Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is downgraded from Buy to Hold due to valuation and uncertain margin expansion despite strong revenue growth. AMD's Data Center and Embedded segments drive profitability, but margin expansion depends heavily on the revenue mix, especially between CPUs and GPUs. Gross margin improvements have stalled sequentially, with Q3 guidance indicating flat margins despite continued revenue acceleration.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD | AMD Price Prediction) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) both posted AI quarters that force investors to rethink what pairs well with NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA).
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. delivered strong Q2 2026 results, with revenue up 1.5x YoY and data center sales doubling to $6.7B. Despite rapid growth, AMD's $789B valuation already prices in a 20% AI data center market share, leaving little margin of safety. AMD faces structural margin constraints versus Nvidia, as lower gross/net margins force price competition and limit profit conversion.
Advanced Micro Devices delivered a strong quarter: 50% revenue growth, record $11.5B sales, and gross margin above 56%. The market undervalued AMD's capex as an enabler of 2027 supply and growth. Data center revenue now comprises 58% of AMD, guided to more than double by 2027; server CPU revenue is expected to grow over 70%.
Even though one customer isn't the whole AI race, SpaceX picked Nvidia exclusively for AI chips, which was announced on the same day as AMD released Q2 earnings. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. beat Wall Street's Q3 revenue guide by $480 million. The stock fell anyway. Hidden in the guidance, every new revenue dollar earns 2 cents less margin than in Q2. That's basically the only disappointment that I can find in the print.
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Nvidia, AMD and Tesla shares rose in premarket trading on Monday as Wall Street extended Friday's technology-led rally after a weak US jobs report. Nvidia gained about 0.4%, AMD around 0.9% and Tesla roughly 1% early, while Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.4%.
AMD and SanDisk both fell about 9% after reporting strong quarterly results last week, but one investor sees very different opportunities in the two stocks. James Foord, economist and leader of The Pragmatic Investor, is bearish on AMD but bullish on SanDisk.
AMD's data center revenue surged 107% to $6.7 billion, reaching 58% of revenue with a 31% operating margin. Q2 CapEx jumped to $808 million, but AMD still generated $1.6 billion of free cash flow during the quarter. Helios demand exceeded initial expectations, while management expects total data center revenue to more than double during 2027.
Advanced Micro Devices has become the second most talked-about name in AI silicon, and after a run that has redrawn expectations, investors want to know what comes next.