AMD only down 15% from highs while MU is down 28% — the relative strength case is actually building
Been watching $AMD pretty closely and one thing keeps standing out: it's off about 15% from its 52-week high. Meanwhile $MU is down 28%. So AMD is actually the tightest name in semis right now, which is either a trap or a signal.
The Anthropic angle is what makes this interesting. We're talking a $5 billion investment and a 2GW Helios deployment commitment, with the first gigawatt expected in H1 2027. UBS is modeling $15-20 billion in potential annual AMD revenue from that partnership. Morgan Stanley is at $68bn in 2027 revenue, UBS is at $83bn. That's a 22% gap, which tells you how uncertain the execution story really is.
And that's the whole thing. AMD has gone from "cheap alternative to NVDA" to full-on execution risk. Helios needs to ship on schedule, ROCm needs to scale, and those Anthropic commitments need to convert to actual revenue. The bull case is real. So is the bear case.
Pre-market movers on MooMoo had this at the top this morning. I've been trimming a little but staying mostly long through Q3 while Helios ramps.
Anyone else holding through the Helios timeline? Or is the NVDA discount already priced in?