Surge in Options Trading: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Witnesses Unusually High Volume on NASDAQ

 

Surge in Options Trading: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Witnesses Unusually High Volume on NASDAQ

Various financial analysts have provided their insights on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) recently. Raymond James increased their price target on AMD shares from $125.00 to $140.00, giving the company a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, December 7th. Bank of America upgraded AMD from a "neutral" to a "buy" rating, setting a $165.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 15th. Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $145.00 price objective on AMD shares on Thursday, December 7th. Wedbush dropped their price target on AMD shares from $155.00 to $130.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 1st. Finally, Melius Research upgraded AMD from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $188.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 8th. MarketBeat.com reports that the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" with an average target price of $146.50.


In other news, AMD CEO Lisa T. Su sold 75,000 shares of the stock on Tuesday, December 5th, at an average price of $117.73, totaling $8,829,750. Following the sale, the CEO now owns 3,347,640 shares, valued at approximately $394,117,657.20. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC. Additionally, AMD CAO Darla M. Smith sold 4,000 shares on Thursday, December 7th, at an average price of $125.69, totaling $502,760. After the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 5,604 shares, valued at approximately $704,366.76. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.


Several large investors have recently traded AMD shares, with notable activity from Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich, Norges Bank, Jennison Associates LLC, Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC, and Renaissance Technologies LLC. These institutional investors and hedge funds collectively own 68.43% of the company's stock.


As of the latest trading day, AMD stock reached $162.39, experiencing a $2.22 gain. The company's stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $133.28 and a 200-day simple moving average of $116.44. Advanced Micro Devices has a one-year low of $67.26 and a one-year high of $168.60, with a market capitalization of $259.82 billion. The P/E ratio is 1,334.75, the P/E/G ratio is 3.93, and the beta is 1.70.


On Tuesday, October 31st, AMD reported quarterly earnings with $0.70 earnings per share, beating the consensus estimate by $0.02. The company had a net margin of 0.94% and a return on equity of 5.61%. AMD's revenue for the quarter was $5.80 billion, surpassing analysts' expectations of $5.70 billion. Analysts anticipate a yearly earnings per share (EPS) of 1.92 for the current fiscal year.


Advanced Micro Devices operates as a semiconductor company globally, with four main segments: Data Center, Client, Gaming, and Embedded. The company provides x86 microprocessors, graphics processing units (GPUs), chipsets, data center, and professional GPUs. It also offers embedded processors, semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products, microprocessor and SoC development services and technology, data processing units, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), and adaptive SoC products.


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