--- title: "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD Shares Sold by Asahi Life Asset Management CO. LTD." type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296871402.md" description: "Asahi Life Asset Management CO. LTD. reduced its AMD holdings by 51.5% in Q2, retaining 2,066 shares valued at $1.2 million. Conversely, other institutions increased positions: Southpoint Capital Advisors raised stakes by 50%, Jefferies Financial Group surged 6,228.8%, and Dimensional Fund Advisors increased by 6%. Additionally, Boomfish Wealth Group LLC and Williamson Legacy Group LLC established new positions. Institutional investors collectively hold 71.34% of AMD stock." datetime: "2026-08-25T07:05:22.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296871402.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296871402.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296871402.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD Shares Sold by Asahi Life Asset Management CO. LTD. Asahi Life Asset Management CO. LTD. decreased its holdings in shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) by 51.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,066 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 2,191 shares during the quarter. Asahi Life Asset Management CO. LTD.'s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $1,200,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Get **Advanced Micro Devices** alerts: - 5 Reasons the S&P 500 Could Keep Rallying Through Year-End A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Southpoint Capital Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices by 50.0% in the first quarter. Southpoint Capital Advisors LP now owns 900,000 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $183,087,000 after acquiring an additional 300,000 shares during the last quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Advanced Micro Devices by 6,228.8% during the fourth quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 308,021 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $65,966,000 after purchasing an additional 303,154 shares during the last quarter. Boomfish Wealth Group LLC purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the first quarter worth approximately $1,193,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 6.0% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 5,142,516 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $1,045,954,000 after purchasing an additional 291,165 shares during the period. Finally, Williamson Legacy Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at $1,118,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.34% of the company's stock. ## Advanced Micro Devices Trading Down 3.5% NASDAQ:AMD opened at $456.74 on Tuesday. The business's 50-day moving average is $509.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $377.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $745.61 billion, a PE ratio of 117.41 and a beta of 2.48. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $149.22 and a 12 month high of $584.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.61 and a quick ratio of 1.91. - Speed Sells: Cerebras Cracks the Silicon Ceiling Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 12.30% and a net margin of 15.58%.The company had revenue of $11.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.31 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.48 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 50.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. ## Key Advanced Micro Devices News Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week: - Positive Sentiment: AMD received a bullish BMO price-target call, with its AI ambitions supported by reported relationships or deals involving Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic. AMD Stock Gets Stunning Price Target From Wall Street - Positive Sentiment: The company is investing more than $10 billion in Taiwan’s advanced-packaging and AI-system manufacturing ecosystem, including its supply-chain relationship with TSMC. The spending is intended to remove capacity constraints and support more than 60% annual data-center revenue growth over the next three to five years. AMD Is Investing More Than $10 Billion in Taiwan - Positive Sentiment: Analysts and fund commentary see AMD as a potential beneficiary of increasingly CPU-intensive AI data centers, broadening the opportunity beyond accelerator chips. Can AMD Win From More CPU-Heavy AI Data Centers? - Neutral Sentiment: AMD raised approximately $4.75 billion through unsecured senior notes and filed to potentially issue additional debt. The financing strengthens its ability to fund AI infrastructure, but also adds interest obligations and raises questions about capital efficiency. The appointment of Citi executive Tim Ryan to the board may bolster financial and strategic expertise. AMD Debt Raise and Taiwan AI Push - Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor stocks sold off broadly ahead of Nvidia’s August 26 earnings release. Investors appear to be de-risking accelerator exposure because Nvidia’s results or outlook could reset expectations for the entire AI-chip trade. Intel and AMD Decline in Chip Sell-Off - Negative Sentiment: AMD’s roughly $745 billion market capitalization and elevated price-to-earnings ratio leave the stock vulnerable to profit-taking when sentiment toward high-growth AI companies weakens. Concerns about competition from Nvidia and newer challengers such as Cerebras add to the pressure. Cerebras Revenue Surges and Implications for AMD ## Analysts Set New Price Targets - Uncle Sam’s Chip Trick: How the Government Built a Silicon Moat Several analysts have recently issued reports on AMD shares. BMO Capital Markets assumed coverage on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Thursday. They set an "outperform" rating and a $550.00 price objective for the company. Raymond James Financial assumed coverage on Advanced Micro Devices in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. They issued a "market perform" rating on the stock. DA Davidson boosted their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $425.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. William Blair restated a "market perform" rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group set a $650.00 price objective on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $546.95. **Get Our Latest Stock Analysis on Advanced Micro Devices** ## Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices In other Advanced Micro Devices news, SVP Ava Hahn sold 2,993 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $488.69, for a total value of $1,462,649.17. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 26,623 shares of the company's stock, valued at $13,010,393.87. This trade represents a 10.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Nora Denzel sold 8,626 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $522.00, for a total transaction of $4,502,772.00. Following the sale, the director owned 87,173 shares in the company, valued at $45,504,306. This represents a 9.00% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 210,763 shares of company stock worth $99,912,107 over the last 90 days. 0.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders. ## Advanced Micro Devices Profile (Free Report) Advanced Micro Devices, Inc NASDAQ: AMD is a global semiconductor company that designs and sells microprocessors, graphics processors, chipsets and adaptive computing solutions for a broad set of markets. The company's product portfolio includes consumer and commercial CPUs under the Ryzen and Threadripper brands, data center processors under the EPYC brand, and Radeon graphics processing units for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products for gaming consoles and other specialized applications, and provides supporting software and platform technologies for OEMs, cloud service providers and end users. 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