Mizuho Raises Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Target to $135, Reiterates Outperform
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) stands against other AI stocks on Wall Street's radar.
US President Donald Trump is all set to revive the country's struggling coal industry. Last month, he signed a series of executive orders so that the government could meet the surging energy demand of AI data centers. Executive Order 14241 will allow several older coal-fired plants about to retire to continue generating power for the foreseeable future. This will be done to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence.
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Repeatedly promoting coal as a power source for data centers, Trump told the World Economic Forum in January that he would be approving power plants for AI through an emergency declaration. He also called on tech companies to use coal as a backup power source.
'They can fuel it with anything they want, and they may have coal as a backup — good, clean coal.'
However, with the tech industry investing billions of dollars to expand renewable energy and leveraging nuclear power as a way to meet its growing electricity demand, the use of coal is actually against the tech companies' environmental goals.
Nevertheless, the tech industry does acknowledge that fossil fuel generation will eventually be needed to help navigate the electricity demand from AI. However, these companies are focusing on natural gas as it emits less half the CO2 of coal per kilowatt hour of power.
'To have the energy we need for the grid, it's going to take an all of the above approach for a period of time. We're not surprised by the fact that we're going to need to add some thermal generation to meet the needs in the short term.'
We would certainly consider it but I don't know if I'd say it's at the top of our list.'
-Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark
For this article, we selected AI stocks by going through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds. The hedge fund data is as of Q4 2024.
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A close up of a complex looking PCB board with several intergrated semiconductor parts.Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) develops and sells semiconductors, processors, and GPUs for data centers, gaming, AI, and embedded applications. On May 19, Mizuho raised the firm's price target on the stock to $135 from $117 and kept an 'Outperform' rating on the shares. The rating update follows the firm's adjusted price targets in the semiconductors group after an artificial intelligence server supply chain call.
Overall, AMD ranks 9th on our list of AI stocks on Wall Street's radar. While we acknowledge the potential of AMD as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than AMD and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.
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