Wall Street is underestimating how much Meta will spend on AMD's AI chips, a Citi analyst said.
Advanced Micro Devices stock has roared higher on enthusiasm for its central-processing units but Citi analyst Atif Malik sees another catalyst.
On Friday, June 12, Citi (NYSE: C) analyst Atif Malik revised his previous Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock 12-month target while simultaneously upgrading his rating for the equity.
The server CPU business is accelerating, with TAM now expected to grow over 35% annually to more than $120B by 2030. AMD's server CPU revenue is guided to grow more than 70% YoY in Q2 FY26, supported by higher ASPs and market share gains versus Intel. Demand for AMD's MI450 GPUs and Helios rack scale systems already exceeds initial 2027 plans, led by large multi-gigawatt deployments by Meta and OpenAI.
At $475.51, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD | AMD Price Prediction) is a Hold.
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Semiconductor stocks rallied on Thursday after Bank of America identified agentic AI as the next major growth catalyst for the industry, creating a potentially massive opportunity for chipmakers ranging from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices to Intel and Arm Holdings. The brokerage's bullish outlook helped lift shares across the sector.
As evidenced by the vast majority of revisions issued in June, Wall Street analysts' confidence in the continued success of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) in the coming 12 months is only growing.
AMD delivered a robust Q1, with 37.8% revenue growth and a record $2.57B free cash flow, affirming the bullish thesis. Despite premium valuation metrics—P/E at 107.06 and FCF yield at 0.8%—I maintain a buy rating, citing imminent catalysts. The MI450 and Helios rack-scale systems begin shipping in Q3, transitioning AMD into an AI infrastructure provider with major multi-year contracts.
In the closing of the recent trading day, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stood at $452.21, denoting a -4.9% move from the preceding trading day.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. remains a Buy on its pullback, with strong catalysts and forward earnings growth justifying its premium valuation. AMD's Data Center segment now exceeds 50% of revenue, with CPU revenue projected to grow 70% YoY in Q2 and AI-driven demand expanding TAM. Upcoming Instinct MI400/MI450 GPUs and a $10B investment in EFB packaging could drive margin expansion and unpriced upside into 2027-2028.
GPUs have dominated the AI data center discussion at the expense of CPUs for years, but agentic AI is changing the calculus on attach rates. Orchestration is one of the tasks that CPUs do best—allowing CPUs to address a major choke point in scaling agentic AI. Forecasts from company executives and analysts alike all tell the same story—CPUs are expected to go from a low-growth technology to achieving CAGR's above 30%.