AMD to outperform despite post-earnings slide, analysts say

AMD just posted the kind of quarter most companies would frame and hang on the wall. Record revenue, a beat on earnings estimates, and guidance that topped expectations. The stock dropped anyway. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices fell between 5% and 9% in extended trading following the company’s Q2 2026 earnings release on August 4. Wall Street analysts, rather than running for the exits, are calling it a buying opportunity. The numbers behind the noise AMD reported quarterly revenue of $11.5 billion, a 50% jump compared to the same period last year. Non-GAAP earnings per share came in at $1.66, clearing the consensus estimate of $1.62. The real star of the show was the Data Center segment. That business pulled in $6.7 billion in revenue, up 107% year-over-year. Data centers now account for 58% of AMD’s total revenue. For the third quarter, AMD guided revenue to approximately $13 billion at the midpoint, a figure that also exceeded what analysts had been modeling. The post-earnings dip appears driven by high pre-earnings expectations baked into the stock and investor anxiety around margin pressures from ramping AI infrastructure spending. Why analysts are staying bullish Despite the...