Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of AMD Q2 Earnings

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note issued on Tuesday, May 27th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the semiconductor manufacturer will post earnings of $0.28 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.78. The consensus estimate for Advanced Micro Devices' current full-year earnings is $3.87 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Advanced Micro Devices' Q3 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.77 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.14 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.29 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.33 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.27 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.76 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Roth Capital set a $140.00 price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $132.00 price target on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Monday, April 28th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on shares of Advanced Micro Devices from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. KeyCorp cut Advanced Micro Devices from an "overweight" rating to a "sector weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Advanced Micro Devices from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Fifteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $132.58.

Advanced Micro Devices Price Performance

NASDAQ AMD traded down $2.96 during trading on Friday, reaching $110.07. The company's stock had a trading volume of 36,035,850 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,974,399. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 2.62 and a quick ratio of 1.83. Advanced Micro Devices has a one year low of $76.48 and a one year high of $187.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $178.47 billion, a PE ratio of 111.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.97. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $100.25 and a 200 day moving average of $112.88.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $7.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.10 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 6.36% and a return on equity of 7.42%. Advanced Micro Devices's revenue was up 35.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.62 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of AMD. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Greenline Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC bought a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC bought a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Summit Securities Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Advanced Micro Devices

In related news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 17,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.47, for a total value of $1,670,725.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 1,713,710 shares in the company, valued at $163,607,893.70. The trade was a 1.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.06% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Advanced Micro Devices declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 14th that permits the company to buyback $6.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the semiconductor manufacturer to reacquire up to 3.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. It operates through Data Center, Client, Gaming, and Embedded segments. The company offers x86 microprocessors and graphics processing units (GPUs) as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, data center, and professional GPUs; and embedded processors, and semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products, microprocessor and SoC development services and technology, data processing unites, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), and adaptive SoC products.