INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC offers stronger valuation, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
SITM
SiTime Corporation
SITM has a slight edge over INTC overall, supported by stronger modeled upside 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.
SITM Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
SITM's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, but its balance sheet is weak.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SITM PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 26x | $471 | — |
| Cheap | 50x | $51.83 | -89% |
| Fair | 119x | $123 | -74% |
| Expensive | 409x | $425 | -9.7% |
| Current | 452x | $471 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SITM's PE is in its expensive range at 452x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 26x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
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.
SITM Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for SITM, 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.
SITM Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $18.02 | +1633% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.04 | +$4.00 |
| Q2 2026 | $0.59 | +$4.07 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.91 | +$2.89 |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.72 | +$2.33 |
| Q3 2025 | -$2.96 | +$1.18 |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.48 | +$0.64 |
| Q1 2025 | -$3.80 | +$0.33 |
| Q4 2024 | -$4.05 | -$0.42 |
SITM 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 SITM on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
SITM Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $298.7M | +257% |
| Q2 2026 | $157.4M | +127% |
| Q1 2026 | $113.6M | +88% |
| Q4 2025 | $113.3M | +66% |
| Q3 2025 | $83.6M | +45% |
| Q2 2025 | $69.5M | +58% |
| Q1 2025 | $60.3M | +83% |
| Q4 2024 | $68.1M | +61% |
SITM has the edge over INTC on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.8% | +22 points |
| Q2 2026 | 5.2% | +41 points |
| Q1 2026 | -11% | +36 points |
| Q4 2025 | 1.6% | +35 points |
| Q3 2025 | -19% | +24 points |
| Q2 2025 | -35% | +38 points |
| Q1 2025 | -47% | +60 points |
| Q4 2024 | -34% | +31 points |
SITM's operating margin was 2.8% last quarter, up 22 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 SITM on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
SITM Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$16.7M | -164% |
| Q2 2026 | $27.3M | +$30.2M |
| Q1 2026 | $17.9M | +$19.1M |
| Q4 2025 | $13M | +$15.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $26.3M | +$33M |
| Q2 2025 | -$2.9M | -$149K |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.3M | -$98K |
| Q4 2024 | -$2.4M | +$1.8M |
SITM usually generates cash, though not every quarter: the latest was −$17M, but it generated $41M 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 the edge over SITM 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 |
SITM Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +13% | +3.7M shares |
| 1 year | +20% | +5.1M shares |
| 3 years | +40% | +8.8M shares |
| 5 years | +47% | +9.9M shares |
| Available history | +108% | +16.2M shares |
SITM has 31M diluted shares, up 20% 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 SITM on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
SITM Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 8.8x | High |
| Q2 2026 | -21.3x | Net Cash |
SITM's net debt is about 8.8 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
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).
SITM Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 19.0 | Oversold |
SITM's weekly RSI is 44 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 19 (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.
SITM PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | SITM | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 452x | 28x | 1,524% above |
| PE % | 85 | 35 | 50 pts above |
SITM is trading at 452x earnings, a 1524% 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.
SITM Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $531.4 | 11% below |
| 20 week MA | $579.9 | 19% below |
| 50 week MA | $520.0 | 9.5% below |
| 100 week MA | $369.3 | 27% above |
| 200 week MA | $248.3 | 90% above |
SITM has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 90% 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 SITM on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
SITM Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $22.7 | $106.9 | +370% |
| 2021 | $106.9 | $283.9 | +166% |
| 2022 | $283.9 | $99.4 | -65% |
| 2023 | $99.4 | $122.1 | +23% |
| 2024 | $122.1 | $220.9 | +81% |
| 2025 | $220.9 | $377.1 | +71% |
| 2026 YTD | $377.1 | $470.6 | +25% |
SITM's yearly returns have swung widely, from +370% in 2020 to −65% in 2022. It's up 25% so far in 2026.