Insider trade

AMD's CTO Mark Papermaster sold about $7.45M of shares under a preset plan

Traded Apr 16, 2026 · Filed Apr 17, 2026

AMDAMD

~$7.45M
Reported value · 27K sh @ $275.00: 1.27M
Holds after · shares reported: +121.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +8.9%, $278.26 → $615.73 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

AMD's Chief Technology Officer & EVP sold $7.45M 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
Sold 2% of their holdings
Routine for them: 19 sales in the past year
4 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: Apr 16, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Apr 17, 2026

Officer$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$7,454,975

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

72 days after results of Feb 3, 2026, 19 days before results of May 5, 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 $278.26 on Apr 16, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 38% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $85.56 (Apr 21, 2025) to $278.26 (Apr 16, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $202.07 on Mar 4, 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	+21.7%	+0.9%	+20.8%
30 days	+62.8%	+4.6%	+58.2%
90 days	+83.2%	+4.7%	+78.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000002488-26-000066
Filed / recorded: Apr 17, 2026, 8:11 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: Apr 16, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 27,109
Price per share: $275.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,267,357
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.

Around the same time

5mo ago

872Derivative units

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

CEO sold ~$347K of AMD

Scheduled in advance5mo ago

CEO sold ~$787K of AMD