Short interest on AMD sees a significant decrease on 2025-10-15

Samantha Gray

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Advanced Micro Devices Inc shares valued at $3,767,863 were sold by Papermaster Mark D on Oct 15 ’25. At $224.28 per share, Papermaster Mark D sold 16,800 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,714,505 shares worth approximately $436.92 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, MARK PAPERMASTER purchased 16,800 shares, netting a total of over 3,767,855 in proceeds.

Before that, Hahn Ava had sold 2,868 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $648,197, the SVP, GC & Corporate Secretary traded Advanced Micro Devices Inc shares for $226.01 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,868 shares, worth approximately $2.3 million.

As published in a research note from Wolfe Research on October 14, 2025, Advanced Micro Devices Inc [AMD] has been rated up from a Peer perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $300. Analysts at Mizuho resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. As of October 08, 2025, DZ Bank has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for AMD. Earlier on October 07, 2025, Jefferies upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for AMD stock which previously was a “a Hold”.

Analyzing AMD Stock Performance

On last trading session, Advanced Micro Devices Inc [NASDAQ: AMD] plunged -3.59% to $254.84. The stock’s lowest price that day was $254.6, but it reached a high of $263.88 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 8.45%. Over the course of the year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc shares have jumped approximately 59.35%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $267.08 on 10/29/25 and a 52-week low of $76.48 on 04/08/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 250.14, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 245.44. In the upper region, resistance lies at 261.71. The next price resistance is at 268.58. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 68.09 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Advanced Micro Devices Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -2.91 million shares to 38.86 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 41.77 million shares. A decline of -7.48% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 0.55 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 0.55.

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In terms of Advanced Micro Devices Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 271.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 2.71% from the previous closing price of $264.33. Analysts anticipate Advanced Micro Devices Inc stock to reach 345 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 230. In spite of this, 33 analysts ranked Advanced Micro Devices Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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