Tech companies involved in, or associated with, artificial intelligence (AI) are having quite a moment on the stock exchange. One of them, storied chipmaker American Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), enjoyed quite the pleasant lift on Tuesday. An analyst boosted the company's already-convincing buy case, and the share price closed more than 5% higher in response.

That analyst was Piper Sandler's Harsh Kumar, who before market open raised his price target on AMD stock. Kumar now feels the tech company is worth $150 per share, well up from his previous $110 level. Almost needless to say, given the heft of the increase, he maintained his existing overweight (read: buy) recommendation.

The Piper Sandler prognosticator's move deepens the bullishness many investment professionals are expressing on the stock. It's far from the only price target hike in recent days -- for example on Monday, Kumar's peer Christopher Danely at Citigroup also enacted a significant raise, setting a new level of $120 per share from his preceding $85. Danely, however, still only rates AMD a neutral.

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