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electic on Oct 24, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: AMD Announces 307% Increase in Q3 Earnings

In this particular case, it has nothing to do with the earnings of the previous quarter. The stock is down after hours due to guidance for the current quarter. Investors were not expecting a 15% drop in revenue in Q4.

Personally, think most investors are over-reacting and this is a good thing to keep analyst expectations in check. They are really getting out of hand with some of their forecasts on quarter to quarter performance.

akvadrako on Oct 25, 2017 [–]

That's not it either. Q4 guidance has actually gone up over the previous estimates. Because their business is cyclical, it should be lower than Q3.

electic on Oct 25, 2017 | [–]

I agree. The new guidance is still higher than the last Q4, however, it is still lower than what was forecasted.

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