We recently published a list of Top 10 AI Stocks to Watch Right Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stands against other top AI stocks to watch right now.
Tom Hancock, GMO U.S. quality ETF portfolio manager, said in a latest program on CNBC that the NASDAQ has become “risky” bet amid a lot of volatility.
“It’s become not really an index; it’s become a single bet. So it it’s a very risky thing to invest in. It’s not what I think you would want from a sort of diversified investor. It’s probably going to give you more volatile returns next year, and I’d a little bit worry that the AI rally has extended itself. So uh those may be uncomfortably volatile returns.”
Hancock said investors should also pay attention to some of the “old economy” stocks. He thinks AI stocks have become a “hype trade” and any “hiccup” in the economy could result in these stocks crashing. He also urged investors to look for stocks outside the US.
Hancock believes AI gains are now set to broaden out to smaller companies that have not received a lot of attention so far.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD)
Number of Hedge Fund Investors: 107
In late October, while talking about AMD’s Q3 results on CNBC, Stacy Rasgon, Bernstein Research senior analyst, explained the key issues haunting the company. The analyst said that Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) product launches are behind Nvidia’s and the stock fell after its latest quarterly results because investors were more interested in AI numbers and guidance.
“You have to be a little careful with these sort of first-party benchmarks, but they believe that they will compete well versus a subset of Nvidia’s parts. But the issue is those parts that they’re competing at with Nvidia are already here, right? Whereas we’re waiting, you know, I don’t know, 6, 9, 12 months for the relevant A and B parts. By then, Nvidia will have their next-generation stuff. And if you sort of look on a timeline, the relative dates of introduction of competing parts, Nvidia’s still got their parts in the market at least a year in advance in many cases. Couple that with the other areas where Nvidia is strong around software and services, hardware and systems, and ecosystem—these are things that AMD is trying their best to construct, but it’s very difficult. So I don’t really see the moat around Nvidia’s parts flagging.
Look, it’s very clear from these results, again I’ve said this before, I don’t want to knock AMD in the sense that you know, like the AI business they have was zero a year ago. So, I mean, it’s growing off of that. But I can clearly see where the dollars are really flowing in the space. It’s not really Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD). It clearly is Nvidia.”
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) bulls believe the market should stop comparing the company’s chips with Nvidia and focus on its data-center growth and its competitive edge over other players like Intel. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)’s strong growth in the data center segment is indeed impressive, driven by Instinct GPU shipments and strong sales of EPYC CPUs. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) will continue to benefit from organic growth catalysts in this segment despite the competition from Nvidia. According to Goldman Sachs Research, global data center demand could surge by 160% by 2030. In the U.S., data centers are projected to use 8% of total power by 2030, up from 3% in 2022. McKinsey estimates that adding the required U.S. capacity will need over $500 billion in infrastructure investment by the decade’s end.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)’s forward-adjusted PEG ratio is about 40% lower than the median for the tech sector (XLK).
Overall, AMD ranks 7th on our list of top AI stocks to watch right now. While we acknowledge the potential of AMD, our conviction lies in the belief that under the radar AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than AMD but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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