Intel is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company attempting a foundry-led turnaround. The stock thesis depends on Intel 18A and 14A execution, external foundry customers, PC and server share stabilization, strategic backing, and whether restructuring can restore margins.
Intel Corp. (INTC) Stock Price & Market Analysis
INTC · NASDAQ · Semiconductors
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$56.28
▲ +$4.03(+7.71%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closeQuote as of Nov 6, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
Regular-session close · Nov 6, 2026, 4:00 PM EST.
Last session62%
$54.56L Nov 6 '26$57.32H Nov 6 '26
52-week range21%
$32.89L Nov 21 '25$142.35H Jun 30 '26
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Available history(2000-11-07)36%
$7.40L Oct 9 '02$142.35H Jun 30 '26
Historical range: 2000-11-07–2026-11-06. Earlier trading may not be included.
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Next important events
- Jan 28, 2027Next earnings (est.)Estimated
Countdown
81 days out
Reported fundamentals
INTC financial overview
Annual revenue
USD 52.85B
Sales for the fiscal year ended Dec 27, 2025. This is not trailing twelve-month revenue.
Revenue change
-0.5%
Change versus the fiscal year ended Dec 28, 2024.
Net profit margin
-0.5%
Net income divided by revenue for the fiscal year ended Dec 27, 2025. This is not the trailing margin.
These reported results describe the business’s recent scale and profitability. Compare cash generation and valuation before forming an investment view; historical growth is not a forecast.
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Intel Corp.
NASDAQ · INTC · US
Company overview.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, CA, United States
- Country
- US
- Founded
- 1971
- Employees
- 85,100
- CEO
- Mr. Lip-Bu Tan
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
How Intel Corp. makes money
Foundry
18A and 14A decide the turnaround
Intel Foundry has to prove process leadership, yields, and external customer demand before the market will treat it as a credible TSMC alternative.
Products
Client and server chips still fund the story
Panther Lake, Xeon, and PC/server share trends matter because product cash flow supports the foundry transition.
Leadership
Restructuring is part of the investment case
Assess CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s cultural and cost overhaul through execution speed and operating efficiency.
Strategic capital
Government and partner backing reduces but does not remove risk
U.S. government, Nvidia, and SoftBank involvement can validate strategic importance, but operational delivery still determines shareholder returns.
Key takeaways for INTC
INTC is a turnaround and national-semiconductor-capacity thesis, not a simple cheap-chip-stock thesis.
Compare foundry milestones, product share, margins, and external customer wins together.
The main risk is that process delays or weak customer adoption keep Intel structurally behind TSMC and Nvidia-era AI demand.
Business model & operating resultsExplore business exposure, reported operating measures and the figures behind growth and profitability claims.
Narrative versus numbers
Demand is expanding
Supporting observation: 20.9%
Year-over-year growth in the latest quarter. This differs from the fiscal-year revenue change shown above. · Source timestamp: Sep 26, 2026
Growth produces accounting profit
Contradicting observation: -20.1%
Net margin; the source did not supply a reporting period. Do not compare this reading with the quarterly or fiscal-year figures above. A positive margin does not establish cash generation. · Source timestamp: Nov 8, 2026, 2:51 AM EST
The business generates cash after investment
Supporting observation: USD 1.06B
Latest free cash flow from the statement feed. It is not a forecast and may cover a different period from the fiscal-year figures above. · Source timestamp: Sep 26, 2026
These are explicit tests of individual claims, not an overall bull/bear rating. Demand growth can coexist with valuation, concentration and financing risk.
Operating measures
- Revenue
- $16.51Bquarter ended Sep 26, 2026
- Gross margin
- 43.0%quarter ended Sep 26, 2026
- Operating margin
- 15.3%quarter ended Sep 26, 2026
- EPS
- $0.60quarter ended Sep 26, 2026
- Capital expenditure
- $4.02Bquarter ended Sep 26, 2026
- Free cash flow
- $1.06Bquarter ended Sep 26, 2026
- Free cash flow margin
- 6.4%quarter ended Sep 26, 2026
- Operating cash / net income
- 1.53×quarter ended Sep 26, 2026
- Revenue growth year over year
- 20.9%quarter ended Sep 26, 2026
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Governance & sustainability
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