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Why Some Wall Street Analysts Are Concerned About AMD's AI Revenue Despite Strong Results

AMD CEO Lisa Su speaks during the AI Action Summit in Paris
AMD CEO Lisa🦄 Su speaks during the AI Action Summit in Paris, France on Feb.ꦡ 11, 2025.

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Key Takeaways

  • AMD’s first-quarter earnings and second-quarter outlook exceeded analysts’ expectations.
  • However, CFO Jean Hu warned the chipmaker expects to take a $1.5 billion revenue hit in 2025 due to tightening restrictions on its chip sales to China.
  • Citi analysts said AI revenue is expected to fall in the first half of 2025, while "almost every other company has its AI business increasing."

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:first-quarter results that beat Wall Street's expectations, but some analysts expressed concerns tightening 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:export restrictions to China could harm AI revenue going forward.

Jefferies dropped its price target to $100 from $120, while maintaining a "hold" rating for the stock. "AI growth is the primary metric for the stock and on that front estimates move lower," the analysts said.

On the company's earnings call, CFO Jean Hu said AMD would take a $1.5 billion revenue hit in 2025 related to limits on sales of its chips to China. Overall, AMD projected second-quarter revenue of $7.1 billion to $7.7 billion. Analysts had called for $7.3 billion.

AMD shares were up less than 1% at just under $100 in early trading Wednesday, close to Jefferies' updated target. Citi analysts maintained a similar $100 target, noting that while AMD's AI revenue is expected to fall in the first half of the year, "almost every other company has its AI business increasing."

Meanwhile, Wedbush moved higher to $120 from $115 and UBS jumped to a more bullish $155 from $150. Wedbush pointed to the success of AMD's compute and gaming segments, which "significantly outperformed" in the quarter.

This article has been updated since it was first published to reflect more recent share price values.

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  1. Jefferies. "Advanced Micro Devices. Lower AI Outlook Overshadows Beats Elsewhere."

  2. Citi. "AMD: Mixed Results and Guidance. AI Revenue Declines With Margins Below Corporate Average. Reiterate Neutral."

  3. UBS. "Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Solid Underlying Guidance Ahead of AI Day In June; Buy."

  4. Wedbush. "Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AI Better than Feared; Compute & Gaming Just Better."

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