The two companies saw very different quarterly results
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) and Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) announced first- and fiscal third-quarter results, respectively, after yesterday's close. While the former beat profit and revenue expectations and issued strong current-quarter guidance, the latter missed top- and bottom line estimates and released a dismal forecast for the fiscal fourth quarter.
Analysts are having mixed reactions to Advanced Micro Devices' results, with price-target hikes and cuts across the tape, but BofA Global Research upgraded shares to "buy" from "neutral" and raised their price objective to $120 from $105. AMD was last seen 0.3% higher at $98.90 while carrying an 18.5% year-to-date deficit. The 80-day moving average continues to enact pressure, after emerging as resistance in late October.
Drilling down to today's options activity, 348,000 calls and 186,000 puts have already exchanged hands, which is double the volume typically seen for AMD at this point. The most active contract is the weekly 5/9 105-strike call, where new positions are being sold to open.
SMCI is down 3.5% to trade at $31.79 at last check, on the heels of five price-target cuts, including one from Wedbush to $30 from $40. Though it is still clinging to modest lead for 2024, the security shed 61.2% over the last 12 months, and has struggled to conquer a ceiling at the $40 level since late March.
An unwinding of optimism could generate additional headwinds for SMCI. This is per its 10-day call/put volume ratio of 2.36 at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), which ranks higher than 88% of readings from the past year.