ACN
Accenture plc
ACN has the edge over INTC overall, supported by stronger valuation and lower modeled downside.
INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
ACN Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
ACN's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
INTC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy |
INTC's revenue, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its profitability is under pressure.
ACN PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 17x | $250 | — |
| Current | 18x | $250 | — |
| Cheap | 21x | $285 | +14% |
| Fair | 28x | $381 | +52% |
| Expensive | 33x | $447 | +79% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ACN's PE is in its cheap range at 18x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 17x next year's earnings.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ACN Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ACN, with profitability holding steady.
INTC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Broad | |
| Low |
INTC has the edge over ACN on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
ACN Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $14.67 | +8.2% |
| Q3 2026 | $13.56 | +12% |
| Q2 2026 | $12.52 | -0.3% |
| Q1 2026 | $12.21 | +0.8% |
| Q4 2025 | $12.10 | +1.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $12.15 | +6.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $12.56 | +15% |
| Q1 2025 | $12.11 | +9.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $11.92 | +10% |
ACN has the edge over INTC on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
INTC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.41 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$2.39 | -24000% |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.09 | +$2.68 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.60 | +$3.88 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.06 | +$4.32 |
| Q3 2025 | $0.01 | +$3.72 |
| Q2 2025 | -$4.77 | -2088% |
| Q1 2025 | -$4.48 | -562% |
| Q4 2024 | -$4.38 | -1195% |
INTC has swung to a loss: it lost $2.39 per share over the past year, after a profit the year before.
ACN Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $18.7B | +6.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $18.7B | +5.6% |
| Q1 2026 | $18B | +8.3% |
| Q4 2025 | $18.7B | +6% |
| Q3 2025 | $17.6B | +7.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $17.7B | +7.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $16.7B | +5.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $17.7B | +9% |
ACN has the edge over INTC on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 15% | +3.7 points |
| Q2 2026 | 17% | +0.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 14% | +0.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 15% | -1.3 points |
| Q3 2025 | 12% | -2.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | +0.8 points |
| Q1 2025 | 13% | +0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 17% | +0.9 points |
ACN has the edge over INTC on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
INTC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $16.5B | +21% |
| Q2 2026 | $16.1B | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | $13.6B | +7.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $13.7B | -4.1% |
| Q3 2025 | $13.7B | +2.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $12.9B | +0.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $12.7B | -0.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $14.3B | -7.4% |
INTC's revenue is recovering but still below its 2021 peak: $16.5B last quarter, up 21% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 15% | +10 points |
| Q2 2026 | 11% | +36 points |
| Q1 2026 | -23% | -21 points |
| Q4 2025 | 4.2% | +1.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 5% | +73 points |
| Q2 2025 | -25% | -9.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | -2.4% | +6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 2.9% | -14 points |
INTC's operating margin was 15% last quarter, up 10 points from the same quarter a year ago.
ACN Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.8B | -25% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.6B | +2.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.7B | +37% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.5B | +73% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.8B | +20% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.5B | +16% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.7B | +35% |
| Q4 2024 | $870.3M | +103% |
ACN's free cash flow has been positive every quarter for seven years: $11.6B over the past year, up 6.9% from the year before.
INTC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1B | +774% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.5B | +$6B |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.5B | +$1.8B |
| Q4 2025 | $800M | +$3.5B |
| Q3 2025 | $121M | +$2.5B |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.5B | +$1.9B |
| Q1 2025 | -$4.4B | +$2.8B |
| Q4 2024 | -$2.7B | -$597M |
INTC's free cash flow has turned positive after four years mostly in the red: $3.8B over the past year.
ACN Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.7% | -10.3M shares |
| 1 year | -3.8% | -24.1M shares |
| 3 years | -5.3% | -34M shares |
| 5 years | -6.2% | -40M shares |
| Available history | -6.8% | -44.1M shares |
ACN has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.3B |
| Q2 2026 | $1.2B |
| Q1 2026 | $1.7B |
| Q4 2025 | $2.3B |
| Q3 2025 | $473.9M |
| Q2 2025 | $1.8B |
| Q1 2025 | $1.4B |
| Q4 2024 | $898.3M |
ACN spent $7.5B buying back its own shares over the past year, up 63% from the year before.
INTC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +4% | +203M shares |
| 1 year | +17% | +776M shares |
| 3 years | +25% | +1.1B shares |
| 5 years | +30% | +1.2B shares |
| Available history | +19% | +834M shares |
INTC has 5.3B diluted shares, up 17% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | $114M |
| Q1 2021 | $2.3B |
ACN Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
ACN has the edge over INTC on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
INTC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q1 2026 | 3.9x | Elevated |
| Q4 2025 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 4.0x | Elevated |
| Q1 2025 | 69.6x | High |
| Q3 2024 | 23.8x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 4.3x | High |
INTC's net debt is about 2.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 4.0 years a year ago.
ACN Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 67.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 88.9 | Overbought |
ACN's weekly RSI is 68 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 89 (overbought).
INTC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 38.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.7 | Oversold |
INTC's weekly RSI is 38 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 8 (oversold).
ACN PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | ACN | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 18x | 28x | 34% below |
| PE % | 10 | 35 | 25 pts below |
ACN is trading at 18x earnings, a 34% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
INTC PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | INTC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 28x | — |
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ACN Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $229.0 | 9.2% above |
| 20 week MA | $192.0 | 30% above |
| 50 week MA | $204.9 | 22% above |
| 100 week MA | $250.4 | 0.2% below |
| 200 week MA | $285.4 | 12% below |
ACN has the edge over INTC on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
INTC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $88.4 | 31% below |
| 20 week MA | $95.3 | 36% below |
| 50 week MA | $79.3 | 23% below |
| 100 week MA | $52.1 | 18% above |
| 200 week MA | $42.5 | 44% above |
INTC has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 44% above its 200-week average.
ACN Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $212.2 | $257.3 | +21% |
| 2021 | $257.3 | $403.3 | +57% |
| 2022 | $403.3 | $266.1 | -34% |
| 2023 | $266.1 | $350.9 | +32% |
| 2024 | $350.9 | $356.2 | +1.5% |
| 2025 | $356.2 | $271.1 | -24% |
| 2026 YTD | $271.1 | $250.0 | -7.8% |
ACN has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's down 7.8% so far in 2026.
INTC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $60.1 | $47.1 | -22% |
| 2021 | $47.1 | $51.3 | +9% |
| 2022 | $51.3 | $26.1 | -49% |
| 2023 | $26.1 | $50.3 | +93% |
| 2024 | $50.3 | $20.3 | -60% |
| 2025 | $20.3 | $36.2 | +78% |
| 2026 YTD | $36.2 | $61.2 | +69% |
INTC has the edge over ACN on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.