AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AMD has the edge over COHU overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and lower modeled downside.
COHU
Cohu, Inc.
COHU's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
AMD Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
AMD's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
COHU Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy |
COHU's revenue, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its profitability is stable.
AMD PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 39x | $585 | — |
| Cheap | 40x | $182 | -69% |
| Fair | 112x | $514 | -12% |
| Current | 127x | $585 | — |
| Expensive | 206x | $947 | +62% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
AMD's PE is in its fair range at 127x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 39x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
COHU PE Valuation
COHU has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AMD Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Broad | |
| Low |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for AMD, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
COHU Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for COHU, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
AMD Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $15.05 | +227% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.60 | +127% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.89 | +122% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.05 | +123% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.65 | +165% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.03 | +81% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.75 | +111% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.37 | +99% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.00 | +89% |
AMD has the edge over COHU on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
COHU Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.99 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.52 | +$1.04 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.83 | +$1.03 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.19 | +$0.65 |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.59 | -$0.10 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.56 | -$0.48 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.86 | -$1.25 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.84 | -$1.79 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.49 | -353% |
COHU is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.52 per share over the past year, against $1.86 at its worst in mid-2025.
AMD Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $13.4B | +45% |
| Q2 2026 | $11.5B | +50% |
| Q1 2026 | $10.3B | +38% |
| Q4 2025 | $10.3B | +34% |
| Q3 2025 | $9.2B | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $7.7B | +32% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.4B | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $7.7B | +24% |
AMD has the edge over COHU on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 21% | +7.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | 17% | +19 points |
| Q1 2026 | 14% | +3.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 17% | +5.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 14% | +3.1 points |
| Q2 2025 | -1.7% | -6.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 11% | +10 points |
| Q4 2024 | 11% | +5.8 points |
AMD has the edge over COHU on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
COHU Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $173M | +37% |
| Q2 2026 | $149M | +38% |
| Q1 2026 | $125.1M | +29% |
| Q4 2025 | $122.2M | +30% |
| Q3 2025 | $126.2M | +32% |
| Q2 2025 | $107.7M | +2.8% |
| Q1 2025 | $96.8M | -10% |
| Q4 2024 | $94.1M | -31% |
COHU's revenue is recovering but still below its 2021 peak: $173M last quarter, up 37% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 7.4% | +15 points |
| Q2 2026 | 0.2% | +16 points |
| Q1 2026 | -8.9% | +19 points |
| Q4 2025 | -13% | +10 points |
| Q3 2025 | -7.7% | +8.8 points |
| Q2 2025 | -16% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | -28% | -12 points |
| Q4 2024 | -23% | -23 points |
COHU's operating margin was 7.4% last quarter, up 15 points from the same quarter a year ago.
AMD Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $554M | -71% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.6B | -9.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +253% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.4B | +118% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.9B | +283% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.7B | +294% |
| Q1 2025 | $727M | +92% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.1B | +351% |
AMD has the edge over COHU on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
COHU Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3M | +$20.9M |
| Q2 2026 | $8.1M | -39% |
| Q1 2026 | $8.3M | +$29.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $36.5M | +$41.2M |
| Q3 2025 | -$18M | -219% |
| Q2 2025 | $13.4M | +$14.3M |
| Q1 2025 | -$21.1M | -$3.9M |
| Q4 2024 | -$4.8M | -$3.6M |
COHU's free cash flow has turned positive after two years mostly in the red: $56M over the past year.
AMD Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +2M shares |
| 1 year | +1.2% | +20M shares |
| 3 years | +2% | +32M shares |
| 5 years | +35% | +431M shares |
| Available history | +40% | +473M shares |
AMD has the edge over COHU on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $221M |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $89M |
| Q2 2025 | $478M |
| Q1 2025 | $749M |
| Q4 2024 | $256M |
AMD has spent almost nothing on buybacks in the past year.
COHU Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +15% | +7M shares |
| 1 year | +16% | +7.6M shares |
| 3 years | +13% | +6.3M shares |
| 5 years | +9.9% | +4.9M shares |
| Available history | +32% | +13.2M shares |
COHU has 54M diluted shares, up 16% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $1,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $138,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $8.4M |
| Q4 2024 | $32,000 |
COHU hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
AMD Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2020 | -1.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2020 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2019 | -1.2x | Net Cash |
AMD has more cash than debt.
COHU Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 8.6x | High |
| Q3 2024 | -60.8x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2024 | -7.7x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2024 | -3.2x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2023 | -2.2x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2023 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2023 | -1.6x | Net Cash |
COHU's net debt is about 1.1 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), after holding more cash than debt a year ago.
AMD Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 59.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 41.4 | Neutral |
AMD's weekly RSI is 59 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 41 (neutral).
COHU Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 45.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 21.9 | Neutral |
COHU's weekly RSI is 46 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 22 (neutral).
AMD PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | AMD | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 127x | 28x | 357% above |
| PE % | 61 | 35 | 26 pts above |
AMD is trading at 127x earnings, a 357% premium to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
COHU PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | COHU | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 28x | — |
COHU has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AMD Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $557.2 | 5.1% above |
| 20 week MA | $525.9 | 11% above |
| 50 week MA | $389.7 | 50% above |
| 100 week MA | $266.9 | 119% above |
| 200 week MA | $199.6 | 193% above |
AMD has the edge over COHU on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
COHU Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $55.2 | 19% below |
| 20 week MA | $54.4 | 17% below |
| 50 week MA | $44.0 | 2.2% above |
| 100 week MA | $32.1 | 40% above |
| 200 week MA | $32.4 | 39% above |
COHU has slipped below its 8- and 20-week averages, though it's still 39% above its 200-week average.
AMD Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $46.2 | $91.8 | +99% |
| 2021 | $91.8 | $146.1 | +59% |
| 2022 | $146.1 | $64.5 | -56% |
| 2023 | $64.5 | $147.4 | +128% |
| 2024 | $147.4 | $125.2 | -15% |
| 2025 | $125.2 | $215.0 | +72% |
| 2026 YTD | $215.0 | $585.3 | +172% |
AMD has the edge over COHU on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
COHU Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $22.3 | $38.8 | +74% |
| 2021 | $38.8 | $38.0 | -1.9% |
| 2022 | $38.0 | $31.6 | -17% |
| 2023 | $31.6 | $35.4 | +12% |
| 2024 | $35.4 | $26.8 | -24% |
| 2025 | $26.8 | $23.5 | -12% |
| 2026 YTD | $23.5 | $45.0 | +92% |
COHU is up 92% so far in 2026, after finishing lower in four of the previous six years.