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Company snapshot — Advanced Micro Devices Inc

AMD in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
AMD designs processors for data centres, PCs, games consoles and embedded systems: EPYC server CPUs, Instinct accelerators for AI training and inference, Ryzen CPUs for PCs, Radeon graphics, and the adaptive chips and FPGAs it added with Xilinx. It reports four segments — Data Center, Client, Gaming and Embedded — and, like Nvidia, is fabless: it designs the chips and relies on TSMC and the packaging houses to make them. It is based in Santa Clara, California.
Where it sits in the stack
In Rubin, AMD sits in Layer 1, Architects (Chip Design), beside Nvidia — the second merchant-silicon design house that defines what the foundries, packagers and memory makers below it have to deliver. It is the name the market buys when it wants the accelerator trade at a different price from Nvidia’s.
Who it is priced against
It is priced against Nvidia first and Intel second, then Broadcom and Marvell on the custom-silicon side; on the day the chip sort reprices, AMD is usually the design name that moves most.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a Rubin constituent and a Nasdaq-100 name with a Closelook company score; the dailies use it as the read on whether the design side of the chip trade is being bought or sold.
What the diary watches
Whether Instinct accelerator revenue converts from announced customer wins into shipped volume, and whether server CPU share keeps rising while the PC cycle stays soft.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 1 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelook company score reads 62/100 composite (momentum 85, quality 51, valuation 21) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written by the Closelook desk, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: AMD news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for AMD, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 9 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Piper Sandler, 2026-09-09

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AMD from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Piper Sandler — target 600 Target set to $600 (+15.1% to spot) 2026-09-09
  • Initiation Morgan Stanley — at Underweight Initiated to Underweight from Negative 2026-08-28
  • Downgrade Jefferies — Buy → Underweight Downgraded to Underweight from Buy 2026-08-28

9 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 upgrades, 3 downgrades, 3 initiations, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against CPU and GPU merchants · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

CPU and GPU merchants

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against AMD on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
AMD+6.4%+8.2%+12.5%+6.4%
Architects (Chip Design)+3.8%+2.9%+10.3%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 10.4 pts ahead on the week, 15.4 pts ahead on the month; against its Architects (Chip Design) sleeve 2.2 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Technology in US: −2.1% week · −3.4% month · −1.2% quarter · +32.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)?

Advanced Micro Devices Inc trades as AMD on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is AMD in a Closelook index?

Yes — Advanced Micro Devices Inc is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-18.

What is Advanced Micro Devices Inc's Closelook composite score?

62 out of 100, with momentum 85, quality 51 and valuation 21 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Advanced Micro Devices Inc's earnings print record?

Across the 10 prints Closelook covers, Advanced Micro Devices Inc beat EPS estimates 9 times and revenue estimates 9 times; the three-day reactions split 3 up, 1 flat and 6 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-08-03 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does AMD trade against its moving averages?

Up 6.4% at the close: Above both trend lines; one of the day's strongest moves. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is AMD doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Advanced Micro Devices Inc is +12.5% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 15.4 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its Architects (Chip Design) sleeve is +10.3% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Advanced Micro Devices Inc do?

AMD designs processors for data centres, PCs, games consoles and embedded systems: EPYC server CPUs, Instinct accelerators for AI training and inference, Ryzen CPUs for PCs, Radeon graphics, and the adaptive chips and FPGAs it added with Xilinx. It reports four segments — Data Center, Client, Gaming and Embedded — and, like Nvidia, is fabless: it designs the chips and relies on TSMC and the packaging houses to make them. It is based in Santa Clara, California. It is priced against Nvidia first and Intel second, then Broadcom and Marvell on the custom-silicon side; on the day the chip sort reprices, AMD is usually the design name that moves most.

Where does Advanced Micro Devices Inc sit in the AI build-out?

In Rubin, AMD sits in Layer 1, Architects (Chip Design), beside Nvidia — the second merchant-silicon design house that defines what the foundries, packagers and memory makers below it have to deliver. It is the name the market buys when it wants the accelerator trade at a different price from Nvidia’s. It is a Rubin constituent and a Nasdaq-100 name with a Closelook company score; the dailies use it as the read on whether the design side of the chip trade is being bought or sold.

What has Wall Street done on Advanced Micro Devices Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Advanced Micro Devices Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Piper Sandler on 2026-09-09 (target 600). 9 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 upgrades, 3 downgrades, 3 initiations, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Advanced Micro Devices Inc?

Advanced Micro Devices Inc appears in 50 Closelook pieces, most recently Daily Pulse: Carry Trade — Why Higher US Rates May Be the Bull Market’s Insurance (2026-09-18); Morning 10: Yen — the Bank of Japan hikes and the dollar holds 157: the carry trade pays, the lines held, chips +3.4% over $505 (2026-09-18); Midday 10: Day after the hike — yields fall and the lines are retaken: 10-year 4.95%, chips +3% over $505, S&P ETF above $757.83 (2026-09-17). What Closelook said most recently: And every equity line we carry was retaken and held into the close, led by the half of the AI trade that had been sold hardest on the discount rate: the chip ETF +3.4% to $519.10, above $505 and above last Thursday’s $517.43; AMD +6.4%… (Daily Pulse, 2026-09-18). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AMD, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 50 pieces · newest: Daily Pulse, “Carry Trade — Why Higher US Rates May Be the Bull Market’s Insurance” (2026-09-18)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where AMD appears in the diary — 50 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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