Insider trade

AMD's CTO Mark Papermaster sold ~$4.52M of shares under a pre-set plan

Traded Aug 20, 2026 · Filed Aug 21, 2026

AMDAMD

~$4.52M
Reported value · 9,523 sh @ $474.35: 1.26M
Holds after · shares reported: +31.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.2%, $469.455 → $615.73 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

AMD's Chief Technology Officer & EVP sold $4.52M of AMD shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Sold under a plan set up in advance, so the timing wasn't a fresh decision
Routine for them: 32 sales in the past year
7 insiders at AMD sold within a month

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 21, 2026

Officer$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$4,517,235

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

16 days after results of Aug 4, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $469.455 on Aug 20, 2026, 211% above its 52-week low and 19% below its high, after a 14% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $151.14 (Sep 5, 2025) to $580.91 (Jun 30, 2026), 74% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $546.72 on Jul 9, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+3.1%	+0.5%	+2.6%
30 days	+34.6%	+0.6%	+34.0%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000002488-26-000174
Filed / recorded: Aug 21, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
Issuer CIK: 2488
Ticker: AMD
Reporting person: Mark D Papermaster
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Technology Officer & EVP
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 9,523
Price per share: $474.35
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,261,911
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on November 14, 2025.
Transaction executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $473.98 to $474.96 per share, inclusive. The price reported in column 4 above reflects the weighted average sale price per share. The Reporting Person hereby undertakes to provide the SEC staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each respective price within the range set forth in this footnote.

Around the same time

3w ago

7,261Shares · @ $84.85

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold ~$377K of AMD

Scheduled in advance3w ago

Officer sold ~$50K of AMD

Scheduled in advance3w ago