Intel Corporation INTC
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Intel Corporation is a mega-cap company in the Technology sector (Semiconductors), with a market value of $630.8B, based in the USA.
It employs about 85,100 people and has been listed since Oct 13, 1971.
Intel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and services computing and related end products and services in the United States, Ireland, Israel, and internationally. It operates through three segments: CCG, DCAI, and Intel Foundry. The company offers client computing group products, including client and commercial CPUs, discrete client GPUs, edge computing, and connectivity products; data center and AI products, such as server CPUs, discrete GPUs, and networking products; and semiconductors comprising wafer fabrication, substrates, and other related products and services.
Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap
The company is loss-making, so it has no P/E — we compare on price-to-sales instead.
Its price-to-sales (P/S) is 11.1 versus 18.8 for 4 direct peers — relatively cheap.
Revenue is growing 25% versus the same quarter last year.
The average analyst price target is 116.37, 2% below the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 79% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The company is loss-making.
- ⚠️ The share count grew 17% in a year — each share owns a smaller slice of the company.
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 2.2) — big daily moves both ways.
Strengths
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (15 vs 2).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 25% a year.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 3.0% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
This week's news
- Jim Cramer Views Intel (INTC) As A Winning Turnaround Amid CPU Demand Growth finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Intel (INTC) Data Center Comeback: Real Recovery or Just a Supply Squeeze? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
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A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.