INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
RDVT
Red Violet, Inc.
RDVT has the edge over INTC overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger fundamentals.
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.
RDVT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
RDVT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
RDVT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 25x | $29.57 | -61% |
| Forward | 44x | $76.00 | — |
| Current | 64x | $76.00 | — |
| Fair | 78x | $93.41 | +23% |
| Expensive | 489x | $581 | +665% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
RDVT's PE is in its cheap range at 64x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 44x next year's earnings.
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.
RDVT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for RDVT, 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.
RDVT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.75 | +47% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.19 | +55% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.13 | +88% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.97 | +59% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.91 | +82% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.77 | +103% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.60 | -47% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.61 | -41% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.50 | -48% |
RDVT 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's operating margin was 15% last quarter, up 10 points from the same quarter a year ago.
RDVT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $27.8M | +20% |
| Q2 2026 | $26.7M | +23% |
| Q1 2026 | $25.8M | +17% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.4M | +20% |
| Q3 2025 | $23.1M | +21% |
| Q2 2025 | $21.8M | +14% |
| Q1 2025 | $22M | +26% |
| Q4 2024 | $19.6M | +30% |
RDVT has the edge over INTC on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 21% | +0.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 23% | +10 points |
| Q1 2026 | 21% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | 6.8% | +4.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 20% | +6.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 13% | -3.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 19% | +7.8 points |
| Q4 2024 | 1.9% | +7.8 points |
RDVT 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's free cash flow has turned positive after four years mostly in the red: $3.8B over the past year.
RDVT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $12.6M | +26% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.5M | +45% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.5M | +32% |
| Q4 2025 | $6.6M | -1.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $10M | +38% |
| Q2 2025 | $7.3M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $5M | +17% |
| Q4 2024 | $6.7M | +60% |
RDVT's free cash flow has been positive every quarter for seven years: $36M over the past year, up 25% 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 |
RDVT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +8.9% | +1.3M shares |
| 1 year | +7.8% | +1.1M shares |
| 3 years | +9.9% | +1.4M shares |
| 5 years | +15% | +2.1M shares |
| Available history | +46% | +5M shares |
RDVT has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $435,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $2.7M |
| Q4 2025 | $262,000 |
| Q3 2025 | $653,000 |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
RDVT spent $3M buying back its own shares over the past year, about five times what it spent the year before.
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.
RDVT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -2.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -1.7x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -1.7x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -2.0x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -1.7x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
RDVT 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).
RDVT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 58.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 61.7 | Neutral |
RDVT's weekly RSI is 58 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 62 (neutral).
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.
RDVT PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | RDVT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 64x | 28x | 129% above |
| PE % | 32 | 35 | 3 pts below |
RDVT is trading at 64x earnings, a 129% premium 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 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.
RDVT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $77.3 | 1.7% below |
| 20 week MA | $72.7 | 4.5% above |
| 50 week MA | $57.2 | 33% above |
| 100 week MA | $51.0 | 49% above |
| 200 week MA | $36.6 | 108% above |
RDVT 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 RDVT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
RDVT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $18.6 | $26.4 | +42% |
| 2021 | $26.4 | $39.3 | +49% |
| 2022 | $39.3 | $24.4 | -38% |
| 2023 | $24.4 | $20.0 | -18% |
| 2024 | $20.0 | $36.6 | +83% |
| 2025 | $36.6 | $55.2 | +51% |
| 2026 YTD | $55.2 | $76.0 | +38% |
RDVT has finished higher in four of the last six years, two of them by more than 50%. It's up 38% so far in 2026.