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  • Ibraheem Shaikh replied to the topic Discussion Topic: Exercise your research skills in the forum Business 101 7 years, 5 months ago

    Intel, the well-known chipset manufacturer, has published the following metrics (all of which are TTM, or the “trailing twelve months” data).

    Intel has had a revenue of $61.7 billion, with a gross margin of 62.1%. The gross margin is a measure of the percentage of money a company keeps on each sale, which it can then use to service its debts, invest, or pay dividends. The net income was $12.7 billion, for earnings of $2.62 per share (the current stock price is $39.67), of which $1.05 was paid in dividends.

    Intel had a Return on Equity of 19.56%, a Return on Investment of 13.58%, asset turnover of .53, and a Net Margin (percent of remaining revenue after deducting expenses, taxes, interest, and special dividends) of 20.6%. Based on these numbers, it seems Intel is a fairly healthy company, with good metrics for potential investors. For those following Intel, its numbers for the following year will be of special interest, as it seeks to compete with Qualcomm in the mobile market and faces increased competition with AMD’s Ryzen in the mainstream desktop processor space.