The stock market has gotten off to an interesting start this year. During the first few weeks of 2025, technology stocks in particular exhibited similar levels of momentum seen for much of the last two years -- thanks largely to ongoing support of the artificial intelligence (AI) narrative.
Investing in AI stocks has brought opportunity in a rapidly changing environment. The sudden appearance of DeepSeek's models, which it created with older and less advanced processors, has lowered the cost of creating powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
Despite soaring demand for artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators and market share gains in the PC and server CPU markets, shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -2.36%) have been slumping over the past year. Since peaking in early 2024, AMD stock has plunged nearly 50%.
AMD's (AMD -2.36%) management team elaborated on the recent developments as it builds its artificial intelligence (AI) business.
AMD (AMD -2.36%) continues delivering revenue and profit growth, but the stock price is not reacting positively.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -2.36%) shares fell following its Q4 earnings report as its data center revenue soared but still came in below analysts' consensus expectations. The stock is now down more than 35% over the past year, as of this writing.
I bought Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. at $88 in May 2023 and sold 70% at $190 by March 2024, rebalancing my portfolio. AMD's Q4 2024 results showed record revenue, strong margin expansion, and significant growth in the data center and AI segments. The recent pullback to $108 is an overreaction, presenting a great buying opportunity given AMD's strong fundamentals and undervaluation.
Investors would be forgiven for thinking Advanced Micro Devices Inc NASDAQ: AMD has been trading well in recent months, as investors continue to bet on the AI revolution and any tech company with exposure to data center growth. However, a sharp 6% drop following AMD's latest earnings report added to the stock's multi-month downtrend.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s Q4 revenues rose 24% YoY to $7.66 billion, with strong growth in data center and client segments, despite gaming and embedded declines. Data center growth slowed to 69% YoY, disappointing investors; Q1 2025 forecasts suggest further weakening, with revenues projected between $13.5 billion and $15.3 billion. AMD's stock is rated a buy due to 24% annual EBITDA growth and 78% free cash flow growth, with significant upside potential and low leverage.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s earnings report met expectations, but management's silence on AI revenue for Q1 2025 disappointed investors, impacting stock sentiment. AMD's projected AI revenue growth for 2025 is vague, suggesting 20%-60% growth, which is unimpressive compared to competitors' strong AI growth. There are two reasons for AMD's unenthusiastic AI guidance, including poor software and a competitive inferencing market.
AMD's 4Q24 missed Wall Street's expectations on data center revenue, and we don't think it'll be the last time. We reiterate sell. We urge investors not to mistake the post-earnings sell-off as a buying opportunity, as we think AMD stock price still has more downside to price in before hitting attractive levels. We expect AMD's position in the AI battle to face increasing hurdles this year on competition from Nvidia, not to mention implications of DeepSeek on mid-term AI-infrastructure spend.
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