Observed Signal · May 17, 2026 · Earnings Report · Source: CNBC Investing · Impact: 4/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Wall Street Analysts Back AMD, Microsoft, Nvidia
TipRanks staff reports that top Wall Street analysts are highlighting three tech stocks—Advanced Micro Devices, Microsoft and Nvidia—based on AI-driven demand and recent earnings. TD Cowen’s Joshua Buchalter reiterated a buy on AMD and raised his price target to $500 after strong Q1 results and upbeat data-center guidance; AMD doubled its CPU total addressable market estimate to about $120 billion and expects continued server CPU and GPU growth. Tigress Financial’s Ivan Feinseth reaffirmed a buy on Microsoft and lifted his target to $680, citing Azure growth, Copilot integrations and a doubling commercial cloud backlog to $625 billion. Susquehanna’s Christopher Rolland reiterated a buy on Nvidia and nudged his target to $275 while noting management’s $1 trillion revenue outlook for Blackwell and Rubin through 2027 and a Rubin platform launch in H2 2026.
Earnings-driven analyst updates and price-target changes for major AI infrastructure and cloud providers (AMD, Microsoft, Nvidia) provide market signals about AI compute demand and revenue outlooks that materially affect technology and cloud-capacity investment trends.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- TD Cowen analyst Joshua Buchalter reiterated a buy on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and raised his price target to $500 (from $290).
- AMD reported strong Q1 results, named data center its primary growth driver, doubled its CPU total addressable market estimate to about $120 billion, and expects server CPU growth above 70% in Q2 2026.
- Tigress Financial analyst Ivan Feinseth reaffirmed a buy on Microsoft and raised his price target to $680 (from $595), citing Azure growth and AI product integrations.
- Susquehanna analyst Christopher Rolland reiterated a buy on Nvidia and raised his price target to $275 (from $250).
- Nvidia management (CEO Jensen Huang) projected more than $1 trillion in combined Blackwell and Rubin revenue through calendar year 2027; Rubin platform expected to launch in second half of 2026.
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Piper Sandler says AI compute demand is 'insatiable', upgrades AMD and Nvidia
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