INTC

Intel Corporation

NMS · Technology

$127.39

$4.79 (+3.91%)up 3.91%

24 September 2026 · delayed 15+ min

F

Quality score54.2 / 100

Cut-offs are the grader's own: 97+ for an A+, below 60 is an F.

Intel Corporation earns a F on strong revenue growth (>20%) and positive free cash flow but negative profit margins and low ROE (<5%). Consider alternatives with better risk/reward profiles.

Model stance WEAK HOLD Suggested position 2.8% · $280.00 IQInvest estimate
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IQ-INTC-20260924engine v1 · 7-category weighted scorecard

What it is worth, depending who you ask.

Today’s price against the year it has had and the targets analysts publish. Every marker is a reported figure, not a projection of ours.

52-week low

$31.21

Lowest analyst target

$75.00

Mean analyst target

$116.37

Today's price

$127.39

52-week high

$142.35

Highest analyst target

$200.00

INTC trades 87% of the way up its 52-week range, between $31.21 and $142.35. The mean analyst target of $116.37 is 8.6% below today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthStrong revenue growth (>20%); Positive free cash flow; Negative profit margins; Low ROE (<5%) 55.023%

Profit margin

-19.79%

Net profit per unit of revenue

loss-makingWhat this means

Of every 100 units of revenue, this much survives as profit.

The company spends more than it earns.

Operating margin

12.19%

Before interest and tax

healthyWhat this means

Profit from operations, before interest and tax, per 100 of revenue.

The operations themselves are comfortably profitable.

Gross margin

38.87%

After the cost of goods only

moderateWhat this means

What is left of revenue after only the direct cost of the product.

A conventional manufacturing or mixed-model range.

Return on equity

-10.71%

Profit per unit of shareholder capital

negativeWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of shareholder capital.

Shareholder capital is shrinking rather than compounding.

Return on assets

1.41%

Profit per unit of assets

lowWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of everything the company owns.

Common in asset-heavy industries such as utilities, telecoms and airlines.

Debt to equity

49.00

Borrowings against equity

conservativeWhat this means

Borrowings measured against shareholder capital.

Comfortably financed.

Current ratio

1.60

Short-term assets over short-term debts

adequateWhat this means

Short-term assets against short-term obligations.

Enough to cover near-term bills.

Quick ratio

1.16

As above, excluding inventory

comfortableWhat this means

Short-term assets excluding inventory, against short-term debts.

Liquid assets exceed short-term obligations.

Revenue growth

25.40%

Year on year

fast-growingWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

Rapid growth, though the question is always how long it can hold.

Revenue

$29.70B

Trailing twelve months

Free cash flow

$4.87B

Cash left after capital spending

Operating cash flow

$14.94B

Cash from the business itself

Payout ratio

0.00%

Dividends as a share of earnings

noneWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

All earnings are retained in the business.

Growth & momentumStrong 1-year return (308.0%); Severe max drawdown (-65.0%); High volatility 60.022%

Return, 1 month

44.37%

Return, 3 months

-0.72%

Return, 6 months

188.87%

Return, year to date

223.49%

Return, 1 year

308.04%

Return, 3 years

273.37%

Sharpe ratio

0.58

Return earned per unit of risk

modestWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

Below 1 is the common case; return did not strongly outpace the volatility.

Win rate

49.72%

Share of days that closed up

about evenWhat this means

The share of trading days that closed higher.

Close to a coin flip, which is the norm — returns come from the size of moves, not their count.

Average daily return

0.13%

Best day

23.60%

Worst day

-26.06%

ValuationHigh P/B ratio (7.34) 30.018%

Forward P/E

61.78

Price against forecast earnings

highWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

Even next year's expected earnings do not bring the multiple down much.

PEG ratio

1.36

P/E adjusted for growth

fairWhat this means

P/E divided by the growth rate — it asks whether the price is justified by the growth.

Between 1 and 2 price and growth are roughly in step.

Price to book

7.34

Price against balance-sheet equity

well above bookWhat this means

Price against the accounting value of the company's net assets.

Normal for asset-light businesses, where the value sits in brands and software the balance sheet never records.

Price to sales

11.81

Price against revenue

highWhat this means

Price against revenue — usable when a company has no profit yet.

The price assumes today's revenue will convert into much more profit later.

EV / EBITDA

38.88

Whole-company value against cash earnings

highWhat this means

Whole-company value, debt included, against cash earnings.

Expensive even before interest, tax and depreciation are considered.

Enterprise value

$654.81B

Market value plus debt, minus cash — the price of the whole business

Shares outstanding

5,286,105,262

Shares the profit is split across

TechnicalPrice well above 200-day SMA (strong uptrend); MACD bullish (positive histogram); RSI overbought (>70) 100.015%

RSI (14)

73.0

Above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold

overboughtWhat this means

A 0–100 momentum gauge over the last 14 sessions.

Above 70 conventionally reads as overbought.

MACD

6.83

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

3.31

Positive is bullish

ADX

23.1

Trend strength; above 25 is a real trend

trendingWhat this means

Trend strength, regardless of direction.

Above 25 is conventionally read as a genuine trend in force.

20-day average

$103.00

50-day average

$98.53

200-day average

$78.79

Price vs 50-day

29.29%

Price vs 200-day

61.69%

Bollinger upper

$127.30

Bollinger lower

$78.70

Average true range

6.39

Typical daily trading range

Stochastic %K

99.9

RiskHigh volatility risk; High beta (2.23) - more volatile than market 0.012%

Volatility, annualised

55.29%

How far it swings in a year

turbulentWhat this means

How far the price typically swings over a year.

Large swings in both directions — position size matters more than usual here.

Beta

2.23

Moves against the wider market

more volatile than the marketWhat this means

How much the price moves relative to the wider market.

Amplifies the index — bigger gains, bigger falls.

Maximum drawdown

-65.04%

Worst peak-to-trough fall

severeWhat this means

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the period measured.

A fall this deep needs roughly a doubling to recover.

Risk category

Very High

The engine's own banding

Analyst viewAnalyst consensus: Buy; Strong analyst coverage (43 analysts) 80.010%

Consensus

Buy

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

43

Mean price target

$116.37

Highest target

$200.00

Lowest target

$75.00

Implied upside

-8.65%

Target against today's price

below the targetWhat this means

How far the mean analyst target sits above today's price.

Analysts' average target is under the current price.

Price against the S&P 500

180 trading days to 2026-09-24

INTC is 198.8% up over the window, against 11.3% up for the S&P 500 — ahead by 187.5 points.
INTC +198.8%S&P 500 +11.3%
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Sampled across the window. Both columns are rebased to 100 on 2026-01-07, so they can be compared directly.
DateCloseINTC rebasedS&P 500 rebased
2026-01-07$42.63100.0100.0
2026-01-29$48.66114.1100.7
2026-02-20$44.11103.599.8
2026-03-13$45.77107.495.8
2026-04-06$50.78119.195.5
2026-04-27$84.99199.4103.7
2026-05-18$108.17253.7107.0
2026-06-09$107.92253.2106.7
2026-07-01$127.02298.0108.1
2026-07-23$100.23235.1107.0
2026-08-13$104.56245.3112.7
2026-09-03$91.67215.0111.9

How the score was built

Each category is scored 0–100, then multiplied by its weight. The seven contributions sum to the quality score.
CategoryScoreWeightContribution
Financial health55.023%12.7
Growth & momentum60.022%13.2
Valuation30.018%5.4
Technical100.015%15.0
Risk0.012%0.0
Analyst view80.010%8.0
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%54.2

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IQInvest defaultThe engine's own weighting: financial health 23% and performance 22% lead, valuation 18%, then technicals, risk and analysts.
Value investorPrice against worth dominates: valuation 40%, financial health 25%. Chart signals count for almost nothing.
Growth investorMomentum first: performance 40% and technicals 20%. Whether the price is fair today gets just 5%.
Sleep at nightStability over everything: risk 35% and financial health 30% together outweigh all other categories combined.
ChartistThe tape over the fundamentals: technicals 45% and performance 25%. Valuation is nearly ignored.
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Your grade

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54.2 / 100

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All 63 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
Analysts coveringAnalyst view43Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewBuyYahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view$200.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view-8.65%Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view$75.00Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view$116.37Yahoo Finance
Current ratioFinancial health1.60Yahoo Finance
Debt to equityFinancial health49.00Yahoo Finance
Free cash flowFinancial health$4.87BYahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health38.87%Yahoo Finance
Operating cash flowFinancial health$14.94BYahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health12.19%Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health0.00%Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health-19.79%Yahoo Finance
Quick ratioFinancial health1.16Yahoo Finance
Return on assetsFinancial health1.41%Yahoo Finance
Return on equityFinancial health-10.71%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health$29.70BYahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health25.40%Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum0.13%Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum23.60%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 monthGrowth & momentum44.37%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 yearGrowth & momentum308.04%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 monthsGrowth & momentum-0.72%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 yearsGrowth & momentum273.37%Yahoo Finance
Return, 6 monthsGrowth & momentum188.87%Yahoo Finance
Return, year to dateGrowth & momentum223.49%Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum0.58Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum49.72%Yahoo Finance
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-26.06%Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data$142.35Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data$31.21Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data109,045,760Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data$127.44Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data$119.55Yahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data85,100Yahoo Finance
OpenMarket data$120.61Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data$122.60Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data118,581,605Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk2.23Yahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-65.04%Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskVery HighYahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk55.29%Yahoo Finance
20-day averageTechnical$103.00Yahoo Finance
200-day averageTechnical$78.79Yahoo Finance
50-day averageTechnical$98.53Yahoo Finance
ADXTechnical23.1Yahoo Finance
Average true rangeTechnical6.39Yahoo Finance
Bollinger lowerTechnical$78.70Yahoo Finance
Bollinger upperTechnical$127.30Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical6.83Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical3.31Yahoo Finance
Price vs 200-dayTechnical61.69%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 50-dayTechnical29.29%Yahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical73.0Yahoo Finance
Stochastic %KTechnical99.9Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation$654.81BYahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation38.88Yahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation61.78Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation1.36Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation7.34Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation11.81Yahoo Finance
Shares outstandingValuation5,286,105,262Yahoo Finance
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