Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Although she doesn't own it she has traded it. She is cautious on the run-up and AI sector but it could show good growth and there is still room to run in the sector. It scores 8 out of 10 fundamentally. There is a mix of buy and hold on the street and analysts see an upside of 12 to 13% in valuation. You could keep holding it but also do some trimming.

NVDA may be the better company, but AMD has more upside. Is volatile, though. When this rallies, perhaps next year, he will divest. Expects this to rise $20-30.

A year ago, everyone thought that AMD was the next best competitor to NVDA. Lost second place to AVGO. Production issues, as so earnings disappointed in February. Coming back, production for GPUs back in place. They'll come back.

No. He would limit his exposure to any semis, given Trump's tariffs and embargo on China.

Makes great chips. It's software, not hardware. Hasn't been able to deliver the ecosystem to handle AI workloads effectively or reliably. He'd be much more bullish if it could get its act together on this.

Not gained market share. Not even close to NVDA. Success with hyperscalers, but not with the average customer. Has taken data centre market share.

Technically, looks challenged. Down ~57% from highs back in March 2024. Below 200-day MA, which is trending lower. Instead, buy NVDA on its momentum and stronger sentiment.

Powerful competitor to INTC, but has struggled against NVDA because of their clunky software. Results yesterday disappointed. Well positioned, valuation not as stratospheric as NVDA's. Semis are under pressure, and a lot of people want part of the AI pie.

It reports Tuesday. In the wake of DeepSeek, AMD's cheaper than NVDA's GPU suddenly looked more attractive thatn NVDA's chips.

Though decent value, it can fall further. It's second place in a very competitive business. NVDA has been sucking all the air out of the room. He won't touch semis unless the sector is really beaten up and broken. That said, the CEO is very smart and they have some good products. Problem is, there's so much passive money in the market, especially chips, and that excess needs to be burned off.

Growth has been stolen by GPU market due to changing customer demands. Will have to change business plan. Will take time to determine if able to compete in data center market. Believes share price is over valued. 

It used to be 2nd place to Intel. After mobile devices fell out of favour, AMD moved into AI, which is why shares have rallied. As for Nvidia: will AMD catch up? Outside AI-related semis, the semis sector is in pain. He isn't chasing this, especially with the weak CAD--and he feels the same about Nvidia. You could take profits.

They aren't doing as well as Nvidia, yes, and lack the big Amazon orders, but the CEO has taken a lot of market share from Intel. They are no. 2 in data centres and AI. Shares are cheap.

It has been a success story for decades and has surpassed Intel in the last 10 years. It will have a tougher fight with Nvidia. Four large customers provide 46% of its revenue: MSFT, AMZN, META, GOOG. Three of them are building their own semi conductors so AMD is competing with them as well as NVDA