Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya gave AMD a "buy" rating and Intel an "underperform" rating.Despite troubles in PCs and data centers, AMD could gain more than Intel later this year as it launches new products including Genoa server CPUs, analysts said.
Analysts said: "Given AMD's extensive exposure to cloud computing vendors, who are expected to increase investment in CPUs/accelerators amid the AI boom, we believe AMD is in a better position overall. Its 5nm Genoa server CPU also has process node advantages and better multi-threading performance."
The current consensus expectation is that AMD will generate revenue of $5.31 billion and earnings per share of $0.56 in the first quarter of this year. Meanwhile, the consensus estimate for Intel to post a loss of $0.14 per share after first-quarter sales of $11.22 billion.
While Intel's stock has risen sharply over the past few sessions (partly due to its portfolio in AI), the company is likely to continue to lose server market share to AMD until at least 2025, analysts added. Ahead of Intel's first-quarter results, analysts lowered their estimates for the company's 2023 results, cutting sales and earnings per share estimates by 6% and 38%, respectively.
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