AMD Stock Soars 31% – Here’s Who’s Cashing In

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) just ripped past Wall Street’s lowball expectations—again. The chipmaker’s stock surged 31% year-to-date, leaving Intel choking on its dust. But who’s really holding the winning tickets?

Institutional whales? Retail bagholders? Or just hedge funds playing musical chairs with semiconductor ETFs?

We dug into the ownership data. Spoiler: the usual suspects are loading up—because nothing says 'innovation' like a herd of money managers chasing last quarter’s returns.

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Even so, most analysts remain upbeat about the stock. For example, Piper Sandler analyst Harsh Kumar recently pointed to multiple growth drivers, including strength in servers, PCs, and GPUs, along with possible gains in the embedded segment. With AMD attracting attention once again, it’s worth looking at who owns the stock.

Now, according to TipRanks’ ownership page, public companies and individual investors own 41.96% of AMD. They are followed by ETFs, mutual funds, other institutional investors, and insiders at 27.14%, 15.28%, 15.17%, and 0.44%, respectively. 

Digging Deeper into AMD’s Ownership Structure

Looking closely at top shareholders, Vanguard owns the highest stake in AMD at 8.19%. Next up is Vanguard Index Funds, which holds a 7.21% stake in the company.

Among the top ETF holders, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) owns a 3.14% stake in Advanced Micro Devices stock, followed by the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), with a 2.47% stake.

Moving to mutual funds, Vanguard Index Funds holds about 7.21% of AMD. Meanwhile, Fidelity Concord Street Trust owns 1.73% of the company.

Is AMD a Buy or Sell Now?  

According to TipRanks, AMD stock has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on 22 Buys and 12 Holds. The average AMD stock price target of $188.00 indicates a possible upside of 19.05% from current levels.