This week, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:¶¶Òõ×îаæ) stock fell after releasing its second-quarter earnings report. adjusted earnings of 8 cents per share on $1.53 billion in revenue.
¶¶Òõ×îаæ met expectations when it came to revenue and earnings, but lowered its guidance for the remainder of the year. The ¶¶Òõ×îаæ share price fell 8% on Wednesday but ¶¶Òõ×îаæ stock is still up 68% from a year earlier.
Does this recent stock drop offer a good opportunity to invest in the company? Here are three things you should know about ¶¶Òõ×îаæ stock before you decide.
Sales Are Down From a Year Earlier
Advanced Micro Device’s revenue during the second quarter was a bit of a mixed bag. Revenue from computing and graphics reached $940 million which missed estimates of $983 million. Semi-custom revenue was $591 million which topped expectations of $544 million.
And reached $1.53 billion, beating estimates of $1.52 billion. This up 20% from the previous quarter but down 13% from a year earlier. CEO Lisa Su said that overall, she’s pleased with the company’s financial performance.
¶¶Òõ×îаæ Stock Is a Top-Performing Semiconductor Stock
¶¶Òõ×îаæ is one of the best-performing stocks on the
. And one reason for this is that ¶¶Òõ×îаæ invests a lot of time and money in developing new and exciting products.
This year, the company released its second-generation Ryzen CPU, which is supposed to be the most powerful desktop processor in the world. The company launched its newest Radeon graphics cards on July 7.
However, ¶¶Òõ×îаæ does face strong competition in the marketplace. ¶¶Òõ×îаæ and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) have a long-term rivalry to see which company can take the graphics card market share.
Unfortunately, ¶¶Òõ×îаæ often falls short to Nvidia. Nvidia has largely dominated ¶¶Òõ×îаæ in the GPU market and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) tends to be more well-known when it comes to the microchip industry.
Analysts Remain Optimistic ¶¶Òõ×îÐÂ°æ ¶¶Òõ×îаæ Stock
The earnings report was mostly in line with what analysts were anticipating and if the company hadn’t lowered its guidance, it may be a different story. But ¶¶Òõ×îаæ did lower its expected sales growth to a single-digit percentage.
Analysts were looking for signs that ¶¶Òõ×îаæ is rebounding and for positive news about the company’s growth going forward. In spite of the tempered outlook, many analysts remain positive when it comes to ¶¶Òõ×îаæ stock.
33 analysts are currently covering ¶¶Òõ×îаæ stock and 18 raised their price targets even after the earnings report came out. Investor ratings did seem to be more mixed. 12 analysts gave the stock a buy or overweight rating, 17 had hold ratings, and four gave ¶¶Òõ×îаæ stock a sell rating.
The company will likely continue to experience a slight fallout from the earnings report but this shouldn’t last long. Thanks to strong company fundamentals and many positive tailwinds, ¶¶Òõ×îаæ will most likely remain a long-term growth stock.
As of this writing, Jamie Johnson did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.