Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · AMD · FY2024 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2024

AMD: Data Center Growth Accelerates, but GPU Margins Remain a Watchpoint

The supplied analysis supports a constructive near-term operating thesis for AMD: AI and cloud demand are driving rapid Data Center growth, while EPYC, Ryzen, and the accelerator roadmap broaden the opportunity. The key test is whether AMD can scale these products without GPU mix, supply constraints, competition, and weaker Gaming or Embedded results limiting margin and earnings leverage.

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Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.92 Consensus $0.92
EPS surprise -0.3% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $6.82B Consensus $6.71B
Revenue surprise +1.6% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -10.6% Event window
SPY move -0.3% Same window
Abnormal move -10.3% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.4× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -8.3% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The current analysis shows Data Center revenue growth accelerating to 122% year over year, the full-year Data Center GPU outlook rising above $5 billion, and a new ZT Systems integration plan. Compared with the prior analysis, the roadmap advanced from the MI300 and MI325X focus toward Turin shipments and the MI350 and MI400 pipeline, while margin and deployment-lumpiness concerns remain.

Guidance delta

Management raised the full-year Data Center GPU revenue outlook to above $5 billion from $4.5 billion previously and guided to about $7.5 billion of Q4 revenue with gross margin roughly flat at 54%.

Key takeaways

  • Data Center revenue rose 122% year over year and now represents more than half of total revenue.
  • The product roadmap spans Turin EPYC CPUs, MI325X shipping in Q4, and planned MI350 and MI400 generations.
  • Client revenue grew 29% year over year, while Gaming and Embedded remained areas of weakness.

Management priorities

  • Scale EPYC Turin platforms across OEMs and server customers.
  • Begin MI325X production shipments in Q4 and expand availability in Q1 2025.
  • Integrate ZT Systems to support rack-level AI infrastructure and continue expanding the ROCm software ecosystem.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
AMD EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $0.62 Q1 '24 actual $0.62, match Q2 '24 estimate $0.68 Q2 '24 actual $0.69, beat Q3 '24 estimate $0.92 Q3 '24 actual $0.92, match Q2 '25 estimate $0.48 Q2 '25 actual $0.48, match Q3 '25 estimate $1.17 Q3 '25 actual $1.20, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.32 Q4 '25 actual $1.53, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.29 Q1 '26 actual $1.37, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.62 Q2 '26 actual $1.66, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1.94 Q4 '26 estimate $2.65 Q1 '27 estimate $2.83
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy70 ratings
Bullish5172.9%
Neutral1927.1%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$528.75Current
$62.5Low
$356.62Average
$1,250High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 19, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Mizuho Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 6, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainOct 6, 2026
Stifel Buy BuyMaintainOct 5, 2026
StoneX Buy BuyMaintainSep 29, 2026
Rosenblatt Buy BuyMaintainSep 29, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $528.75. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$705$631.75 +33.3%Oct 6, 2026
Stifel NicolausAnalyst unavailable$700$633.91 +32.4%Oct 5, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$720$629.31 +36.2%Sep 25, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$600$521.1 +13.5%Sep 9, 2026
CLSABhavtosh Vajpayee$710$505.74 +34.3%Sep 9, 2026
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Company context

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), established in 1969 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, operates as a global leader in the semiconductor industry. The company organizes its extensive operations into two primary segments: Computing and Graphics, and Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. In its Computing and Graphics division, AMD develops a range of products including x86 microprocessors (often as accelerated processing units), chipsets, and various graphics processing units (GPUs), encompassing discrete, integrated, data center, and professional variants, alongside providing development services. The Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom segment focuses on server and embedded processors, bespoke System-on-Chip (SoC) products, and foundational technology for popular game consoles, also offering associated development support.…

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-19. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.