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Investing.com -- Advanced Micro Devices has become the most under-owned U.S. semiconductor stock among active managers, Bank of America said, even as the company’s shares have outperformed the sector this year.
Active ownership of AMD dropped to 20% of fund managers in August from 23% in May and 39% a year earlier.
Its relative weighting versus the S&P 500 fell to 0.16 times, down 5% from the prior quarter and 80% year-on-year, making it the least-owned chipmaker in the index.
The decline came despite consensus forecasts calling for 22% sales growth for AMD, and as the stock outpaced the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index over the same periods.
BofA reiterated a Buy rating, saying the company stands to gain from rising artificial intelligence demand and continued market share gains from Intel.
“We reiterate Buy and expect it to benefit from rising tide of AI deployments and continued share gains against,” analysts at BofA said.
Whereas Nvidia remains the most widely held, owned by 75% of fund managers, with a relative weighting of 1.11 times, while Broadcom, Synopsys, and KLA saw the biggest increases in ownership last quarter.
Semiconductor holdings overall were at 0.95 times relative weighting in August, down from 1.01 times at the end of 2024 but higher than the 0.90 times level cited in April.
BofA noted the most overweight chip stocks were KLA, Synopsys, Broadcom, Micron and Cadence Design Systems.
Alongside AMD, the least overweight were Qualcomm, Intel, Lam Research and Skyworks.