ALGM
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
ALGM has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC has the edge over ALGM overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger modeled upside.
ALGM Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
ALGM's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
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.
ALGM PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 25x | $3.95 | -88% |
| Forward | 25x | $31.71 | — |
| Fair | 42x | $6.66 | -79% |
| Expensive | 60x | $9.54 | -70% |
| Current | 198x | $31.71 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ALGM's PE is in its expensive range at 198x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 25x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ALGM Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for ALGM, with profitability improving.
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.
ALGM Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.27 | +696% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.16 | +$0.32 |
| Q2 2026 | $0.07 | +$0.44 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.08 | +$0.31 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.08 | +$0.27 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.16 | -$0.02 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.37 | -197% |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.39 | -150% |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.35 | -130% |
ALGM 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.
ALGM Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $276.9M | +29% |
| Q2 2026 | $259.2M | +27% |
| Q1 2026 | $243.2M | +26% |
| Q4 2025 | $229.2M | +29% |
| Q3 2025 | $214.3M | +14% |
| Q2 2025 | $203.4M | +22% |
| Q1 2025 | $192.8M | -20% |
| Q4 2024 | $177.9M | -30% |
ALGM has the edge over INTC on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 13% | +9.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 9.8% | +11 points |
| Q1 2026 | 2.2% | +9.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 4.2% | +4.2 points |
| Q3 2025 | 2.9% | +0.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | -1.4% | +5 points |
| Q1 2025 | -6.8% | -13 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0% | -14 points |
ALGM's operating margin was 13% last quarter, up 9.9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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 ALGM on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ALGM Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $30.5M | +119% |
| Q2 2026 | $14M | -73% |
| Q1 2026 | $18.7M | +25% |
| Q4 2025 | $41.3M | +$63.1M |
| Q3 2025 | $13.9M | +150% |
| Q2 2025 | $51M | +120% |
| Q1 2025 | $15M | +$16.5M |
| Q4 2024 | -$21.8M | -157% |
ALGM generated $104M in free cash flow over the past year, up 80% 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 ALGM on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ALGM Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -52.6K shares |
| 1 year | +0.8% | +1.4M shares |
| 3 years | -3.8% | -7.4M shares |
| 5 years | -2.1% | -4M shares |
| Available history | 0% | -32.5K shares |
ALGM has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | $116,000 |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
| Q4 2019 | — |
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 |
ALGM Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 2.0x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 3.5x | Elevated |
| Q1 2025 | 5.0x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 3.0x | Moderate |
ALGM 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.
ALGM Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 41.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 13.9 | Oversold |
ALGM's weekly RSI is 41 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 14 (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).
ALGM PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | ALGM | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 198x | 28x | 611% above |
| PE % | 91 | 38 | 53 pts above |
ALGM is trading at 198x earnings, a 611% premium 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.
ALGM Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $33.2 | 4.4% below |
| 20 week MA | $38.9 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $38.7 | 18% below |
| 100 week MA | $32.9 | 3.7% below |
| 200 week MA | $32.4 | 2.2% below |
ALGM is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 2.2% below 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 the edge over ALGM on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
ALGM Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $18.3 | $24.8 | +35% |
| 2021 | $24.8 | $34.5 | +39% |
| 2022 | $34.5 | $30.2 | -12% |
| 2023 | $30.2 | $30.3 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | $30.3 | $22.3 | -26% |
| 2025 | $22.3 | $26.9 | +21% |
| 2026 YTD | $26.9 | $31.7 | +18% |
ALGM has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 18% 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 ALGM on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.