INTC
Intel Corporation
INTC has the edge over SQNS overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger modeled upside.
SQNS
Sequans Communications S.A.
SQNS 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.
SQNS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Stable |
SQNS's balance sheet is currently stable, but its revenue, profitability and cash flow are under pressure.
INTC PE Valuation
INTC has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SQNS PE Valuation
SQNS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
INTC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Broad | |
| Low |
INTC has the edge over SQNS on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
SQNS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect SQNS's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
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.
SQNS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$11.33 | -622% |
| Q1 2026 | -$11.04 | -540% |
| Q4 2025 | -$7.43 | -420% |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.21 | -172% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.17 | +$3.80 |
| Q1 2025 | $2.51 | +$4.52 |
| Q4 2024 | $2.32 | +$4.11 |
| Q3 2024 | $1.69 | +$3.03 |
SQNS has swung to a loss: it lost $11.33 per share over the past year, after a profit the year before.
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 SQNS 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 has the edge over SQNS on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
SQNS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $7.5M | -8.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.1M | -25% |
| Q4 2025 | $7M | -37% |
| Q3 2025 | $4.3M | -57% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.1M | -16% |
| Q1 2025 | $8.1M | +34% |
| Q4 2024 | $11M | +131% |
| Q3 2024 | $10.1M | +29% |
SQNS's revenue has slid since its 2022 peak: $7M last quarter, down 8.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -127% | -20 points |
| Q1 2026 | -157% | -72 points |
| Q4 2025 | -128% | -81 points |
| Q3 2025 | -477% | -1339 points |
| Q2 2025 | -107% | -69 points |
| Q1 2025 | -85% | +57 points |
| Q4 2024 | -47% | +217 points |
| Q3 2024 | 863% | +964 points |
SQNS's operating margin was −127% last quarter, down 20 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 SQNS on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
SQNS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$9.8M | -$7.3M |
| Q1 2026 | -$16.1M | -$6.2M |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.2M | +$27.6M |
| Q3 2025 | -$14.9M | -$11.6M |
| Q2 2025 | -$2.4M | -131% |
| Q1 2025 | -$9.8M | +$4.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$29.8M | -$18.2M |
| Q3 2024 | -$3.3M | +$2.6M |
SQNS has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$43M over the past year, against −$45M 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 |
SQNS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +7.5% | +1M shares |
| 1 year | -41% | -10.4M shares |
| 3 years | -34% | -7.9M shares |
| 5 years | +0.9% | +136K shares |
| Available history | +58% | +5.5M shares |
SQNS has the edge over INTC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $936,391 |
| Q4 2025 | $9.4M |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
SQNS spent $10M buying back its own shares over the past year, after none 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.
SQNS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.0x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q3 2024 | -1.4x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2023 | 11.5x | High |
| Q2 2023 | 4.5x | High |
| Q1 2023 | 3.1x | Elevated |
SQNS's net debt is about 1.6 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), after holding more cash than debt 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).
SQNS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 38.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 25.3 | Neutral |
SQNS's weekly RSI is 38 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 25 (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.
SQNS PE vs Technology Sector
SQNS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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 SQNS on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
SQNS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $2.61 | 6.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $2.77 | 12% below |
| 50 week MA | $3.42 | 29% below |
| 100 week MA | $11.0 | 78% below |
| 200 week MA | $28.3 | 91% below |
SQNS is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 91% 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 SQNS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
SQNS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $75.0 | $157.3 | +110% |
| 2021 | $157.3 | $120.0 | -24% |
| 2022 | $120.0 | $72.0 | -40% |
| 2023 | $72.0 | $70.8 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | $70.8 | $33.9 | -52% |
| 2025 | $33.9 | $4.76 | -86% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.76 | $2.44 | -49% |
SQNS has finished five years in a row lower, and it's down 49% so far in 2026.