Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is downgraded from Strong Buy to Buy based on elevated valuation metrics after a significant rally. AMD's Q3 2025 earnings were strong, with beats on EPS and revenue, but forward guidance and high EV/EBITDA and P/FCF ratios raise caution. I reduced my AMD position by 40%, reallocating funds to Qualcomm, which appears much cheaper on multiple valuation metrics.
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Advanced Micro Devices projects a $1T data center market by 2030 and over 80% AI revenue CAGR, but valuation and NVIDIA rivalry test investor conviction.
Qualcomm ( QCOM ), well known for its leadership position in mobile and automobile semiconductor products, recently announced its foray into the AI chip industry. Though Nvidia ( NVDA ) and more recently Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) have led the AI semiconductor space thus far, Qualcomm may be positioning itself in a niche that could propel it to a leading role and put a bid under the stock price.
UBS is expecting global PC unit sales to grow by around 3% in 2026, helped higher by the Windows 10 end-of-life upgrade cycle and higher adoption of AI PCs.
Advanced Micro Devices increased by 9.0% in Wednesday's trading, after the company indicated that it expected annual data center chip sales of $100 billion within the next five years, with its earnings more than tripling.
The Dow closed over 48K for the first time, while the Nasdaq gave back -0.25% today. And Cisco posted a Q1 beat late.
A semiconductor stock powered higher after the company highlighted strong demand trends and provided an upbeat sales forecast at its first-ever analyst day. Meanwhile, shares of an artificial intelligence software firm gave back some of their recent gains.
AMD CEO Lisa Su praised the Trump administration's artificial intelligence policies, predicted a $1 trillion data center market and more on "The Claman Countdown."
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. CEO Lisa Su has unveiled the company's blueprint for capitalizing on the $1 trillion AI compute opportunity over the next three to five years. The latest AMD forecast is double of the $500 billion total addressable market AMD had projected just a year ago, highlighting favorable AI demand dynamics ahead to underpin its long-term earnings growth trajectory. AMD's upcoming product roadmap, which includes its first Helios rack-scale system ramp, represents the fundamental catalyst in reinforcing its multi-year AI growth target of 80%.
Major U.S. equities indexes were mixed at midday Wednesday ahead of a vote to fund the federal government and end the 43-day shutdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a record high but they Nasdaq and S&P 500 were lower.
Su, who holds roughly 4.7 million AMD shares, had her net worth increase by $123 million (7.9%) to $1.7 billion on the chipmaker's stock jump.