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Intel Corporation

INTC
13
Semiconductors · Technology
Price
$131.65
-0.63 (-0.48%)
Market Cap
$661.67B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
13
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Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Winston Score below 40. The stock fails on most of our quality checks.

Intel Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of computer products and technologies worldwide. The company operates through CCG, DCG, IOTG, Mobileye, NSG, PSG, and All Other segments. It offers platform products, such as central processing units and chipsets, and system-on-chip and multichip packages; and non-platform or adjacent products, including accelerators, boards and systems, connectivity products, graphics, and memory and storage products. The company also provides high-

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-284.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$13.8B/ year

Declining (-17% vs prior year)

26.1% of revenue

1.7x the sector average (15%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~20 months

$17.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

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Growth context

Intel Corporation is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count rising — dilution

+18.7% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 4.09B (2021) → 4.86B (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin
39.4%
Modest — 39.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
-23.1%
Losing money on operations — -23.1%
ROCE
-2.0%
Weak — -2.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+1.4%
Nearly flat sales (1.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-5.8%
Burning cash (-5.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.40
Conservative — low debt load (0.40)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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