Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, computer chip giant Intel (INTC 0.64%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Intel and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Intel facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Santa Clara, Calif. (1968) |
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Market Cap |
$105.7 billion |
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Industry |
Semiconductors |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$53.3 billion |
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Management |
CEO Paul Otellini (since 2005) CFO Stacy Smith (since 2007) |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
25% |
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Cash/Debt |
$18.2 billion/$13.6 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
4.2% |
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Competitors |
AMD (NYSE: AMD) Samsung Electronics Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 9,989 members who have rated Intel believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, CardinalRam, succinctly summed up the bull case case for our community:
[Intel] is just beginning to see the impact of the ATOM processor and it will get better over time. I still think this is a 12+ month play. I also think that UltraBook will be successful over the 1-2 year time frame. Then there is the server market -- there is little competition to who powers the "cloud." They probably won't return to double digit growth, but as undervalued as [Intel] is today and with a [4+% dividend yield], I don't see how they can't outperform.
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