AFRM
Affirm Holdings, Inc.
AFRM has the edge over INTC overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and lower modeled downside.
INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
AFRM Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
AFRM's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, but its balance sheet is weak.
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.
AFRM PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 11x | $65.84 | — |
| Cheap | 14x | $82.33 | +25% |
| Forward | 30x | $65.84 | — |
| Fair | 68x | $393 | +497% |
| Expensive | 113x | $651 | +889% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
AFRM's PE is 11x, but its earnings don't support one, so it isn't a reliable read right now.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AFRM Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for AFRM, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
INTC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Broad | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for INTC, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
AFRM Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.20 | -62% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.77 | +736% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.53 | +3587% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.12 | +$1.32 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.83 | +$1.47 |
| Q3 2025 | $0.69 | +$2.10 |
| Q2 2025 | $0.15 | +$1.82 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.20 | +$2.03 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.64 | +$1.85 |
AFRM 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.
AFRM Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.3B | +35% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.2B | +33% |
| Q1 2026 | $1B | +33% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1B | +30% |
| Q3 2025 | $933.3M | +34% |
| Q2 2025 | $876.4M | +33% |
| Q1 2025 | $783.1M | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $866.4M | +47% |
AFRM has the edge over INTC on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 15% | +8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 13% | +6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 8.5% | +9.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 10% | +11 points |
| Q3 2025 | 6.8% | +26 points |
| Q2 2025 | 6.6% | +18 points |
| Q1 2025 | -1.1% | +27 points |
| Q4 2024 | -0.5% | +29 points |
AFRM's operating margin was 15% last quarter, up 8 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
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 has the edge over AFRM on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
AFRM Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $144.6M | -55% |
| Q2 2026 | $229.3M | +875% |
| Q1 2026 | $325.1M | +107% |
| Q4 2025 | $118M | -56% |
| Q3 2025 | $320.2M | +110% |
| Q2 2025 | $23.5M | -23% |
| Q1 2025 | $157.4M | -2.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $268.1M | +654% |
AFRM generated $817M in free cash flow over the past year, up 6.2% 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 has the edge over AFRM on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
AFRM Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.8% | +2.9M shares |
| 1 year | +1% | +3.5M shares |
| 3 years | +16% | +47.9M shares |
| 5 years | +29% | +80.1M shares |
| Available history | +68% | +142M shares |
AFRM has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
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 |
AFRM Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 9.5x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 11.3x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 11.8x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 15.1x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 17.9x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 45.4x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 755.3x | High |
AFRM's net debt is about 9.5 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 18 years a year ago.
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 has the edge over AFRM on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
AFRM Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 14.7 | Oversold |
AFRM's weekly RSI is 45 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 15 (oversold).
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).
AFRM PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | AFRM | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 11x | 28x | 59% below |
| PE % | 0 | 40 | 40 pts below |
AFRM is trading at 11x earnings, a 59% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x, though its earnings don't support one.
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.
AFRM Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $71.8 | 8.3% below |
| 20 week MA | $74.2 | 11% below |
| 50 week MA | $67.3 | 2.2% below |
| 100 week MA | $65.8 | 0% above |
| 200 week MA | $47.4 | 39% above |
AFRM has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 39% above its 200-week average.
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.
AFRM Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $117.0 | $101.2 | -14% |
| 2022 | $101.2 | $9.19 | -91% |
| 2023 | $9.19 | $49.1 | +435% |
| 2024 | $49.1 | $64.6 | +32% |
| 2025 | $64.6 | $75.8 | +17% |
| 2026 YTD | $75.8 | $65.8 | -13% |
AFRM's yearly returns have swung widely, from +435% in 2023 to −91% in 2022. It's down 13% 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 AFRM on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.