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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
(497m) (33m) 337m 341m 2.5B 3.2B 1.3B 854m 1.6B 4.3B
133m 144m 170m 222m 312m 407m 4.2B 3.5B 3.1B 3B
11m 0 (4m) (4m) (1.2B) 308m (1.5B) (1B) (1.2B) 248m
86m 97m 137m 197m 274m 379m 1.1B 1.4B 1.4B 1.6B
263m 145m 258m 476m 423m 418m 1.4B 1.4B 1.6B 2.5B
20m 20m (8m) (4m) 8m 35m 685m 523m 1.4B 884m
149m 88m 79m 67m 31m 25m 85m 84m 72m 91m
180m (244m) (727m) (542m) (931m) (774m) (1.8B) (3B) (2.1B) (2.4B)
90m 12m 34m 493m 1.1B 3.5B 3.6B 1.7B 3B 7.7B
(77m) (113m) (163m) (217m) (294m) (301m) (450m) (546m) (636m) (974m)
344m 59m (7m) 68m (658m) (385m) 2.4B (877m) (465m) (4.6B)
267m (54m) (170m) (149m) (952m) (686m) 2B (1.4B) (1.1B) (5.5B)
687m 20m 70m 523m 85m (1.7B) (3.5B) (717m) (583m) 1.4B
(561m) (40m) (41m) (473m) 0 0 679m 0 (750m) (950m)
(4m) (13m) (1m) (7m) (79m) (237m) (408m) (429m) (729m) (891m)
122m (33m) 28m 43m 6m (1.9B) (3.3B) (1.1B) (2.1B) (431m)
479m (75m) (108m) 387m 125m 940m 2.3B (902m) (122m) 1.7B
13m (101m) (129m) 276m 777m 3.2B 3.1B 1.1B 2.4B 6.7B