INTEL CORP vs Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, two Semiconductors stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where INTC and TSM diverge most: on net margin, INTC reads -4.0% and TSM reads 39.6%; on return on equity, INTC reads -2.2% and TSM reads 27.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What INTC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What TSM's price implies is an extreme bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | INTC | TSM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $92.38 | $402.68 |
| Market cap | $471.5B | $2.09T |
| Sector | Semiconductors | Semiconductors |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | — | 59.2 |
| P/B | 4.57 | 16.00 |
| P/S | 8.27 | 23.45 |
| EV/EBITDA | 180.2 | 50.2 |
| Revenue growth | +7.8% | +22.6% |
| Gross margin | 40.4% | 55.6% |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 45.3% |
| Net margin | -4.0% | 39.6% |
| Return on equity | -2.2% | 27.1% |
| Return on assets | -1.1% | 17.3% |
| Return on invested capital | -0.0% | 25.4% |
| FCF yield | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.49 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 2.36 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.67 | 8.22 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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