ATEN
A10 Networks, Inc.
ATEN has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC has the edge over ATEN overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
ATEN Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Stable |
ATEN's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, and its balance sheet 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.
ATEN PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 18x | $11.50 | -61% |
| Forward | 24x | $29.30 | — |
| Fair | 26x | $16.77 | -43% |
| Current | 45x | $29.30 | — |
| Expensive | 47x | $30.25 | +3.2% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ATEN's PE is in its expensive range at 45x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 24x 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.
ATEN Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ATEN, 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.
ATEN Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.20 | +85% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.65 | -4.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.59 | -13% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.61 | -9% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.57 | -15% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.68 | +1.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.68 | +15% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.67 | +9.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.67 | +26% |
ATEN 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.
ATEN Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $91.5M | +23% |
| Q2 2026 | $80.1M | +15% |
| Q1 2026 | $75M | +13% |
| Q4 2025 | $80.4M | +8.3% |
| Q3 2025 | $74.7M | +12% |
| Q2 2025 | $69.4M | +15% |
| Q1 2025 | $66.1M | +9% |
| Q4 2024 | $74.2M | +5.4% |
ATEN has the edge over INTC on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 20% | +2.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | 11% | -3.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +4.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 19% | -6.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 17% | +1.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 15% | +1.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 13% | +1.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 25% | -0.8 points |
ATEN 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.
ATEN Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $30.7M | +70% |
| Q2 2026 | $27.5M | +53% |
| Q1 2026 | -$689K | -105% |
| Q4 2025 | $16M | -31% |
| Q3 2025 | $18.1M | +8.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $17.9M | +106% |
| Q1 2025 | $12.7M | -57% |
| Q4 2024 | $23.3M | +$23.7M |
ATEN generated $74M in free cash flow over the past year, up 2.1% 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 ATEN on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ATEN Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +51K shares |
| 1 year | +3.6% | +2.7M shares |
| 3 years | -0.1% | -105K shares |
| 5 years | -5.3% | -4.2M shares |
| Available history | -0.5% | -378K shares |
ATEN has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $23M |
| Q2 2026 | $2.4M |
| Q1 2026 | $2.5M |
| Q4 2025 | $6.9M |
| Q3 2025 | $11M |
| Q2 2025 | $3.9M |
| Q1 2025 | $47M |
| Q4 2024 | $5.8M |
ATEN spent $35M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 49% 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 |
ATEN Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | 2.4x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 2.4x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -1.7x | Net Cash |
ATEN's net debt is about 2.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as 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's net debt is about 2.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 4.0 years a year ago.
ATEN Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 55.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 41.5 | Neutral |
ATEN's weekly RSI is 56 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 41 (neutral).
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).
ATEN PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | ATEN | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 45x | 28x | 62% above |
| PE % | 80 | 35 | 45 pts above |
ATEN is trading at 45x earnings, a 62% 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.
ATEN Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $26.4 | 11% above |
| 20 week MA | $28.3 | 3.5% above |
| 50 week MA | $25.3 | 16% above |
| 100 week MA | $21.7 | 35% above |
| 200 week MA | $17.9 | 64% above |
ATEN 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.
ATEN Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6.86 | $9.96 | +45% |
| 2021 | $9.96 | $16.3 | +63% |
| 2022 | $16.3 | $17.0 | +4.7% |
| 2023 | $17.0 | $13.2 | -23% |
| 2024 | $13.2 | $18.6 | +41% |
| 2025 | $18.6 | $18.1 | -2.7% |
| 2026 YTD | $18.1 | $29.3 | +62% |
ATEN has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 62% 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 ATEN on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.