Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock was up on Tuesday after company executives addressed issues with AM5 CPU socket failures. AMD executives David McAfee and Travis Kirsch said that CPU socket failures happened because “some ODM BIOSes do not adhere to AMD’s recommended values.” This is a shift from the company’s previous stance, which pinned the failures on memory compatibility issues.
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These latest comments suggest that AMD isn’t to blame for failed AM5 CPU sockets and that consumers should take the issue up with motherboard makers. It could be that motherboard makers are trying to squeeze too much out of AMD CPUs with overclocking, resulting in the failures.
News of the AMD AM5 CPU socket issues picked up momentum in April, when a Reddit thread was created to compile consumer complaints. This Reddit thread swelled to over 100 reported failures, with the majority of them taking place on ASRock motherboards. Other boards that experienced failures included those made by Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte.
AMD Stock Movement Today
AMD stock was up 1.54% on Tuesday, extending a 37.33% year-to-date rally. The company’s stock has also increased 8.54% over the past 12 months. While AMD started off the year rough thanks to tariffs and artificial intelligence (AI) news, shares have slowly made up for losses earlier in 2025 with recent gains. Another bit of news lifting the stock up today is a deal with IBM (IBM) concerning quantum computing.
Is AMD Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, the analysts’ consensus rating for AMD is Moderate Buy, based on 26 Buy and 10 Hold ratings over the past three months. With that comes an average AMD stock price target of $184.91, representing a potential 11.46% upside for the shares.
