Intel Valuation

Is INTC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of INTC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: INTC ($19.52) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($2.53)

Significantly Below Fair Value: INTC is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for INTC?

Key metric: As INTC is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for INTC. This is calculated by dividing INTC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is INTC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.6x
SalesUS$54.25b
Market CapUS$84.19b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does INTC's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for INTC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18x
MU Micron Technology
3.5x14.9%US$97.0b
MRVL Marvell Technology
18x22.0%US$94.4b
ADI Analog Devices
11.1x9.7%US$103.1b
ARM Arm Holdings
39.3x18.1%US$138.9b
INTC Intel
1.6x5.0%US$84.2b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: INTC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.6x) compared to the peer average (18x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does INTC's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Semiconductor Industry?

19 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings
0.8x10.5%US$1.58b
JKS JinkoSolar Holding
0.09x9.6%US$1.28b
DQ Daqo New Energy
0.9x24.0%US$1.15b
PENG Penguin Solutions
0.8x11.9%US$978.40m
INTC 1.6xIndustry Avg. 4.1xNo. of Companies19PS03.67.210.814.418+
19 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: INTC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.6x) compared to the US Semiconductor industry average (4.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is INTC's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

INTC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.6x
Fair PS Ratio4.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: INTC is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (4.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst INTC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$19.52
US$24.33
+24.6%
11.8%US$31.00US$20.00n/a34
Dec ’25US$24.05
US$24.68
+2.6%
11.2%US$31.00US$20.00n/a34
Nov ’25US$23.20
US$24.48
+5.5%
11.7%US$31.00US$20.00n/a34
Oct ’25US$22.69
US$25.85
+13.9%
25.8%US$55.00US$17.00n/a35
Sep ’25US$22.04
US$27.60
+25.2%
32.2%US$55.00US$17.00n/a36
Aug ’25US$29.05
US$38.63
+33.0%
24.1%US$68.00US$17.00n/a39
Jul ’25US$30.84
US$40.06
+29.9%
25.8%US$68.00US$17.00n/a39
Jun ’25US$30.85
US$40.06
+29.9%
25.8%US$68.00US$17.00n/a39
May ’25US$30.37
US$41.51
+36.7%
23.6%US$68.00US$17.00n/a41
Apr ’25US$44.52
US$46.92
+5.4%
20.4%US$68.00US$17.00n/a40
Mar ’25US$43.82
US$46.20
+5.4%
20.6%US$68.00US$17.00n/a39
Feb ’25US$43.36
US$45.80
+5.6%
21.7%US$68.00US$17.00n/a38
Jan ’25US$50.25
US$40.02
-20.4%
20.6%US$68.00US$17.00n/a40
Dec ’24US$43.74
US$38.16
-12.8%
16.8%US$56.00US$17.00US$24.0540
Nov ’24US$37.29
US$37.70
+1.1%
16.0%US$56.00US$17.00US$23.2040
Oct ’24US$35.55
US$36.30
+2.1%
15.5%US$48.00US$17.00US$22.6940
Sep ’24US$36.61
US$36.30
-0.8%
15.5%US$48.00US$17.00US$22.0440
Aug ’24US$35.80
US$35.77
-0.07%
15.7%US$48.00US$17.00US$29.0539
Jul ’24US$33.44
US$32.19
-3.7%
15.2%US$45.00US$17.00US$30.8436
Jun ’24US$31.13
US$31.49
+1.1%
15.1%US$45.00US$17.00US$30.8534
May ’24US$30.30
US$31.41
+3.7%
15.4%US$45.00US$17.00US$30.3734
Apr ’24US$32.67
US$28.53
-12.7%
18.4%US$45.00US$17.00US$44.5234
Mar ’24US$25.33
US$27.94
+10.3%
18.7%US$45.00US$17.00US$43.8233
Feb ’24US$29.07
US$29.02
-0.2%
29.1%US$67.10US$17.00US$43.3633
Jan ’24US$26.43
US$31.17
+17.9%
29.1%US$67.10US$20.00US$50.2533
Dec ’23US$29.83
US$32.76
+9.8%
34.6%US$72.00US$20.00US$43.7435

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 01:33
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2023/12/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Intel Corporation is covered by 98 analysts. 42 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ashok KumarAegis Capital Corporation
Brett SimpsonArete Research Services LLP
James KelleherArgus Research Company