AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AMD has the edge over IPM overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and stronger fundamentals.
IPM
Intelligent Protection Management Corp.
IPM'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.
IPM Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
IPM's revenue, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its profitability is under pressure.
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.
IPM PE Valuation
IPM 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.
IPM Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for IPM, with profitability improving.
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 IPM on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
IPM Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.11 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.26 | +$0.44 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.28 | +$0.50 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.26 | +$0.54 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.15 | +$0.76 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.70 | -$0.36 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.78 | -$0.58 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.80 | -$0.71 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.91 | -$0.79 |
IPM is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.26 per share over the past year, against $1.37 at its worst in early 2020.
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 IPM 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 IPM on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
IPM Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $11M | +76% |
| Q2 2026 | $6.5M | +13% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.4M | +15% |
| Q3 2025 | $6.2M | +194% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.7M | +157% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.5M | +112% |
| Q3 2024 | $2.1M | -23% |
| Q2 2024 | $2.2M | -25% |
IPM's revenue has grown year over year for seven quarters in a row: $11M last quarter, up 76% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -8.1% | +15 points |
| Q2 2026 | -23% | -3.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | -12% | +12 points |
| Q4 2025 | -13% | N/A |
| Q3 2025 | -23% | +57 points |
| Q2 2025 | -20% | +33 points |
| Q1 2025 | -24% | +5.2 points |
| Q3 2024 | -80% | -66 points |
IPM's operating margin was −8.1% 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 IPM on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
IPM Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5.1M | +3703% |
| Q1 2026 | -$265.9K | -115% |
| Q4 2025 | $87.6K | +$1.6M |
| Q3 2025 | $133K | +$912.7K |
| Q1 2025 | $1.7M | +$2.3M |
| Q2 2024 | -$251.3K | -$57.5K |
| Q1 2024 | -$520.8K | +$282.2K |
| Q2 2023 | -$193.8K | +$217.2K |
IPM's free cash flow has turned positive after three years mostly in the red: $4M 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 1.7B diluted shares, up 1.2% from a year ago.
| 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.
IPM Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -- |
| 1 year | -1.3% | -166K shares |
| 3 years | +41% | +3.8M shares |
| 5 years | +89% | +6.1M shares |
| Available history | +90% | +6.2M shares |
IPM has the edge over AMD on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
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.
IPM Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | -2.8x | Net Cash |
IPM has more cash than debt.
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).
IPM Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 48.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 42.7 | Neutral |
IPM's weekly RSI is 48 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 43 (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.
IPM PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | IPM | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 28x | — |
IPM 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 IPM on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
IPM Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.72 | 1.7% above |
| 20 week MA | $1.79 | 2.2% below |
| 50 week MA | $1.78 | 1.7% below |
| 100 week MA | $1.86 | 5.9% below |
| 200 week MA | $2.33 | 25% below |
IPM has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-week average, but 25% below 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 IPM on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
IPM Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1.07 | $1.50 | +40% |
| 2021 | $1.50 | $3.15 | +110% |
| 2022 | $3.15 | $1.48 | -53% |
| 2023 | $1.48 | $2.34 | +58% |
| 2024 | $2.34 | $2.15 | -8.1% |
| 2025 | $2.15 | $1.76 | -18% |
| 2026 YTD | $1.76 | $1.75 | -0.6% |
IPM's yearly returns have swung widely, from +110% in 2021 to −53% in 2022. It's down 0.6% so far in 2026.