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AMD posts record $11.5 billion quarter as AI demand lifts shares 155% year to date

$11.5 billion in second-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue, a 50% year-over-year gain reported by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), is the figure the rest of the quarter's story turns on. Data center alone contributed $6.7 billion of that total, more…

By Reuben Salcedo·Sep 19, 2026·2 min read·earnings

$11.5 billion in second-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue, a 50% year-over-year gain reported by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), is the figure the rest of the quarter's story turns on. Data center alone contributed $6.7 billion of that total, more than doubling year over year and accounting for roughly 58% of consolidated sales. AMD shares have run 155% year to date in response.

Q2 results: the reported lines

Per-share earnings of $1.66 rose 82% year over year, outpacing the 50% top-line gain by 32 percentage points and signaling that operating leverage ran well ahead of revenue in the period.

Metric Q2 FY2026 Change
Total revenue (reported) $11.5B +50% YoY
Data center revenue (reported) $6.7B more than doubled YoY
EPS (reported) $1.66 +82% YoY
Q3 revenue guidance (projected) up to $13.3B n/a

AMD guided for up to $13.3 billion in third-quarter revenue. If AMD reaches that ceiling, sequential growth from $11.5 billion comes to roughly 16%. That is guidance, not a result.

Institutional flows and the multi-year record

FactSet data cited by MoneyFlows places AMD's three-year sales growth rate at 14.7% and its three-year EPS growth rate at 72.5%. EPS is estimated, per MoneyFlows, to rise 108.1% in the current fiscal year. Both figures are projections, not reported results.

MoneyFlows, which tracks unusual institutional volume patterns, says AMD has accumulated 90 outlier inflow signals since 1992 and is up 5,093% since the first such signal. The firm has carried AMD as a top-rated stock for several years and currently describes volume patterns as consistent with active institutional accumulation.

AMD makes processors, accelerators, graphics chips, and related software, with a growing share of the product line aimed at AI workloads. Data center revenue more than doubling in a single quarter suggests demand at AMD's layer of the supply chain has not yet plateaued. Against a 50% revenue gain, the 82% EPS rise is the operating leverage the period produced.

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