FTV
Fortive Corporation
FTV has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC has the edge over FTV overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger modeled upside.
FTV Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Stable |
FTV's profitability and cash flow are currently strong, and its balance sheet is stable, but its revenue is under pressure.
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.
FTV PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 18x | $38.69 | -43% |
| Forward | 21x | $67.85 | — |
| Fair | 32x | $66.41 | -2.1% |
| Current | 32x | $67.85 | — |
| Expensive | 36x | $76.57 | +13% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
FTV's PE is in its fair range at 32x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 21x 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.
FTV Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for FTV, 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.
FTV Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.27 | +56% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.10 | +20% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.69 | -24% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.67 | -27% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.73 | -27% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.75 | -30% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.22 | -10% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.28 | -9.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.36 | -2.9% |
FTV 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.
FTV Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1B | +7.8% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.1B | -28% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | -27% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1B | -31% |
| Q3 2025 | $1B | -33% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.5B | -2.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.5B | -3.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.6B | +2.3% |
FTV's revenue is recovering but still below its 2019 peak: $1.1B last quarter, up 7.8% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 21% | +5.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +4.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | 18% | +2.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +1.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 16% | -3.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 15% | -4.8 points |
| Q1 2025 | 16% | -4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | -0.7 points |
FTV 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 has the edge over FTV on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| 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.
FTV Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $283.7M | +109% |
| Q2 2026 | $258.1M | -6% |
| Q1 2026 | $208.2M | -3.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $335.5M | -28% |
| Q3 2025 | $135.8M | -69% |
| Q2 2025 | $274.5M | -1.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $215M | -6.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $465.2M | +13% |
FTV's free cash flow has been positive every quarter for seven years: $1.1B over the past year, about the same as 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 FTV on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
FTV Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.2% | -3.7M shares |
| 1 year | -8.8% | -29.5M shares |
| 3 years | -15% | -52.2M shares |
| 5 years | -16% | -58.3M shares |
| Available history | -11% | -36.1M shares |
FTV has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $300.1M |
| Q2 2026 | $200.1M |
| Q1 2026 | $500.2M |
| Q4 2025 | $265M |
| Q3 2025 | $1B |
| Q2 2025 | $141.9M |
| Q1 2025 | $202.6M |
| Q4 2024 | $466.6M |
FTV spent $1.3B buying back its own shares over the past year, down 30% 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 |
FTV Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.4x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 2.5x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 2.5x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q4 2024 | 2.2x | Moderate |
FTV's net debt is about 2.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 2.2 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 FTV on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
FTV Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 69.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 84.9 | Overbought |
FTV's weekly RSI is 70 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 85 (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).
FTV PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | FTV | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 32x | 28x | 16% above |
| PE % | 54 | 35 | 19 pts above |
FTV is trading at 32x earnings, a 16% 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.
FTV Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $60.9 | 11% above |
| 20 week MA | $60.3 | 13% above |
| 50 week MA | $58.6 | 16% above |
| 100 week MA | $55.7 | 22% above |
| 200 week MA | $55.6 | 22% above |
FTV 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.
FTV Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $48.3 | $52.5 | +8.7% |
| 2021 | $52.5 | $56.1 | +7% |
| 2022 | $56.1 | $48.3 | -14% |
| 2023 | $48.3 | $55.5 | +15% |
| 2024 | $55.5 | $57.0 | +2.7% |
| 2025 | $57.0 | $55.7 | -2.3% |
| 2026 YTD | $55.7 | $67.9 | +22% |
FTV has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 22% 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 FTV on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.