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AMD Shares Feel the Heat as Intel Drags Chip Stocks Lower: What’s Going On?

Reviewed by ClearTape · Source: Benzinga

Key takeaways

  • Intel’s weaker fourth‑quarter outlook has pulled AMD and other chip stocks lower, erasing a large part of AMD’s year‑to‑date rally.
  • Intel Q3
    EPS

    Earnings per share — profit for one share of the company, in dollars.

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    $0.52 vs $0.40 estimate
  • Intel Q3 revenue $16.51 billion vs $16.47 billion estimate
  • Intel Q4
    EPS

    Earnings per share — profit for one share of the company, in dollars.

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    guidance

    What a company says it expects for future sales or profits — a forecast from the company, not a guarantee.

    $0.25 vs $0.43 estimate

What happened

Intel reported Q3 earnings of $0.52 per share and revenue of $16.51 billion, beating estimates of $0.40 and $16.47 billion. Its fourth‑quarter

guidance

What a company says it expects for future sales or profits — a forecast from the company, not a guarantee.

of $0.25
EPS

Earnings per share — profit for one share of the company, in dollars.

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and $15‑$16 billion revenue fell short of consensus $0.43 EPS and $17.05 billion. The weak outlook dragged Intel shares down 25.5% premarket and pulled other chip names, including AMD, lower. AMD shares fell about 8% premarket to $521.00 after the Intel news.

Why it matters

Intel’s

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signals headwinds in the PC and server markets that affect the entire semiconductor sector. A weaker outlook from the industry leader raises doubts about demand and supply constraints, prompting investors to reduce exposure to chip stocks. AMD, which competes with Intel in PCs and data centers, is…

Short-term and longer-term

Short-term. AMD shares fell 8% premarket after Intel’s weak outlook, reflecting broader chip market concerns.

Longer-term. AMD’s 170% YTD gain has been largely wiped out by Intel’s

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What a company says it expects for future sales or profits — a forecast from the company, not a guarantee.

shock.

Words on this card

EPS Learn
Earnings per share, the profit attributed to each share of stock.
PC industry headwinds
Factors that reduce demand for personal computers, such as slower consumer spending.
Data center
Facilities that house servers and storage for internet services and cloud computing.
Helios rack-scale solutions
AMD’s high‑performance computing infrastructure designed for large data centers.
Instinct GPU
AMD’s graphics processing unit line used for AI and machine learning workloads.
Guidance
What a company says it expects for future sales or profits — a forecast from the company, not a guarantee.

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