. Finally, Argus set a $160.00 target price on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating, eighteen have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $152.72.

Advanced Micro Devices Trading Down 3.2 %

NASDAQ AMD opened at $103.22 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $109.39 and its 200 day moving average price is $130.68. 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, Inc. has a 12 month low of $94.73 and a 12 month high of $187.28. The company has a market capitalization of $167.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 104.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.74.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 7.42% and a net margin of 6.36%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.87 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.