AMDHIGH SIGNALFINANCIAL10-K

AMD delivered substantially higher operating profitability while nearly eliminating its debt burden and significantly strengthening its balance sheet position.

The company's operating income grew substantially year-over-year, indicating strong operational execution and likely market share gains in key segments. The near-complete elimination of total debt (down 99.7% to just $1M) combined with increased cash reserves demonstrates exceptional financial strength and provides AMD significant strategic flexibility for investments, acquisitions, or shareholder returns.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

AMD showed robust financial performance with operating income growing substantially while gross profit expanded meaningfully to $17.2B. The balance sheet strengthened dramatically with total debt declining 99.7% to minimal levels and cash increasing 46% to $5.5B, while current assets grew over 40%. The company increased both capital expenditures and share buybacks by roughly half, signaling confidence in growth investments and commitment to shareholder returns.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHANGES
Total Debt
Balance Sheet
-99.7%
$330.0M→$1.0M

Debt reduced 99.7% — deleveraging strengthens balance sheet and reduces financial risk.

Operating Income
P&L
+94.4%
$1.9B→$3.7B

Operating leverage kicking in — revenue growth outpacing cost growth, a hallmark of scaling businesses.

Capital Expenditure
Cash Flow
+53.1%
$636.0M→$974.0M

Capital expenditure jumped 53.1% — major investment cycle underway; assess returns on deployment.

Share Buybacks
Cash Flow
+52.7%
$862.0M→$1.3B

Share repurchases increased 52.7% — management returning capital, signals confidence in intrinsic value.

SG&A Expense
P&L
+48.9%
$2.8B→$4.1B

SG&A up 48.9% — significant increase in sales or administrative costs, monitor impact on operating leverage.

Cash & Equivalents
Balance Sheet
+46.3%
$3.8B→$5.5B

Cash position surged 46.3% — strong cash generation or capital raise providing significant financial cushion.

Interest Expense
P&L
+42.4%
$92.0M→$131.0M

Interest expense surged 42.4% — significant debt increase or rising rates materially impacting earnings.

Current Assets
Balance Sheet
+41.5%
$19.0B→$26.9B

Current assets grew 41.5% — improving short-term liquidity or inventory/receivables build.

Inventory
Balance Sheet
+38.1%
$5.7B→$7.9B

Inventory surged 38.1% — growing faster than typical sales pace; potential demand softening or supply chain overcorrection.

Gross Profit
P&L
+34.8%
$12.7B→$17.2B

Gross profit expanding — improving pricing power or product mix shift toward higher-margin offerings.

LANGUAGE CHANGES
NEW — 2026-02-04
PRIOR — 2025-02-05
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Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the registrant s fiscal year ended December 27, 2025.
1 Table of Conten t s References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to AMD, we, us, management, our or the Company mean Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Overview AMD drives innovation in high performance and AI computing to solve the world s most important challenges.
AMD technology powers billions of experiences across cloud and AI infrastructure, embedded systems, AI PCs and gaming.
With a broad portfolio of AI-optimized CPUs, GPUs, networking and software, AMD delivers full-stack solutions that help customers turn data into breakthroughs, with the speed and scale needed for a new era of intelligent computing.
Our high-performance product portfolios provide differentiated solutions, including semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoCs), adaptive SoCs and accelerated processing units (APUs).
For data centers, we offer AI accelerators, microprocessors (CPUs), graphic processing units (GPUs), data processing units (DPUs), AI Network Interface Cards (AI NICs) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
We also offer data center rack-scale platform designs that incorporate AMD data center products to meet the growing performance demands of AI supercomputers and machine learning workloads.
In client computing, our CPUs, APUs and chipsets for desktops and notebooks deliver performance, efficiency, AI capabilities and modern security features for gamers, creators, consumers and enterprises.
By bringing NPU accelerated AI capabilities directly into mainstream x86 platforms, we established a differentiated technology footprint that supports a growing ecosystem of AI enabled applications and lays the groundwork for the multi generation Ryzen AI roadmap that continues to expand our leadership.
REMOVED
Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the registrant s fiscal year ended December 28, 2024.
(ZT Systems) and the anticipated timing of the transaction; AMD s intention to seek a strategic partner to acquire ZT Systems' manufacturing business; and AMD s expectation to fund stock repurchases through cash generated from operations.
Overview AMD is the high performance and adaptive computing leader, powering the products and services that help solve the world s most important challenges.
Our technologies advance the future of data centers, powering the cloud services that have become an essential part of how we work, game, and connect to network, PCs, edge computing, and artificial intelligence (AI).
We drive innovation through high-performance and adaptive computing technology, software and product leadership.
With our high-performance product portfolios, we deliver differentiated solutions, such as our semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoCs), Adaptive SoCs, and accelerated processing units (APUs), and platform level client computing devices, embedded platforms and servers for our customers.
We offer a deep portfolio of data center computing solutions including AI accelerators, microprocessors (CPUs), graphic processing units (GPUs), data processing units (DPUs), Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), to meet the vast computing performance requirements of today s data centers, supercomputers, AI and Machine Learning (ML) data center environments and cloud environments.
We drive innovation with our line-up of CPUs, APUs and chipsets for desktops and notebooks, to bring performance, efficiency, AI capabilities and modern security features to gamers, creators, consumers and enterprises.
Our GPUs, including discrete GPUs, semi-custom SoC products and development services, work together with software to power immersive gaming experiences for PCs, game consoles and cloud gaming services.
We are a leader in embedded computing, where we deliver high-performance and scalability across a full portfolio of CPUs, APUs, FPGAs, system on modules (SOMs) and Adaptive SoCs that are used in a variety of markets, including automotive, industrial, healthcare, storage and networking.
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