INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC has the edge over LYTS overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and stronger fundamentals.
LYTS
LSI Industries Inc.
LYTS has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
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.
LYTS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure |
LYTS's revenue and cash flow are currently healthy, and its profitability is stable, but its balance sheet is under pressure.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
LYTS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 16x | $10.33 | -32% |
| Fair | 23x | $14.21 | -6.7% |
| Current | 24x | $15.22 | — |
| Expensive | 31x | $19.44 | +28% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
LYTS's PE is in its fair range at 24x.
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.
LYTS Forward outlook
There aren't enough analyst estimates for LYTS to show an outlook.
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.
LYTS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $0.63 | -21% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.67 | -15% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.75 | +4.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.82 | +6.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.80 | +1.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.79 | -6% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.72 | -23% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.77 | -15% |
LYTS has the edge over INTC on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
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 LYTS on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
LYTS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $225.9M | +44% |
| Q2 2026 | $234.6M | +51% |
| Q1 2026 | $150.5M | +14% |
| Q4 2025 | $147M | -0.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $157.2M | +14% |
| Q2 2025 | $155.1M | +20% |
| Q1 2025 | $132.5M | +22% |
| Q4 2024 | $147.7M | +36% |
LYTS has the edge over INTC on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 6.3% | -0.7 points |
| Q2 2026 | 6.2% | -1.5 points |
| Q1 2026 | 2.7% | -2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 6% | +0.3 points |
| Q3 2025 | 7% | +0.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 7.7% | +0.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 4.7% | -2.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 5.7% | -1.4 points |
LYTS's operating margin was 6.3% last quarter, down 0.7 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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 LYTS on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
LYTS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $13.8M | +$14.1M |
| Q2 2026 | $9.8M | +14% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.2M | +0.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.3M | +164% |
| Q3 2025 | -$291K | -103% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.5M | -17% |
| Q1 2025 | $6.2M | -44% |
| Q4 2024 | $8.8M | +21% |
LYTS generated $53M in free cash flow over the past year, up 128% 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 the edge over LYTS on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | $114M |
| Q1 2021 | $2.3B |
LYTS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +12% | +4.2M shares |
| 1 year | +21% | +6.5M shares |
| 3 years | +26% | +7.9M shares |
| 5 years | +37% | +10.1M shares |
| Available history | +43% | +11.4M shares |
LYTS has 38M diluted shares, up 21% from 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 LYTS on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
LYTS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.7x | Elevated |
| Q2 2026 | 4.4x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 5.1x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 0.7x | Very low |
LYTS's net debt is about 3.7 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from less than a year a year ago.
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).
LYTS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 28.9 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 6.2 | Oversold |
LYTS's weekly RSI is 29 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 6 (oversold).
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.
LYTS PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | LYTS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 24x | 28x | 13% below |
| PE % | 57 | 35 | 22 pts above |
LYTS is trading at 24x earnings, a 13% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
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 LYTS on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
LYTS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $19.4 | 22% below |
| 20 week MA | $21.3 | 29% below |
| 50 week MA | $21.4 | 29% below |
| 100 week MA | $20.2 | 25% below |
| 200 week MA | $17.4 | 13% below |
LYTS is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 13% below its 200-week average.
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 LYTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
LYTS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6.08 | $8.52 | +40% |
| 2021 | $8.52 | $6.67 | -22% |
| 2022 | $6.67 | $12.1 | +81% |
| 2023 | $12.1 | $14.1 | +17% |
| 2024 | $14.1 | $19.4 | +38% |
| 2025 | $19.4 | $18.8 | -3.3% |
| 2026 YTD | $18.8 | $15.2 | -19% |
LYTS has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's down 19% so far in 2026.