TL;DR
AMD's cash generation improved, but the raw FY2025 free cash flow value mixes total operating cash flow with continuing-operations capital spending. Using matching continuing operations gives $5.519 billion, compared with the raw $6.735 billion. Keep both definitions visible when comparing years. Dots can maintain the dated research memo, while valuation and any trading rule require a separate argument.
Is AMD's reported cash improvement comparable across continuing operations?
These exact table values retain both the raw API figure and continuing operating cash flow less continuing PPE. The FY2025 difference comes from the reporting scope. Labels are rounded; the full table retains the exact figures.
- Raw source FCF
- $6.735B
- Continuing CFO − PPE
- $5.519B
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| Continuing CFO | 1.667 | 3.041 | 6.493 |
| Continuing PPE | 0.546 | 0.636 | 0.974 |
| Continuing CFO − PPE | 1.121 | 2.405 | 5.519 |
| Raw API FCF, retained | 1.121 | 2.405 | 6.735 |
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FY2025 revenue and operating margin improved, but the raw $6.735B FCF mixes total operating cash flow with continuing-operations PPE. A continuing-operations bridge is $6.493B − $0.974B = $5.519B.
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This worked comparison was checked in NexusTrade and against the original statements. It is not an execution receipt from your external client. Use the connected client capability described in the setup guide, or supply the public statements directly when a tool is unavailable.
Compare three full fiscal periods
Operating margin = operating income ÷ revenue. Not returned means missing, never zero. Source FCF definitions require the reconciliation below.
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| AMD · 2023-12-30 | $22.680B | $0.401B / 1.77% | $0.854B | $1.121B |
| AMD · 2024-12-28 | $25.785B | $1.900B / 7.37% | $1.641B | $2.405B |
| AMD · 2025-12-27 | $34.639B | $3.694B / 10.66% | $4.335B | $6.735B |
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Operating margin = operating income ÷ revenue. Not returned means missing, never zero. Source FCF definitions require the reconciliation below.
Read-only NexusTrade sec_edgar fundamentals retrieved October 12, 2026 and checked against the original annual statements. Amounts below are USD billions; the retained raw response uses USD. These are historical fiscal periods, not a live quote or a forecast.
Follow the calculation into the business
Evidence 1
Revenue: $22.680B → $25.785B → $34.639B. Operating margin: 1.77% → 7.37% → 10.66%.
Evidence 2
FY2025 total CFO is $7.709B including $1.216B from discontinued operations. Continuing PPE is $0.974B; discontinued PPE adds $0.038B.
Evidence 3
Data Center sales rose from $12.579B to $16.635B, while Embedded declined from $3.557B to $3.454B. Growth is uneven across segments.
What this result leaves unanswered
Accounting explanation
Preserve source FCF rather than silently substituting a different scope. Like-for-like continuing FCF is $1.121B, $2.405B and $5.519B; total CFO minus total PPE in FY2025 is $6.697B.
Business and investment limits
Acquired-intangible amortization affects GAAP margins. Distinguish it from a non-GAAP adjustment and from a cash expenditure before comparing AMD with NVIDIA.
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Select FY rows by periodEnd instead of assuming the array is latest first. Source statements may present comparative years in one filing. Their later publication does not prove those exact restated values were available at the earlier historical date.
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| AMD | 2023 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-01-31 | Annual FY, USD |
| AMD | 2024 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-02-05 | Annual FY, USD |
| AMD | 2025 | 2025-12-27 | 2026-02-04 | Annual FY, USD |
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Finish with a claim you can audit
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| The reported business improved | Same-period revenue and operating income | Source definitions and segment mix |
| Profit turned into cash | CFO reconciliation and PPE scope | Working capital and noncash items |
| The stock is attractive | Not established by these statements | Price, valuation assumptions and competing outcomes |
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AMD: Q2 2026 reported result
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NexusTrade sec_edgar read recorded October 10, 2026. The reporting period ended 2026-06-27; the filing date was 2026-08-05.
- Revenue
- $11.536B11,536,000,000 USD
- Operating income
- $1.990B1,990,000,000 USD
- Operating margin
- 17.25%Calculated as operating income ÷ revenue.
Interpret the reported figures
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Operating margin describes this reported period. Keep annual and quarterly values separate, select the matching period explicitly, and retain the source filing. The fundamentals array includes older observations and is not ordered latest first.
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Start the AMD memo with reported facts
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AMD published Q2 2026 results on August 4 for the quarter ended June 27. GAAP revenue was $11,536 million versus $7,685 million a year earlier; AMD reported 50% growth. GAAP gross margin was 54%. Keep the reported unit as millions rather than silently treating the table as billions.
The release says the comparable 2025 quarter included an $800 million inventory and related charge caused by export controls. That affects interpretation of the margin comparison. Your memo can infer that the current revenue base grew, but it needs separate evidence for repeat orders, customer concentration and cash conversion. Record later guidance changes as dated updates and keep this reported quarter intact.
| Memo field | Source observation |
|---|---|
| Issuer and ticker | Advanced Micro Devices · AMD |
| Reporting period | Q2 ended June 27, 2026 |
| Published | August 4, 2026 |
| GAAP revenue | $11,536 million; prior year $7,685 million |
| Reported revenue growth | 50% year over year |
| Comparison caveat | Prior-year $800 million export-control inventory and related charge |
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Read the filing list before starting paid research
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Use sec_edgar to list AMD filings with the read-only request below. Open the relevant 10-Q and earnings 8-K; confirm issuer, accession, reporting period and filed date. The example above is a dated source check, not a claim that it will remain the latest quarter.
Missing filing values stay unresolved. action=ingest_filings persists source text and is a separate write, so listing filings does not grant permission to ingest them.
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"ticker": "AMD",
"action": "list_filings",
"forms": [
"10-Q",
"8-K"
],
"since": "2026-07-01",
"limit": 10
}Read the reported quarterly fundamentals
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Use this separate sec_edgar request to read available quarterly XBRL metrics. Match each observation to its fiscal period, unit and filing date rather than assuming the first row is the quarter in this example. Open the issuer statement to resolve any discrepancy. A missing operating cash-flow value remains missing.
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"ticker": "AMD",
"action": "fundamentals",
"periods": "quarterly"
}Submit one bounded question, then poll its ID
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If the response is lost, inspect the task transcript for the accepted ID before starting another request. A second research_topic call can create another billed job. A missing or foreign ID is an ownership or identity problem, not an instruction to invent a result. Read each primary citation before accepting the brief.
After I approve one research_topic request, use message: "Research AMD using the primary earnings release and corresponding 10-Q. Compare reported revenue and operating cash flow with the matching prior-year period. Preserve GAAP basis, units, quarter-end and publication dates. Explain disclosed one-off items, customer concentration and missing evidence. Return facts, interpretation and disconfirming evidence with source URLs. Do not draft orders or alter portfolios."
Save the returned researchJobId. Call get_research_status with research_job_id set to that exact value until terminal status.From a question to evidence
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NexusTrade toolsec_edgar
Output to inspectIssuer, accession, reporting period and publication date
Read relevant news
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Submit bounded research
NexusTrade toolresearch_topic
Output to inspectresearchJobId and source-backed question
Poll the accepted job
NexusTrade toolget_research_status
Output to inspectSame research_job_id, completed report and citations
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| Read filings | sec_edgar | Issuer, accession, reporting period and publication date |
| Read relevant news | search_stock_news | Dated publisher links; distinguish news from filings |
| Submit bounded research | research_topic | researchJobId and source-backed question |
| Poll the accepted job | get_research_status | Same research_job_id, completed report and citations |
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research_topic is asynchronous. Poll get_research_status with the same job ID instead of launching another billed research run for the same question.
Keep an AMD memo current without repeating the research job
Save the brief as AMD research memo with the source date, the accepted researchJobId and open questions. Ask your dot for one weekly check through November 6, 2026, Friday at 4:30 p.m. America/New_York. It should read new issuer publications and update the memo only when a fact changes; another paid research job still needs separate approval.
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Maintain my AMD research memo. Once each Friday at 4:30 p.m. America/New_York through November 6, 2026, check AMD investor relations and SEC filings. Record newly published links and which facts changed. Reuse the saved brief; do not resubmit research_topic for the same question. Notify me only for a new filing, revised guidance, a material contradiction or a connection failure. Ask before a new paid job, portfolio edit or deployment. Confirm the saved schedule and end date.Choose a separate strategy experiment
A filing brief ends with a documented thesis and what would change it. Turning that thesis into a rule requires a separate entry, exit, sizing and timing decision. The price-rule guide below tests mechanics; it does not retrospectively treat a 2026 earnings release as information known in 2021.
Actual NexusTrade filing-tool output
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We ran the two read-only sec_edgar requests below through NexusTrade on October 10, 2026. The filing list and quarterly fundamentals returned AMD Q2 2026, ending 2026-06-27, filed 2026-08-05. The original SEC statement's three-month columns agree with the revenue and operating income shown here after converting millions to USD.
This receipt records a NexusTrade filing read on October 10, 2026. Optional historical exercises retain their own periods and units.
| Returned field | Actual value |
|---|---|
| Ticker | AMD |
| Fiscal period | Q2 2026 |
| periodEnd | 2026-06-27 |
| filed | 2026-08-05 |
| totalRevenue (USD) | 11536000000 |
| operatingIncome (USD) | 1990000000 |
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