FBR Capital Upgrades AMD (AMD) to Outperform; Switching Out of Intel (INTC)

June 16, 2011 7:25 AM EDT
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FBR Capital upgraded AMD (NYSE: AMD) from Market Perform to Outperform. PT $12.

FBR analyst says, "We are switching out of Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) (downgraded to MP) and into AMD following checks that suggest AMD should gain both desktop and notebook processor market share in 2H11 at HP and Acer. Further, we previously said we like AMD closer to $7, and shares have mostly retraced there. While we are not "negative" on INTC at $22, shares have herculean difficulties breaking out above $24, and after a period of outperformance in a down tape, it seems appropriate to overweight AMD while shares are depressed ahead of possible 2H11 Fusion goodness. Post-Computex discussions suggest AMD’s Fusion APUs are priced 10%– 15% below Intel’s Sandy Bridge, and that AMD’s better DX11 graphics are a selling point versus Intel’s DX10 graphics."

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Shares of AMD closed at $7.50 yesterday.


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