Intel
INTCMarket price data through November 12, 2026.
Performance
Nov 2021 – Nov 2026
Track record
How this pick has done since Benson first called it.
- Benson Return
- +217%
- How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
- First pick price
- ~$19
- Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
- Tracking since
- August 2025
- The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
- Tracking duration
- 15 months
- How long Benson has been tracking this pick.
About Intel
Intel makes the processors inside most of the world's PCs and a huge share of the servers that run the internet. After years of falling behind, it is rebuilding itself to both design chips and manufacture them for other companies. Think of it as a legendary carmaker retooling its whole assembly line, and right now its heavy-duty server chips for AI are selling faster than it can build them.
The case for and against
Both sides of the story, in plain English.
- Servers Steal Spotlight
Intel's data center and AI business grew 78% to 7.3 billion dollars this quarter, its fastest growth in 15 years. AI is shifting from building chatbots to running them all day for millions of people, that everyday work leans on server processors, and Intel says demand is outrunning supply. A new multiyear deal to expand Intel-powered computing on Oracle's cloud adds more fuel.
- Profits Pile Up
Total sales hit 16.5 billion dollars, up 21% from a year ago. Intel now keeps about 15 cents of operating profit from every dollar of sales, up from 5 cents last year, and it brought in 5.1 billion dollars in cash from operations in a single quarter. Its chip factory business also grew 58% to 6.7 billion dollars, a sign the rebuild is gaining traction.
- PC Pullback
Intel's PC chip business is still its biggest at 8.1 billion dollars, but it shrank 5% from a year ago. Management expects the PC slowdown to last at least through the first half of next year. Intel is forecasting 15 to 16 billion dollars in sales next quarter, below this quarter's 16.5 billion, and expects to keep less profit from each sale.
- Wild Ride Ahead
Intel raised 23 billion dollars by selling new shares. That pays for growth, but it means each existing share now owns a smaller slice of the company. Intel is also spending heavily on new factory capacity, so it will keep needing a lot of cash. And with the stock swinging more than twice as hard as the overall market, big drops can come fast even when the business is getting better.
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This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-11-12. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.
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