INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC has a slight edge over SCSC overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
SCSC
ScanSource, Inc.
SCSC 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.
SCSC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy |
SCSC's revenue and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its profitability is stable, but its cash flow is under pressure.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SCSC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.7x | $27.69 | -37% |
| Forward | 8.9x | $44.26 | — |
| Fair | 13x | $42.03 | -5% |
| Current | 14x | $44.26 | — |
| Expensive | 17x | $52.71 | +19% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SCSC's PE is in its fair range at 14x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 8.9x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
INTC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Broad | |
| Low |
INTC has the edge over SCSC on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
SCSC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for SCSC, with profitability holding steady.
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.
SCSC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $5.00 | +58% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.17 | -0.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.64 | +21% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.29 | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.25 | +27% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.20 | +1.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.00 | -2% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.79 | -12% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.55 | -27% |
SCSC 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 SCSC on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
SCSC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $962.3M | +30% |
| Q2 2026 | $953.1M | +17% |
| Q1 2026 | $766.8M | +8.8% |
| Q4 2025 | $766.5M | +2.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $739.7M | -4.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $812.9M | +8.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $704.8M | -6.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $747.5M | -16% |
SCSC has the edge over INTC on sales, with stronger typical year-over-year growth.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.3% | -2.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 3.3% | 0 points |
| Q1 2026 | 3% | -0.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 2.3% | -0.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 3.5% | +1.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 3.3% | +0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 3.2% | +0.8 points |
| Q4 2024 | 2.5% | -0.6 points |
SCSC's operating margin was 1.3% last quarter, down 2.2 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 SCSC on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
SCSC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$44.1M | -312% |
| Q2 2026 | -$4.8M | -193% |
| Q1 2026 | $69M | +6.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $28.9M | +$37M |
| Q3 2025 | $20.8M | -51% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.1M | -90% |
| Q1 2025 | $64.6M | -59% |
| Q4 2024 | -$8.2M | -113% |
SCSC usually generates cash, though not every quarter: the latest was −$44M, but it generated $49M over the past year.
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 |
SCSC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -4.6% | -1M shares |
| 1 year | -7.7% | -1.7M shares |
| 3 years | -18% | -4.5M shares |
| 5 years | -20% | -5M shares |
| Available history | -18% | -4.7M shares |
SCSC has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.8M |
| Q2 2026 | $26.5M |
| Q1 2026 | $32.7M |
| Q4 2025 | $17.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $21.3M |
| Q2 2025 | $25.3M |
| Q1 2025 | $28.9M |
| Q4 2024 | $24.2M |
SCSC spent $81M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 18% from 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.
SCSC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.5x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | 0.3x | Very low |
SCSC 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).
SCSC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 37.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 24.2 | Neutral |
SCSC's weekly RSI is 37 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 24 (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.
SCSC PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | SCSC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 14x | 28x | 50% below |
| PE % | 53 | 35 | 18 pts above |
SCSC is trading at 14x earnings, a 50% 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 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.
SCSC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $55.9 | 21% below |
| 20 week MA | $55.5 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $46.8 | 5.4% below |
| 100 week MA | $43.8 | 1.1% above |
| 200 week MA | $41.0 | 7.9% above |
SCSC has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 7.9% above 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 SCSC on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
SCSC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $36.6 | $26.2 | -28% |
| 2021 | $26.2 | $34.6 | +32% |
| 2022 | $34.6 | $29.1 | -16% |
| 2023 | $29.1 | $39.6 | +36% |
| 2024 | $39.6 | $47.8 | +21% |
| 2025 | $47.8 | $39.7 | -17% |
| 2026 YTD | $39.7 | $44.3 | +11% |
SCSC has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's up 11% so far in 2026.