What Do You Need to Know About Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Before Investing?

By Naomi Wentworth • Thursday, February 29 15:09 • Permanent Link

Advanced Micro Devices logged a 8.0% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $190.72 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. AMD's trading volume is 83,836,767 compared to the stock's average volume of 72,892,221.

Advanced Micro Devices trades 1.09% away from its average analyst target price of $188.65 per share. The 40 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $60.0 to $270.0, and on average have given Advanced Micro Devices a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying AMD should be aware of the facts below:

Advanced Micro Devices's current price is -95.9% below its Graham number of $7.79, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Advanced Micro Devices has moved 119.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 27.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.53, Advanced Micro Devices has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 359.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
AMD has a forward P/E ratio of 35.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $5.45 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.95 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Advanced Micro Devices is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.51 compared to its sector average of 7.92
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company worldwide.
Based in Santa Clara, the company has 26,000 full time employees and a market cap of $308.16 Billion.

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