# Intel Corp (INTC) — Stock CV

Intel Corp is a $552B technology company. Revenue grew 7.5% over the last year, it currently loses money, and its net debt equals ~3.2 years of free cash flow.

> Intel is a leading digital chipmaker focused on designing and manufacturing microprocessors for the global personal computer and data center markets. Intel pioneered the x86 architecture for microprocessors and led the semiconductor industry down the path of Moore's law for advances in semiconductor manufacturing.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: INTC
- **Sector**: Technology
- **Industry**: Semiconductors
- **Headquarters**: SANTA CLARA, CA
- **Employees**: 851 001
- **Website**: https://www.intel.com
- **Market cap**: $552B
- **Last price**: $104.46
- **Financial profile**: Strained

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $57.0B
- **Net income**: -$11.3B
- **Free cash flow**: $2.83B
- **Net debt**: $9.17B
- **P/E**: 22.6
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 7.5%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 22 |
| Growth | 0 |
| Profitability | 12 |
| Health | 48 |
| Quality | 41 |
| Moat | 48 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 9 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +7.5% YoY
- [ ] Profitable — -$11.3B TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +98.6% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $2.83B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~3.2y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $552B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — +7.0% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 8/10 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 28/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 2.59%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 22.6

## Experience (career milestones)

- **2024** — Dropped from the Dow: replaced by Nvidia — symbol of the AI-era handoff
- **2023** — Intel confirmed it would be the first commercial user of high-NA extreme ultraviolet lithography tools
- **2021** — SK Hynix acquired most of Intel's NAND memory business for $7 billion
- **FY2018** — Best year on record: $21.1B net income
- **2018** — Intel struggled to shrink its process node from 14 nm to 10 nm
- **FY2016** — First recorded profitable year: $10.3B net income
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $50B: $59.4B in first reported year
- **2008** — Intel had another advance when it introduced the Penryn microarchitecture, fabricated using the 45 nm…
- **2006** — Intel unveiled its Core microarchitecture; the product range was perceived as an exceptional leap in…
- **1991** — Intel Inside: made a chip component into a consumer brand
- **Nov 15, 1971** — 4004: the first commercial microprocessor
- **Oct 13, 1971** — IPO: one of the first tech IPOs on the new Nasdaq
- **1970** — The three-transistor cell implemented in the first commercially available dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), the…
- **1969** — Its first product, a quick entry into the small, high-speed memory market in 1969, was the 3101 Schottky TTL bipolar…
- **Jul 18, 1968** — Founded by Noyce and Moore: Fairchild defectors; Moore's Law becomes the roadmap

## Strengths

- None stand out in the data.

## Watch-outs

- Not profitable — 19.8% net margin
- Loss-making in 2 of the recent years

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $79.0B | $19.9B | $11.3B |
| FY2022 | $63.1B | $8.01B | -$9.41B |
| FY2023 | $54.2B | $1.69B | -$14.3B |
| FY2024 | $53.1B | -$18.8B | -$15.7B |
| FY2025 | $52.9B | -$267M | -$4.95B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/INTC — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.