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August 5, 2026 (Wed)

AMD beat estimates. Why did the stock fall so hard?

Today's Market

AMD plunged -7.0% despite beating estimates. On August 5 (ET), the S&P 500 closed -0.2% and the Nasdaq -0.8%.

• The semiconductor sector fell -2.1%, and Alphabet (GOOGL) slid -4.0% on the departure of key AI talent

• SpaceX beat estimates in its first quarter as a public company, then fell on AI spending concerns

• The Dow bucked the trend, closing +0.5%. Eli Lilly (LLY) was the biggest gainer among major large caps at +4.9%

• The Fear & Greed Index sits at 60, up 25 points from 35 a week ago

Market Data

S&P 500

7,723.55

▼0.17%

NASDAQ

26,363.44

▼0.83%

DOW

54,349.12

▲0.49%

VIX

15.81

▼4.18%

Fear & Greed 60 1W +25 · 1M +27

Sector Heat Map

SPY benchmark + 11 GICS sectors · 1-day

S&P 500 SPY −0.20%	Technology XLK −0.53%	Comm. Svcs XLC −1.04%	Cons. Discr. XLY +0.30%
Cons. Staples XLP −0.05%	Energy XLE −2.07%	Financials XLF +0.21%	Health Care XLV +1.27%
Industrials XLI −0.03%	Materials XLB +1.23%	Real Estate XLRE +0.07%	Utilities XLU −1.02%

In Focus

AMD's drop was about expectations, not results

Revenue, earnings and guidance all cleared consensus, and the stock still fell 7.0%

• Revenue and EPS beat consensus this quarter, and revenue guidance also came in above consensus, with expanding AI data-center demand as the core of the earnings case

• Even so, investors are asking for a bigger AI payoff, and on top of that the pre-earnings run-up in the share price was cited

• Marvell (MRVL) fell -3.5% and Qualcomm (QCOM) -3.2%, while Nvidia (NVDA) went the other way at +3.4%

• That said, the AI data-center demand underpinning the earnings case still holds; the August 7 Employment Situation (NFP) and the August 12 CPI print are the next test

Hormuz traffic talks push oil lower

Reports of Iran-U.S. negotiations over shipping traffic pushed back supply-disruption fears

• The proposed deal is reported to give Iran control over inbound traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

• On the negotiation reports, oil fell -0.8%; separately, the VIX eased to 15.81 (-4.2%)

• Kashkari of the Fed said it is time to start raising rates, but the ADP employment print came in weak; the 10-year Treasury yield held at 4.617% and the 30-year at 5.174%

• That said, no deal is final, and reports of a Houthi attack on a Saudi tanker in the Red Sea put supply disruption back in view

Inside the Ticker

AMD — Data Center Is Half of Revenue; Net Income Carries a One-Off Gain

AMD AMD | $482.05 | 1D −7.0% 1W +12.2% 1M −6.6% 3M +35.7%

Q2 revenue was $11,536M, up 12.5% from $10,253M in the prior quarter. Data Center was 58.2% of it.

• Year over year, growth is essentially Data Center alone

• Data Center $6,718M (58.2%), operating income $2,103M against a $155M loss a year earlier

• Client and Gaming $3,841M (+6% YoY), with operating income down 24% from $767M to $582M

• Gross margin 53.8% — most of the gain sits in the prior-year base

• Up 14pp from 39.8%; the company cites the absence of last year's MI308 export-control charges and Data Center mix

• Sequentially, gross profit rose 14.5% against revenue's 12.5% — a much smaller spread than the year-over-year one

• Net income $2,297M exceeds operating income $1,990M

• The $307M difference traces to other income of $598M (from $98M), whose increase the company attributes mainly to an unrealized gain on the public listing of non-marketable equity

• Real earnings power is the 17.3% operating margin; operating income rose 34.8% sequentially

• Six-month capex $1,197M (+142.3%), yet FCF $4,124M (+116.3%)

• Investment is not outrunning cash generation, on a continuing-operations basis

Coming Up

DATES SHOWN IN ET

• Fri 8/7 Employment Situation (NFP)

• Wed 8/12 CPI

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