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Intel Corporation
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
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1 of 5 met · composite below the peer average
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
Debt tells the clearest story here: Debt/EBITDA at 5.2× exceeds the sector median 0.9× by +462%, a heavy load for a company whose operating margin of -4.2% already sits -114% below the sector median 29.2%. The composite of 24/100 places Intel Corporation in the bottom quartile on quality and growth alike, and the F-Score of 6/9 reads as stable rather than recovering. P/B at 4.0× is -62% below the sector median 10.5×, which looks cheap until the margin and leverage picture comes into view — a low multiple on a weakening earnings base is not automatically a discount. Consensus still models a recovery; the last reported quarter beat estimates by a wide margin, and analysts forecast improvement, though the forward-axis composite of 57/100 and a mixed consensus-versus-reality signal suggest the market's optimism deserves scrutiny against the realized fundamentals.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple | 8/9 | 171% | +6% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
Priced at 51.4× of expected earnings; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
When Intel reports on 2026-10-21, track operating margin against the current sector median of 29.2% — Intel sits 114% below it. Also check whether Debt/EBITDA, now at 5.6× versus a sector median of 0.92×, is moving in either direction.
On SEC EDGAR, open Intel's most recent 10-K and focus on the capital expenditure commitments and debt refinancing disclosures that underpin the 5.6× Debt/EBITDA figure. Management's discussion should clarify whether the operating margin pressure is structural or tied to a specific investment cycle.
Pick two or three companies from the same-sector table in section 06 and line up one metric — Debt/EBITDA or operating margin work well given Intel's weak signals. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the selection and the comparison are yours to make.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -188%-52%-10%+68%
Over 4 years: 2.805.92—5.16
Over 4 years: -20%-14%-2%-0%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 6 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 32% |
| ACN | Accenture | 4/9 | 26% | +7% | 15% |
| ADBE | Adobe | 7/9 | 55% | +11% | 37% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials | 6/9 | 36% | +4% | 29% |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | 7/9 | 7% | +34% | 11% |
| AVGO | Broadcom | 7/9 | 43% | +24% | 40% |
| CRM | Salesforce | 7/9 | 12% | +10% | 20% |
| CSCO | Cisco | 7/9 | 27% | +12% | 24% |
| IBM | IBM | 6/9 | 35% | +8% | — |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | 6/9 | -0% | -0% | -4% |
| INTU | Intuit | 8/9 | 20% | +16% | 26% |
| MSFT | Microsoft | 6/9 | 34% | +18% | 47% |
| NOW | ServiceNow | 4/9 | 15% | +21% | 14% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA | 3/9 | 101% | +65% | 60% |
| ORCL | Oracle | 5/9 | 54% | +17% | 31% |
| TXN | Texas Instruments | 7/9 | 30% | +13% | 34% |
A sample of 16 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.