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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

An expanding semiconductor model with operating leverage and rising cash requirements

AMD pairs rapid, uneven growth and variable reported margins with research spending that substantially exceeds physical capital investment. Free cash flow has remained positive throughout the supplied annual history, although working-capital absorption makes cash conversion uneven.

What is developing

The latest quarter extended operating-margin expansion but brought a sharp drop in cash conversion as inventory and capacity investment supported the Data Center ramp. Positive trailing free cash flow indicates a more cash-demanding growth phase rather than a demonstrated break in the financial model.

What matters next

Whether inventory and receivable growth moderate enough for operating cash flow to catch up with earnings while capacity investment continues.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
1.3B 1.2B 1.1B 1.5B 1.6B 2.5B 4.8B 3.9B 3.8B 5.5B
1.3B 1.2B 1.1B 1.5B 1.6B 2.5B 4.8B 3.9B 3.8B 5.5B
— — 78m 37m 695m 1.1B 1B 1.8B 1.3B 5B
311m 454m 1.2B 1.9B 2.1B 2.7B 4.1B 5.4B 6.3B 6.3B
311m 454m 1.2B 1.9B 2.1B 2.7B 4.1B 5.4B 6.2B 6.3B
0 0 0 0 0 0 2m 9m 113m 0
751m 694m 845m 982m 1.4B 2B 3.8B 4.4B 5.7B 7.9B
204m 301m 304m 253m 388m 314m 1.3B 1.3B 1.9B 2.2B
2.5B 2.6B 3.5B 4.6B 6.1B 8.6B 15B 16.8B 19B 26.9B
164m 261m 348m 705m 849m 1.1B 2B 2.2B 2.4B 2.3B
164m 261m 348m 705m 849m 1.1B 2B 2.2B 2.4B 2.3B
(717m) (740m) (707m) (768m) (912m) (1.1B) (1.5B) (1.8B) (2.2B) (2.6B)
232m 239m 226m 210m 229m 328m 24.5B 21.4B 18.9B 16.7B
289m 289m 289m 289m 289m 289m 24.2B 24.3B 24.8B 25.1B
59m 58m 58m 58m 63m 69m 83m 99m 149m 176m
47m 71m 95m 169m 1.4B 2.1B 1.8B 3.2B 3.8B 5.7B
289m 289m 289m 289m 289m 289m 24.2B 24.3B 24.8B 25.1B
3.3B 3.6B 4.6B 6B 9B 12.4B 67.6B 67.9B 69.2B 76.9B
823m 796m 1B 1.2B 546m 1.4B 3B 2.4B 2.5B 2.9B
367m 514m 755m 1.1B 1.8B 2.5B 2.3B 2.6B 3B 4.2B
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 70m 136m 0 — 312m 0 751m 0 874m
156m 133m 52m 31m 34m 27m 1.1B 876m 1.8B 1.4B
63m — 11m 2m 15m — — — — —
1.3B 1.5B 2B 2.4B 2.4B 4.2B 6.4B 6.7B 7.3B 9.5B
1.4B 1.3B 1.1B 486m 330m 1m 2.5B 1.7B 1.7B 2.3B
— — — 11m 11m 12m 1.9B 1.2B 349m 313m
124m 118m 192m 345m 367m 669m 2.1B 2.4B 2.3B 1.8B
2.9B 3B 3.3B 3.2B 3.1B 4.9B 12.8B 12B 11.7B 13.9B
9m 9m 10m 12m 12m 12m 16m 17m 17m 17m
(7.8B) (7.8B) (7.4B) (7.1B) (4.6B) (1.5B) (131m) 723m 2.4B 6.7B
8.3B 8.5B 8.8B 10B 10.5B 11.1B 58B 59.7B 61.4B 63.4B
(119m) (108m) (50m) (53m) (131m) (2.1B) (3.1B) (4.5B) (6.1B) (7.1B)
(5m) 6m (8m) 0 17m (3m) (41m) (10m) (69m) (3m)
416m 596m 1.3B 2.8B 5.8B 7.5B 54.8B 55.9B 57.6B 63B
3.3B 3.6B 4.6B 6B 9B 12.4B 67.6B 67.9B 69.2B 76.9B
935m 967m 1B 1.2B 1.2B 1.2B 1.6B 1.6B 1.6B 1.6B