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Intel Corp. INTC
$119.33 -0.56% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $601.90B
Strong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 0.1% from -22.8% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 16.8% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +232.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 217.0 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 14%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 17%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 39%
- Gross marginBottom 34%
- Operating marginBottom 38%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Interest coverBottom 35%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 4%
- 6-month returnTop 6%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 4%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 41%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 15%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 10%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.4% | 7.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 38.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -22.8% | 0.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -20.6% | 5.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.5% | 1.4% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| Gross margin | 38.9% | 29.8% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| Operating margin | 0.1% | -22.8% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| Net margin | -19.8% | -38.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.0% | -20.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.0% | — | Bottom 39% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.7% | — | Bottom 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -13.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +63.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 10.26×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.38%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +16.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +6.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $110.97
- Target vs current price
- -7.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 85
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 38%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +100.0% | -2.3% | -20.2% | -9.6% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | +1428.7% | +2.3% | +45.2% | +82.3% | +48.7% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | +84.4% | +0.1% | -10.1% | -17.8% | +26.3% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +1191.4% | +3.4% | +12.0% | -4.9% | +31.5% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -929.2% | -3.7% | -13.4% | +0.2% | +56.8% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +1811.8% | +4.4% | -2.4% | +0.5% | +13.0% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +9.3% | +1.3% | -0.5% | +16.9% | +1.5% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -2090.5% | -3.5% | +12.3% | +6.1% | -11.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.21 | +100.0% | $16.13B |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.02 | +1428.7% | $13.58B |
| Jan 22, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.08 | +84.4% | $13.67B |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.02 | +1191.4% | $13.65B |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -$0.10 | $0.01 | -929.2% | $12.86B |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.01 | +1811.8% | $12.67B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.12 | +9.3% | $14.26B |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -$0.46 | -$0.02 | -2090.5% | $13.28B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 77.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 174.2× | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| EV / Sales | 11.21× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.47% | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| Earnings yield | -1.77% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.2× – 111.9× since Jun 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 13
- Days above the 200-day average
- 288
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +9.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +18.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +47.0%
- RSI (14)
- 60.6
- Relative volume
- 0.86×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 70.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 79th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.03
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -15.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -64.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -73.4% | 1004 days | 256 days (Apr 16, 2026) |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -41.9% | 26 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 11, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | -23.4% | 18 days | 9 days (Jun 18, 2026) |
| Oct 19, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -19.2% | 8 days | 51 days (Jan 13, 2021) |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -14.2% | 4 days | 13 days (Feb 16, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $601.90B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.11
- Revenue (TTM)
- $57.03B
- 52-week range
- $32.89 – $142.35
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $79.02B | $63.05B | $54.23B | $53.10B | $52.85B |
| Gross profit | $43.81B | $26.87B | $21.71B | $17.34B | $18.38B |
| Operating income | $19.46B | $2.33B | $93.0M | -$11.68B | -$2.21B |
| Net income | $19.87B | $8.01B | $1.69B | -$18.76B | -$267.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.86 | $1.94 | $0.40 | -$4.38 | -$0.06 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.28B | $14.26B | $12.67B | $12.86B | $13.65B | $13.67B | $13.58B | $16.13B |
| Net income | -$16.64B | -$126.0M | -$821.0M | -$2.92B | $4.06B | -$591.0M | -$3.73B | -$11.03B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.88 | -$0.03 | -$0.19 | -$0.67 | $0.90 | -$0.12 | -$0.73 | -$2.16 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $29.46B | $15.43B | $11.47B | $8.29B | $9.70B |
| Capital expenditure | -$20.33B | -$25.05B | -$25.75B | -$23.94B | -$14.65B |
| Free cash flow | $9.13B | -$9.62B | -$14.28B | -$15.66B | -$4.95B |
| Dividends paid | -$5.64B | -$6.00B | -$3.09B | -$1.60B | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.42B | $2.01B | $4.00B | $12.71B | $14.40B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $29.73B
- Total assets
- $202.44B
- Total liabilities
- $99.30B
- Total debt
- $50.54B
- Net debt
- $37.66B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $87.54B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2024 | $0.13 | Sep 1, 2024 |
| May 6, 2024 | $0.13 | Jun 1, 2024 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | $0.13 | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | $0.13 | Dec 1, 2023 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | $0.13 | Sep 1, 2023 |
| May 4, 2023 | $0.13 | Jun 1, 2023 |
| Feb 6, 2023 | $0.37 | Mar 1, 2023 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | $0.37 | Dec 1, 2022 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 158,808,750
- Days to cover
- 1.76
- Change vs previous report
- +4.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 31, 2000
- 2-for-1
- Apr 12, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Jul 14, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Jun 19, 1995
- 2-for-1
- Jun 7, 1993
- 2-for-1