Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
59/100
Moderate

Ranked against 65 peers in Semiconductors

About Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company internationally. It operates in three segments: Data Center, Client and Gaming, and Embedded. The company offers artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators, microprocessors, and graphics processing units (GPUs) as standalone devices or as incorporated into accelerated processing units, chipsets, and data center and professional GPUs; and embedded processors and semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products, … Full AMD analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.78), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Operating Expense Control OpEx growth is controlled (score 0.66), demonstrating operating leverage.

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.35), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

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Where AMD ranks in Semiconductors

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ranks #23 of 66 scored companies in Semiconductors by moat score — the top 35%. The widest moat in the group is NVE Corporation (NVEC) at 86/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
19 Marvell Technology, Inc. MRVL 62/100 Moderate
20 GlobalFoundries Inc. GFS 62/100 Moderate
21 Skyworks Solutions, Inc. SWKS 61/100 Moderate
22 Qorvo, Inc. QRVO 60/100 Moderate
23 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD 59/100 Moderate
24 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd ASX 58/100 Moderate
25 MACOM Technology Solutions Hold MTSI 57/100 Moderate
26 ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. IMOS 53/100 Moderate
27 Lattice Semiconductor Corporati LSCC 52/100 Moderate

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How AMD scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 65 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 65 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 56 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 46 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 63 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 56 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding AMD's moat

What is Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s moat score?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) scores 58 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #23 of 66 scored companies in Semiconductors, the top 35%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 65 companies in Semiconductors. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (65/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (46/100).

How does Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compare with other Semiconductors companies?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ranks #23 of 66 scored companies in Semiconductors by moat score. The widest moat in Semiconductors is NVE Corporation (NVEC) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Qorvo, Inc. (QRVO) at 60 just above it and ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd (ASX) at 58 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 65 companies in Semiconductors. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AMD scores: Pricing Power (65), Cost Advantage (65), Customer Stickiness (56), Capital Efficiency (46), Resilience (63), Scale & Market Position (56). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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