AMD warns of Q3 income shortfall

AMD issued preliminary third-quarter outcomes Thursday which might be properly beneath its preliminary steerage.

The semiconductor firm reported preliminary quarterly income of roughly $5.6 billion. It had initially mentioned it anticipated $6.7 billion in income for the quarter, plus or minus $200 million. AMD additionally mentioned that its non-GAAP gross margin is anticipated to come back in round 50%, whereas it had beforehand anticipated gross margin to be nearer to 54%.

Shares fell about 4% in after-hours buying and selling.

AMD mentioned the shortfall was a mix of a “weaker than anticipated PC market and important stock correction actions throughout the PC provide chain.”

In its final quarterly earnings outcomes, AMD had already given a forecast for Q3 that was decrease than Wall Road anticipated.

AMD’s Consumer phase income got here in at about $1 billion, the corporate mentioned, down 40% yr over yr. Its Gaming phase generated about $1.6 billion in income, up 14% year-over-year, and its Information Heart enterprise additionally generated about $1.6 billion in gross sales for the quarter, up 45% year-over-year.

The enhance in its Embedded enterprise, which is primarily the results of buying Xilinx earlier this yr, generated about $1.3 billion.

In whole, gross sales of $5.6 billion had been up 29% over Q3 2021 however down 15% from the final quarter.

Total, the inventory is down about 53% for the yr, whereas the S&P 500 is down greater than 21%.