“Intel's 322% run-up has far outpaced fundamental improvement, leaving it at its highest valuation ever despite depressed revenue, cash flow, and an early-stage foundry business.”
Why he says it — point by point
FAVORABLE & AGAINST · BOTH KEPTit looks pretty expensive at the current valuation
Why
the fundamentals simply had not caught up to that stock price enthusiasm the current fundamentals of Intel do not signal that the company should be valued at its highest valuation ever, higher than during the dot bubble peak Revenues are still down and only slowly starting to grow again. Operating cash flow is still down significantly from that 2020 period
only $300 million of that in the quarter was from external customers
adjusted free cash flow negative 8.4 billion
The structured call
The receipt
Publish-day price $$102.62 · the claim is anchored to the moment it was said.