Gustavo Neffa
Partner & Director at Research for Traders, Economist & Professor
AMD is held for its strong earnings growth, which, when it continues into the next quarter, is a reason to own a company beyond a good-looking chart. Price and risk then decide whether to take the trade. x.comÂ
AMD went from limping to sprinting in Q2 FY26, earning an A grade. Revenue rose 50% to $11.54 billion, gross margin jumped from 40% to 54%, and operating income swung from a $134 million loss to a $1.99 billion profit. Net income rose 163%, and EPS climbed from $0.47 to $1.41. x.comÂ
AMD's stock has outrun its fundamentals, leaving it a bad investment at today's price despite an extremely bullish long-term outlook for the business. From April 2025 to September 2026, AMD rose 8x while revenue grew 55%; Nvidia rose 2.4x while revenue grew 118%. AMD had previously lagged despite improving fundamentals, but the market's catch-up went too far. Its risk/reward is no longer what it was at roughly 20x forward earnings in 2025; a crash could make it attractive again. x.com x.comÂ
AMD is a beast after crushing its first-quarter earnings. Per @StockSavvyShay, revenue of $10.25B beat the $9.85B estimate, data center revenue reached $5.8B versus $5.6B expected, gross margin hit 55%, and second-quarter revenue guidance of $11.2B topped the $10.5B estimate. x.comÂ
Agentic AI demand should drive AMD's 2027 data-center growth well over 100% year on year. Server CPU revenue is forecast to double, with over 5 million Venice units shipping in 2027; Helios racks should ramp mostly in Q1 2027, with over 20,000 expected that year, while MI450/455X volume remains limited by end-2026. Projected 2027 sales are $103bn, with 2027 EPS revised up 15% and a new $720 target at 40x 2027 earnings. x.comÂ
AMD's valuation leaves little room for error even after stellar earnings. Sustaining 40% annual growth to 2030 gives $200B revenue and $80B net income at a 40% margin; at 20x earnings that is $1.6T, or about $990B discounted at 10%, versus $845B today. The market fears its acceleration coincides with the final stage of AI capex growth, as customers diversify from NVIDIA, a tailwind that may fade as capex growth slows after 2027. A solid hold, but new buyers should wait for a bigger decline. … Show more
AMD has more AI accelerator market-share potential than the 7% forecast suggests. The more likely outcome is at least 15%-20% share, versus the forecast quoted from @pequityresearch. x.comÂ
AMD could see much more accelerator demand as OpenAI and Anthropic allegedly increase their orders by multiple gigawatts. Nvidia's only real edge over AMD may soon be its size and resources; Lisa Su is a master operator. x.comÂ
AMD now has to be extraordinary to justify its valuation, because it is priced on what it must deliver in 2027, not on past results. Despite revenue up 50%, data center up 107%, triple-digit profit growth and above-consensus guidance, the stock fell about 8% after hours; great is not enough when great is already priced in. x.comÂ
AMD's bullish hardware case depends on realized GPU prices and costs, not shipments alone: lower selling prices need not lower manufacturing costs. In a conditional September 23 model stress, GPU prices 15% below the reference path with fixed unit costs cut weighted 2030 revenue from $347.84B to $314.76B and free cash flow from $90.13B to $68.59B, about 24% lower. These are weighted outcomes across 16 scenarios, not the standalone Base case. x.comÂ