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Intel INTC Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

Advanced Micro Devices logo
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD
7.3%+3.5pp
International Business Machines logo
International Business MachinesIBM
13.2%+4.1pp
Qualcomm logo
QualcommQCOM
26.8%-8.0pp
Microchip Technology logo
Microchip TechnologyMCHP
3.4%
Lattice Semiconductor logo
Lattice SemiconductorLSCC
3%
Nvidia logo
NvidiaNVDA
99.8%-13.5pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$13.6B+7.2%
Gross profit$5.3B+14.5%
Operating income-$3.1B-942%
Net income-$3.7B-354%
EPS (diluted)-$0.73-284%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$17.2B+92.8%
Total debt$43.0B-14.2%
Total equity$111.39B+11.7%
Total assets$205.33B+6.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.1B+34.8%
CapEx$3.6B-29.8%
Free cash flow-$2.5B+41.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$608.65B+124%
Enterprise value$634.43B+76.4%
P/S11.3×+6.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin35.4%+3.8pp
Operating margin-5.2%-2.2pp
Net margin-5.9%-2.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-3%-1.4pp
Debt / equity0.4×-0.1×
Current ratio2.3×+1.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Intel’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Intel’s 10-Q, filed April 24, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Intel's return on invested capital?
Intel (INTC) reported return on invested capital of -3.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Intel's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Intel's return on invested capital increased by 50.9% year-over-year, from -7.7% to -3.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Intel's return on invested capital?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Intel's return on invested capital has grown at a -45.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 60.8% to -18.1%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.