AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AMD has the edge over TSAT overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and lower modeled downside.
TSAT
Telesat Corporation
TSAT trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
AMD Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
AMD's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
TSAT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Weak |
TSAT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently 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.
TSAT PE Valuation
TSAT 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 |
AMD has the edge over TSAT on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
TSAT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong decline | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect TSAT's losses to shrink, with revenue declining.
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 TSAT on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
TSAT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$17.44 | -$12.21 |
| Q1 2026 | -$8.80 | -$4.32 |
| Q4 2025 | -$7.43 | -$2.95 |
| Q3 2025 | -$7.77 | -574% |
| Q2 2025 | -$5.23 | -826% |
| Q1 2025 | -$4.48 | -166% |
| Q4 2024 | -$4.48 | -156% |
| Q3 2024 | $1.64 | -82% |
TSAT lost $17.44 per share over the past year, a bigger loss than the year before.
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 TSAT 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 TSAT on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
TSAT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $55.9M | -25% |
| Q1 2026 | $61.4M | -25% |
| Q4 2025 | $66.1M | -27% |
| Q3 2025 | $71M | -27% |
| Q2 2025 | $74.6M | -30% |
| Q1 2025 | $82.1M | -23% |
| Q4 2024 | $90M | -23% |
| Q3 2024 | $97.3M | -21% |
TSAT's revenue has slid since its 2019 peak: $56M last quarter, down 25% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -16% | -33 points |
| Q1 2026 | 3.5% | -23 points |
| Q4 2025 | -381% | -204 points |
| Q3 2025 | 5.9% | -37 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -24 points |
| Q1 2025 | 26% | -17 points |
| Q4 2024 | -178% | -172 points |
| Q3 2024 | 43% | +0.1 points |
TSAT's operating margin was −16% last quarter, down 33 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the bottom of its range since 2019.
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 TSAT on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
TSAT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$165.1M | -$118.8M |
| Q1 2026 | -$80.4M | -210% |
| Q4 2025 | -$49.5M | -$36.5M |
| Q3 2025 | -$29.3M | -$16.3M |
| Q2 2025 | -$46.3M | -$31.1M |
| Q1 2025 | $73.2M | +82% |
| Q4 2024 | -$13M | -$10.9M |
| Q3 2024 | -$13M | -$12.5M |
TSAT's free cash flow has turned negative after years in the green: −$324M 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.
TSAT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +1.6% | +240K shares |
| 1 year | -8.1% | -1.3M shares |
| 3 years | +10% | +1.4M shares |
TSAT has the edge over AMD on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $1.1M |
| Q1 2025 | $4.8M |
| Q4 2024 | $1.6M |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
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.
TSAT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 48.8x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 38.5x | High |
| Q3 2024 | 3.0x | Moderate |
| Q2 2024 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q1 2024 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q4 2023 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q3 2023 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q2 2023 | 1.5x | Healthy |
TSAT's net debt is more than 20 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.4 years 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).
TSAT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 28.4 | Neutral |
TSAT's weekly RSI is 52 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 28 (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.
TSAT PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | TSAT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 28x | — |
TSAT 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 is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 193% above its 200-week average.
TSAT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $44.6 | 1.7% above |
| 20 week MA | $44.8 | 1.3% above |
| 50 week MA | $41.0 | 11% above |
| 100 week MA | $31.2 | 45% above |
| 200 week MA | $20.8 | 119% above |
TSAT is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 119% 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 TSAT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
TSAT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $32.8 | $21.3 | -35% |
| 2021 | $21.3 | $31.9 | +50% |
| 2022 | $31.9 | $6.92 | -78% |
| 2023 | $6.92 | $10.4 | +51% |
| 2024 | $10.4 | $16.4 | +57% |
| 2025 | $16.4 | $29.2 | +78% |
| 2026 YTD | $29.2 | $45.4 | +56% |
TSAT has finished higher in four of the last six years, three of them by more than 50%. It's up 56% so far in 2026.