INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
PTC
PTC Inc.
PTC has the edge over INTC overall, supported by stronger valuation and lower modeled downside.
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.
PTC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Healthy |
PTC's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its revenue is under pressure.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
PTC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 19x | $196 | — |
| Forward | 22x | $196 | — |
| Cheap | 26x | $269 | +37% |
| Fair | 52x | $532 | +171% |
| Expensive | 91x | $941 | +379% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
PTC's PE is in its cheap range at 19x, but its recent earnings include one-off gains. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 22x.
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.
PTC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Deteriorating | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for PTC, with profitability improving.
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.
PTC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $8.98 | -13% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.28 | +142% |
| Q1 2026 | $10.42 | +185% |
| Q4 2025 | $6.79 | +109% |
PTC has the edge over INTC in the latest year-over-year earnings comparison.
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 PTC 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.
PTC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $673.3M | -25% |
| Q2 2026 | $600M | -6.8% |
| Q1 2026 | $774.3M | +22% |
| Q4 2025 | $685.8M | +21% |
PTC's revenue fell from its 2025 peak and has held roughly level since: $673M last quarter, down 25% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 28% | -4.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | 38% | +3.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 32% | +12 points |
| Q3 2025 | 49% | N/A |
| Q2 2025 | 33% | N/A |
| Q1 2025 | 35% | N/A |
| Q4 2024 | 20% | N/A |
PTC has the edge over INTC on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
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 PTC in the latest year-over-year cash flow comparison.
PTC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $249.3M | +3% |
| Q1 2026 | $318.2M | +14% |
| Q4 2025 | $267.4M | +13% |
INTC has the edge over PTC in the latest year-over-year cash flow comparison.
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 |
PTC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -3% | -3.6M shares |
| 1 year | -4.6% | -5.5M shares |
PTC has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $500M |
| Q1 2026 | $626.1M |
| Q4 2025 | $200M |
| Q3 2025 | $75M |
| Q2 2025 | $75M |
| Q1 2025 | $75M |
| Q4 2024 | $75M |
PTC spent $1.4B buying back its own shares over the past year.
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.
PTC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.9x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.2x | Healthy |
PTC has the edge over INTC on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
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).
PTC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 69.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 99.0 | Overbought |
PTC's weekly RSI is 70 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 99 (overbought).
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.
PTC PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | PTC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 19x | 28x | 31% below |
| PE % | 8 | 35 | 27 pts below |
PTC is trading at 19x earnings, a 31% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x, though its recent earnings include one-off gains.
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.
PTC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $181.3 | 8.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $154.8 | 27% above |
| 50 week MA | $152.1 | 29% above |
| 100 week MA | $166.7 | 18% above |
| 200 week MA | $163.6 | 20% above |
PTC has the edge over INTC on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
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 PTC on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
PTC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $75.8 | $119.9 | +58% |
| 2021 | $119.9 | $120.5 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | $120.5 | $121.3 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | $121.3 | $175.0 | +44% |
| 2024 | $175.0 | $184.5 | +5.5% |
| 2025 | $184.5 | $176.6 | -4.3% |
| 2026 YTD | $176.6 | $196.3 | +11% |
PTC has finished higher in five of the last six years. It's up 11% so far in 2026.