Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Computing and Graphics; and Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. Its products include x86 microprocessors as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, discrete and integrated graphics processing units (GPUs), data center and professional GPUs, and development services; and server and embedded processors, and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products, development services, and technology for game consoles. The company provides x86 microprocessors for desktop PCs under the AMD Ryzen, AMD Ryzen PRO, Ryzen, Threadripper, AMD A-Series, AMD FX, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon PRO, and AMD Pro A-Series processors brands; microprocessors for notebook and 2-in-1s under the AMD Ryzen, AMD A-Series, AMD Athlon, AMD Ryzen PRO, AMD Athlon PRO, and AMD Pro A-Series processors brands; microprocessors for servers under the AMD EPYC and AMD Opteron brands; and chipsets under the AMD trademark. It also offers discrete GPUs for desktop and notebook PCs under the AMD Radeon graphics and AMD Embedded Radeon brands; professional graphics products under the AMD Radeon Pro and AMD FirePro graphics brands; and Radeon Instinct and AMD Instinct accelerators for servers. In addition, the company provides embedded processor solutions under the AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon, AMD Geode, AMD Ryzen, AMD EPYC, AMD R-Series, and G-Series processors brands; and customer-specific solutions based on AMD CPU, GPU, and multi-media technologies, as well as semi-custom SoC products. It serves original equipment manufacturers, public cloud service providers, original design manufacturers, system integrators, independent distributors, online retailers, and add-in-board manufacturers through its direct sales force, independent distributors, and sales representatives. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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Exchange: NASDAQ
Website: amd.com
Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
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5/8/2025 | $118.00 | Hold → Buy | DZ Bank |
5/7/2025 | $120.00 | Neutral → Buy | BofA Securities |
5/7/2025 | $110.00 → $115.00 | Buy | TD Cowen |
4/30/2025 | $110.00 | Buy | Seaport Research Partners |
4/9/2025 | $135.00 → $110.00 | Buy | TD Cowen |
4/8/2025 | Overweight → Sector Weight | KeyBanc Capital Markets | |
3/27/2025 | $135.00 → $120.00 | Buy → Hold | Jefferies |
2/14/2025 | $170.00 → $130.00 | Buy → Outperform | Daiwa Securities |
2/7/2025 | $120.00 | Buy → Hold | DZ Bank |
1/28/2025 | $160.00 → $129.00 | Buy → Hold | Melius |
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced that its board of directors approved a new $6 billion share repurchase program. The new authorization is in addition to the remaining balance, as of March 29, 2025, of approximately $4 billion of its existing share repurchase program, increasing the total current repurchase authority to approximately $10 billion. "Our expanded share repurchase program reflects the Board's confidence in AMD's strategic direction, growth prospects, and ability to consistently generate strong free cash flow," said AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. "We remain committed to disciplined capital allocation and driving strong share
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) and HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia's new AI enterprise, today announced a landmark agreement to build the world's most open, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient AI infrastructure, that will power the future of global intelligence through a network of AMD-based AI computing centers stretching from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States. As part of the agreement, the parties will invest up to $10B to deploy 500 megawatts of AI compute capacity over the next five years. The AI superstructure built by AMD and HUMAIN will be open by design, accessible at scale, and optimized to power AI workload
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced the launch of AMD EPYC™ 4005 Series processors. These purpose-built processors enable right-sized solutions with enterprise-class features and leadership performance for small and medium businesses and hosted IT service providers. AMD EPYC 4005 Series CPUs deliver the performance, features and efficiency growing businesses need to power everything from enterprise applications and virtualized environments to dedicated, all-day hosted services in the cloud. Utilizing the same proven and widely deployed AM5 socket used for the AMD EPYC 4004 Series CPUs, the EPYC 4005 Series delivers an innovative compute s
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 9 a.m. PDT as a virtual meeting accessible at https://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AMD2025. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed during the meeting. The matters to be voted on at the meeting are in AMD's 2025 Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Proxy Statement and AMD's Annual Report on Form 10-K can be accessed at ir.amd.com. The real-time audio webcast of the meeting will be available at https://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AMD2025. A replay of the audio webcast can
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2025. First quarter revenue was $7.4 billion, gross margin was 50%, operating income was $806 million, net income was $709 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.44. On a non-GAAP(*) basis, gross margin was 54%, operating income was $1.8 billion, net income was $1.6 billion and diluted earnings per share was $0.96. "We delivered an outstanding start to 2025 as year-over-year growth accelerated for the fourth consecutive quarter driven by strength in our core businesses and expanding data center and AI momentum," said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD chair and CEO. "De
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced that it will be hosting a press conference during Computex 2025. The in-person and livestreamed press conference will take place on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 11 a.m. UTC+8, Taipei, at the Grand Hyatt, Taipei. The event will showcase the advancements AMD has driven with AI in gaming, PCs and professional workloads. AMD senior vice president and general manager of the Computing and Graphics Group Jack Huynh, along with industry partners, will discuss how AMD is expanding its leadership across gaming, workstations, and AI PCs, and highlight the breadth of the company's high-performance computing and
— Next-generation AMD EPYC CPU, codenamed "Venice," is the first HPC product to be brought up on TSMC's next-generation N2 node — SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced its next-generation AMD EPYC™ processor, codenamed "Venice," is the first HPC product in the industry to be taped out and brought up on the TSMC advanced 2nm (N2) process technology. This highlights the strength of AMD and TSMC semiconductor manufacturing partnership to co-optimize new design architectures with leading-edge process technology. It also marks a major step forward in the execution of the AMD data center CPU roadmap, with "Venice" on track to launch next year.
— New instances provide enterprises with high-performance, scalable, and cost-effective cloud computing solutions — SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced the new Google Cloud C4D and H4D virtual machines (VMs) are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors. The latest additions to Google Cloud's general-purpose and HPC-optimized VMs deliver leadership performance, scalability, and efficiency for demanding cloud workloads; for everything from data analytics and web serving to high-performance computing (HPC) and AI. Google Cloud C4D instances deliver impressive performance, efficiency, and consistency for general-purpose computing workl
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced "Advancing AI 2025," an in-person and livestreamed event on June 12, 2025. The industry event will showcase the company's bold vision for AI, announce the next generation of AMD Instinct™ GPUs, AMD ROCm™ open software ecosystem progress, and reveal details on AI solutions for hyperscalers, enterprises, developers, startups and more. AMD executives and AI ecosystem partners, customers and developers will join Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su to discuss how AMD products and software are re-shaping the AI and high-performance computing landscape. The live stream will start at 9:30 a.m. PT/
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced today that it will report fiscal first quarter 2025 financial results on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, after the close of market. Management will conduct a conference call to discuss these results at 5:00 p.m. EDT / 2:00 p.m. PDT. Interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast of the conference call via the AMD Investor Relations website ir.amd.com. AMD also announced it will participate in the following events for the financial community: Mark Papermaster, executive vice president and chief technology officer, will present at the TD Cowen 52nd Annual Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Wednesday,
DZ Bank upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from Hold to Buy and set a new price target of $118.00
BofA Securities upgraded Advanced Micro Devices from Neutral to Buy and set a new price target of $120.00
TD Cowen reiterated coverage of Advanced Micro Devices with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $115.00 from $110.00 previously
Seaport Research Partners initiated coverage of Advanced Micro Devices with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $110.00
TD Cowen reiterated coverage of Advanced Micro Devices with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $110.00 from $135.00 previously
KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from Overweight to Sector Weight
Jefferies downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from Buy to Hold and set a new price target of $120.00 from $135.00 previously
Daiwa Securities downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from Buy to Outperform and set a new price target of $130.00 from $170.00 previously
DZ Bank downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from Buy to Hold and set a new price target of $120.00
Melius downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from Buy to Hold and set a new price target of $129.00 from $160.00 previously
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2025. First quarter revenue was $7.4 billion, gross margin was 50%, operating income was $806 million, net income was $709 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.44. On a non-GAAP(*) basis, gross margin was 54%, operating income was $1.8 billion, net income was $1.6 billion and diluted earnings per share was $0.96. "We delivered an outstanding start to 2025 as year-over-year growth accelerated for the fourth consecutive quarter driven by strength in our core businesses and expanding data center and AI momentum," said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD chair and CEO. "De
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced today that it will report fiscal first quarter 2025 financial results on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, after the close of market. Management will conduct a conference call to discuss these results at 5:00 p.m. EDT / 2:00 p.m. PDT. Interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast of the conference call via the AMD Investor Relations website ir.amd.com. AMD also announced it will participate in the following events for the financial community: Mark Papermaster, executive vice president and chief technology officer, will present at the TD Cowen 52nd Annual Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Wednesday,
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024. Fourth quarter revenue was a record $7.7 billion, gross margin was 51%, operating income was $871 million, net income was $482 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.29. On a non-GAAP(*) basis, gross margin was 54%, operating income was a record $2.0 billion, net income was a record $1.8 billion and diluted earnings per share was $1.09. For the full year 2024, AMD reported record revenue of $25.8 billion, gross margin of 49%, operating income of $1.9 billion, net income of $1.6 billion, and diluted earnings per share of $1.00. On a
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced today that it will report fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, after the close of market. Management will conduct a conference call to discuss these results at 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST. Interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast of the conference call via the AMD Investor Relations website ir.amd.com. About AMD For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies. Billions of people, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research institutions around the wor
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced revenue for the third quarter of 2024 of $6.8 billion, gross margin of 50%, operating income of $724 million, net income of $771 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.47. On a non-GAAP(*) basis, gross margin was 54%, operating income was $1.7 billion, net income was $1.5 billion and diluted earnings per share was $0.92. "We delivered strong third quarter financial results with record revenue led by higher sales of EPYC and Instinct data center products and robust demand for our Ryzen PC processors," said AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. "Looking forward, we see significant growth opportunities a
SANTA CLARA, Oct. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced today that it will report fiscal third quarter 2024 financial results on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, after the close of market. Management will conduct a conference call to discuss these results at 5:00 p.m. EDT / 2:00 p.m. PDT. Interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast of the conference call via the AMD Investor Relations website ir.amd.com. About AMD For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies. Billions of people, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research institutions around the world rely on AMD technol
— Strategic acquisition to provide AMD with industry-leading systems expertise to accelerate deployment of optimized rack-scale solutions addressing $400 billion data center AI accelerator opportunity in 2027 — ZT Systems, a leading provider of AI and general purpose compute infrastructure for the world's largest hyperscale providers, brings extensive AI systems expertise that complements AMD silicon and software capabilities Addition of world-class design and customer enablement teams to accelerate deployment of AMD AI rack scale systems with cloud and enterprise customers AMD to seek strategic partner to acquire ZT Systems' industry-leading manufacturing business Transaction expected to
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced revenue for the second quarter of 2024 of $5.8 billion, gross margin of 49%, operating income of $269 million, net income of $265 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.16. On a non-GAAP(*) basis, gross margin was 53%, operating income was $1.3 billion, net income was $1.1 billion and diluted earnings per share was $0.69. "We delivered strong revenue and earnings growth in the second quarter driven by record Data Center segment revenue," said AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. "Our AI business continued accelerating and we are well positioned to deliver strong revenue growth in the second half of the
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced today that it will report fiscal second quarter 2024 financial results on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, after the close of market. Management will conduct a conference call to discuss these results at 5:00 p.m. EDT / 2:00 p.m. PDT. Interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast of the conference call via the AMD Investor Relations website ir.amd.com. About AMD For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies. Billions of people, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research institutions around the world rely on AM
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced revenue for the first quarter of 2024 of $5.5 billion, gross margin of 47%, operating income of $36 million, net income of $123 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.07. On a non-GAAP(*) basis, gross margin was 52%, operating income was $1.1 billion, net income was $1.0 billion and diluted earnings per share was $0.62. "We delivered strong first quarter results with our Data Center and Client segments each growing more than 80% year-over-year driven by the ramp of MI300 AI accelerator shipments and the adoption of our Ryzen and EPYC processors," said AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. "This is
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced that Keith Strier has joined the company as senior vice president of global AI markets. Strier has more than 30 years of experience in strategic business and market development, technical engineering and enabling responsible AI deployments. He most recently served as vice president of worldwide AI initiatives at NVIDIA, with responsibility for expanding commercial engagements with foreign governments. At AMD, he will be responsible for expanding the company's AI vision, driving new ecosystem capabilities and accelerating strategic AI engagements globally across public and private sectors. He reports to
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