Company Analysis

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)

Nasdaq: AMD · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Santa Clara, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.8
◀ Past 7.1● Present 6.8▶ Future 6.6

The grade of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past7.130% of the headline
● Present6.840% of the headline
▶ Future6.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+26.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.3 billion in fiscal 2016 to $35 billion in fiscal 2025, up 26.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span26.1%top 11% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 15% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 39% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.9%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.4% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 221 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-27, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 221 sales (215 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-19 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 18%: owes 18¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-27, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 22 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 18 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 23% of its family
  • return on equitytop 40% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 42% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 97 in its family; net margin 12.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $35 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 5% by size; a net margin of 12.5% ranks in the top 30%; revenue growth of 13.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 27% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$34.64Btop 5% of its family
  • net margin12.5%top 30% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.7%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 44% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Su, Lisa T (Chair, President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-02-17, 11.7 years (top 17% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.9 years (top 40%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge13 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.9 yearstop 40% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.7 yearstop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 39% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5.5 billion against debt of $2.3 billion leaves 4.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.4% of revenue (top 22%); a gross margin of 49.5% (top 37%); research spending of 23.4% of revenue (top 37%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets4.1%bottom 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.4%top 22% of its family
  • gross margin49.5%top 37% of its family
  • research spending against revenue23.4%top 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.7% a year over the last three filed years against 26.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 30% of its family); the newest year grew 34.5% (top 23%); research spending grew 17.4% a year (top 19%); capital spending grew 29.5% a year (top 19%) (its annual reports). Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Datacenter at $17 billion, Client and Gaming at $15 billion, Embedded at $3.5 billion. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 48% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-12.4 points a yearbottom 30% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth34.5%top 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending17.4%top 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending29.5%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 27% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $35 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 28.5% above the $27 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 38% of its family); net income of $4.3 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.3 billion (top 10%); a net margin of 12.5% against 5.2% before (top 34%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace28.5%top 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+241%top 10% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+7.3 pointstop 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AMD · research, not advice