Company data sheet · Intel
Intel: left behind by its peers.
- Industry
- Semiconductors & Related Devices Manufacturing
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ticker
- INTC (Nasdaq)
- Sources
- SEC filings (1994–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- Left behind by its peers. From 2016 to 2025, its revenue shrank 11% in US dollars; the median among 181 large manufacturers grew 49%. It outgrew only 9% of them.
- Still smaller than it was. Revenue reached $52.9 billion in 2025, 33% below its 2021 peak of $79 billion.
- Leaders came and went. Intel filed 61 leadership changes since 2016, more than 100% of large manufacturers (the median is 20). The day after each, its shares moved a median 0.2 points against its sector. The news was rarely news.
- Seven decisions on record. Stratrix has verified seven of Intel's big decisions, each with what happened next. The hardest year after: "Intel Bet the Company on Catching Up. It Forgot to Fix Why It Fell Behind", with its shares 68 points behind the S&P 500 over the next three years. The best: "Intel's CHIPS Act 'Rescue' Is a Loan With Handcuffs. The Government Just Became Its Co-Pilot", 47 points ahead of the S&P 500 over the next year.
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $59.4 billion | $10.3 billion | |
| 2017 | $62.8 billion | $9.6 billion | |
| 2018 | $70.8 billion | $21.1 billion | |
| 2019 | $72 billion | $21 billion | |
| 2020 | $77.9 billion | $20.9 billion | |
| 2021 | $79 billion | $19.9 billion | |
| 2022 | $63.1 billion | $8 billion | |
| 2023 | $54.2 billion | $1.7 billion | |
| 2024 | $53.1 billion | −$18.8 billion | |
| 2025 | $52.9 billion | −$0.3 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
Stratrix Decision Cases
- 2024Intel's CHIPS Act 'Rescue' Is a Loan With Handcuffs. The Government Just Became Its Co-Pilot.
- 2021Intel Bet the Company on Catching Up. It Forgot to Fix Why It Fell Behind.
- 2021Intel Spent $95 Billion to Become Its Own Customer. Then It Fired the Man Who Promised It Would Work.
- 2021Gelsinger's Turnaround Asked a Shrinking Intel to Fund a Foundry as Revenue Fell to $53.1B
- 2017Intel's $1 Billion OpenAI Pass Had a Second Killer: Its Own Data-Center Unit
- 2006Intel Solved the Innovator's Dilemma Once. The iPhone Wasn't the Same Test.
- 2006Intel Did the Math on the iPhone and Said No. The Math Was Right.
The full data sheet · Data Plan
Everything behind these findings, ready for your board deck.
- Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 78 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the S&P 500 the next day and the next year (68 with market data).
- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 264 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
- Methods and sources, so each number can be checked and cited.
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