Chip giant AMD (AMD) reported its first quarter earnings on Tuesday beating analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines, but lighter-than-anticipated guidance for the current quarter sent the stock lower.
AMD’s announcement follows rival Intel’s disappointing report last week, in which it posted a lower-than-anticipated revenue outlook for the current quarter.
AMD said it expects Q2 revenue of between $5.4 billion and $6 billion; estimates called for $5.72 billion.
AMD reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.62 on revenue of $5.5 billion. Wall Street was looking for adjusted EPS of $0.61 on revenue of $5.45 billion. The company reported EPS of $0.60 on revenue of $5.35 billion in the same quarter last year.
Importantly, AMD saw better-than-anticipated Data Center revenue in the quarter, with the company reporting sales of $2.34 billion. Wall Street was looking for $2.31 billion.
AMD’s MI300 chips are meant to go head-to-head with Nvidia’s (NVDA) bestselling H100 line of accelerators. The company previously said that its MI300X beats out Nvidia’s chips, a claim Nvidia rejected. Intel is also chasing Nvidia’s H100 platform with its Gaudi 3 accelerators.
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, speaks onstage during Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on Sept. 26, 2023, in Dana Point, Calif. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media) (Jerod Harris via Getty Images)
Nvidia, however, announced its follow-up to the H100, the Blackwell platform, during its GTC conference in March. This platform should offer better performance than its predecessor.
The AI arms race isn’t slowing anytime soon, either. Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG, GOOGL), and Meta (META) each announced that they’re pouring money into AI data center capabilities to build out and support their various software offerings.
But whether AMD can steal significant market share away from market leader Nvidia remains to be seen. According to UBS Global Research analyst Timothy Arcuri, MI300X sales should bring in billions this year.
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