AMD stock gains as data-center growth raises delivery stakes
Published on 11/09/2026 at 16:07 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSAMD's growth bar moves higher
- AMD's third-quarter revenue reached a record level as Data Center sales rose sharply year over year.
- Management expects fourth-quarter growth to accelerate as Helios and Venice production scales.
- AI infrastructure demand is increasing the importance of supply, customer adoption and delivery execution.
Advanced Micro Devices reported a record third quarter on November 3, with data-center demand driving the strongest part of its expansion. In its third-quarter results, the company said revenue reached USD 13.4 billion, up 45 percent year over year, while Data Center revenue climbed 97 percent to USD 8.5 billion.
AMD stock traded at EUR 435.05 on Lang & Schwarz at 16:02 CET on Monday, November 9, 2026. That was 8.01 percent above the EUR 402.78 quote at 08:26 CET in the latest prior report on the same day, giving the second main report a fresh market reference without treating the move as a company-specific reaction.
Data Center carries the expansion
The Data Center segment benefited from demand for EPYC processors and the launch of Instinct MI450 GPUs. AMD also said Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure are running workloads on early Helios rack-scale systems powered by AMD accelerators and EPYC CPUs.
Client and Gaming revenue fell 8 percent year over year to USD 3.7 billion, with gaming revenue down 40 percent. Embedded revenue rose 29 percent to USD 1.1 billion, leaving the data-center business as the central driver of the current growth profile.
Quarterly guidance raises the bar
For the fourth quarter of 2026, AMD expects revenue of approximately USD 17 billion, plus or minus 3 percent. The midpoint would represent about 66 percent year-over-year growth and a sequential increase of about 27 percent. Non-GAAP gross margin is expected at approximately 55 percent.
The operating setup is becoming more demanding for investors. AMD must scale Helios and Venice production while converting strong AI infrastructure demand into deliveries, revenue and expanding profitability. The company has also highlighted proposed acquisitions of World Labs and Taalas, which would broaden its capabilities across model research and inference silicon.
Advanced Micro Devices at a glance
- Company: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- ISIN: US0079031078
- WKN: 863186
- Ticker: AMD
- Home exchange: Nasdaq
- Lang & Schwarz quote: EUR 435.05, Monday, November 9, 2026, 16:02 CET
- Comparison with prior report: EUR 402.78 at 08:26 CET on November 9, 2026; up 8.01 percent
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