AMD
AI Accelerators · EPYC · Data Center
- Earnings release date
- 2026.08.04
- Market data date
- 2026.10.13
- Last checked
- 2026.10.13
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EARNINGS & GROWTH
Revenue · Profitability · Key Metrics
EARNINGS ANALYSIS
Stock Analysis · Growth Drivers · Business Model
Data Center became AMD’s main growth engine
EPYC demand and expanding Instinct deployments drove growth, while Client and Embedded also contributed. The quarter shows AMD’s growth is increasingly centered on Data Center, with server CPUs and AI accelerators expanding together.
EPYC and Instinct scaled together
Server CPU demand and the MI350 GPU ramp both contributed to growth. Rather than relying on a single product, AMD’s long-term model depends on EPYC and AI accelerators expanding within the same data-center investment cycle.
Ryzen growth was volume-led
Higher client-processor shipments drove growth while product mix lowered average selling prices. This growth was driven more by higher volumes—particularly Ryzen mobile—than by higher pricing.
Base effects and Data Center mix both supported margin recovery
The absence of prior-year MI308 export-control inventory charges and a higher Data Center mix both supported margin recovery. The improvement should therefore not be viewed entirely as structural margin expansion.
VALUATION · RETURN CALCULATOR
P/E · Multiples · Long-Term Investing
$605.53 × 1.63B
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FY2025 Q3 $9.246B
+ FY2025 Q4 $10.270B
+ FY2026 Q1 $10.253B
+ FY2026 Q2 $11.536B
= TTM $41.305B
- Current market cap
- $988.5B
- TTM revenue
- $41.305B
$988.5B ÷ $41.305B
- Current market cap
- $988.5B
- GAAP TTM net income
- $6.434B
$988.5B ÷ $6.434B = 153.6x
GAAP TTM net margin 15.6%TTM vs. Annualized Revenue
Recent-quarter and guidance annualizations are simple quarter-revenue ×4 comparisons, not forecasts for the next 12 months.
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All-Time Closing High
2026-10-06Quarter revenue $11.536B ×4
Guidance revenue midpoint $13.000B ×4
Information already public at the peak AMD reached its highest closing price on October 6, 2026, reflecting published results and expectations for future Data Center growth. The analysis uses only information available to the market then, including Q2 results released on August 4 and the 10-Q filed on August 5.
The market focused on the potential for expanding EPYC server demand and Instinct GPU deployments to drive Data Center growth together. Q2 results and Q3 revenue guidance were key evidence for assessing those expectations.
The valuation reflected expectations that EPYC server demand and Instinct AI accelerator deployments would expand rapidly, with continued Data Center growth also lifting profitability.
Close $649.42 × 1.63B shares outstanding = approximately $1.06T market cap at the peak.
Requirements Implied by the Current Market Cap
This is the 2030 revenue implied by the current market cap under the displayed valuation assumptions.
Share-count changes and dividends are not included in this calculation.
Conditional Business Scenarios
Conservative · Base · Optimistic- Assumed 2030 net margin
- 32.3%Current 15.6%
- Assumed 2030 P/E
- 21.0xCurrent 153.6x
- Converted P/S
- 6.8x
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Shows the relationship among market cap, share count, implied share value, and shareholder return.
- Market Cap
- $988.5B$979.2B
- Shares
- 1.63B1.80B
- Implied Share Value Change
- -10.2%
- Implied Share Value Change
- -10.2%
- Dividend Contribution
- +0.0 pp
- Conditional Total Shareholder Return
- -10.2%
EPYC and Instinct continue to grow, but Data Center expansion is more gradual and profitability gains remain limited.
- Assumed 2030 net margin
- 34.5%Current 15.6%
- Assumed 2030 P/E
- 23.0xCurrent 153.6x
- Converted P/S
- 7.9x
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Shows the relationship among market cap, share count, implied share value, and shareholder return.
- Market Cap
- $988.5B$1.34T
- Shares
- 1.63B1.82B
- Implied Share Value Change
- +22.3%
- Implied Share Value Change
- +22.3%
- Dividend Contribution
- +0.0 pp
- Conditional Total Shareholder Return
- +22.3%
EPYC server demand and Instinct deployments expand together, establishing Data Center as AMD’s main growth driver and translating scale into improved profitability.
- Assumed 2030 net margin
- 36.4%Current 15.6%
- Assumed 2030 P/E
- 25.0xCurrent 153.6x
- Converted P/S
- 9.1x
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Shows the relationship among market cap, share count, implied share value, and shareholder return.
- Market Cap
- $988.5B$1.82T
- Shares
- 1.63B1.83B
- Implied Share Value Change
- +64.0%
- Implied Share Value Change
- +64.0%
- Dividend Contribution
- +0.0 pp
- Conditional Total Shareholder Return
- +64.0%
AI accelerator deployments and server CPU demand expand faster, increasing Data Center’s revenue share and allowing greater scale to translate into stronger profitability improvement.
This analysis presents long-term valuation scenarios. Scenario inputs are conditional assumptions and are not company guidance or market consensus.
Conditional Shareholder Return Calculator
P/E and P/S are linked through the assumed net margin.
View Conditional Shareholder Return Details
Shows the relationship among market cap, share count, implied share value, and shareholder return.
- Market Cap
- $988.5B$1.34T
- Shares
- 1.63B1.82B
- Implied Share Value Change
- +22.3%
- Implied Share Value Change
- +22.3%
- Dividend Contribution
- +0.0 pp
- Conditional Total Shareholder Return
- +22.3%
This is a conditional arithmetic result based on the displayed assumptions, not a forecast of future share price.
Original Sources
Official AMD IR/SEC materials and market data.
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