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The government would be helping an industry, not a specific company. Intel still has a role as long as PCs are an important component of our business infrastructure. PCs are a lot like terrestrial radio. Not going to disappear overnight.
The most successful companies in the space pivoted toward graphics and owe much of their good fortune on gaming. The pandemic stimulated that industry.
As indicated in my 2nd post, all of INTC’s Q2 loss is accounted for with the inventory write down of a business that they’ve exited. That’s a sunk cost - not from ongoing operations. I don’t expect the dividend to be cut as earnings were about 4x as much immediately before the GAAP inventory adjustment.
The most successful companies in the space pivoted toward graphics and owe much of their good fortune on gaming. The pandemic stimulated that industry.
As indicated in my 2nd post, all of INTC’s Q2 loss is accounted for with the inventory write down of a business that they’ve exited. That’s a sunk cost - not from ongoing operations. I don’t expect the dividend to be cut as earnings were about 4x as much immediately before the GAAP inventory adjustment.
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Intel was a near monopoly with x86 so they haven’t had to evolve as quickly. Their revenue mix is trending away from PC CPUs none-the-less.
Alphabet/Google’s valuation (72%) is actually far more concentrated in advertising/search than INTC’s is in PCs (41%).
Apple’s valuation is 42% iPhone. Watch/TV hardware is 13%. Mac 8%. iPad 6%. Services is the #2 source of revenue (and the valuation) and much of that (approx 20%) is licensing paid to them from Google. App sales is the biggest component of services (about a third of it).
The bottom line is that bottom lines, especially in tech, are highly dependent on the luck of macro economics and uncontrollable market conditions.
Alphabet/Google’s valuation (72%) is actually far more concentrated in advertising/search than INTC’s is in PCs (41%).
Apple’s valuation is 42% iPhone. Watch/TV hardware is 13%. Mac 8%. iPad 6%. Services is the #2 source of revenue (and the valuation) and much of that (approx 20%) is licensing paid to them from Google. App sales is the biggest component of services (about a third of it).
The bottom line is that bottom lines, especially in tech, are highly dependent on the luck of macro economics and uncontrollable market conditions.
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You are WAYYY underputting the reasons for Intel's decline. Everyone in the industry saw the shift to mobile, data center, and gaming chips. Everyone except Intel. This isn't bad luck but 10-20 years of strategic incompetence.
While PCs aren't going away as you noted, they will decline and will be purchased in larger numbers by businesses who won't be swayed by branding. Yes, Granny who uses her desktop to log into Facebook might be swayed by Intel's branding, the bulk of OC sales in the future will be made by companies that know Intel is behind the times. We've had this same conversation for years with Intel in the 60s, 50s, 40s and now 30s.
Things may change in the future and the US taxpayer may help finance Intel's path to catch up.
While PCs aren't going away as you noted, they will decline and will be purchased in larger numbers by businesses who won't be swayed by branding. Yes, Granny who uses her desktop to log into Facebook might be swayed by Intel's branding, the bulk of OC sales in the future will be made by companies that know Intel is behind the times. We've had this same conversation for years with Intel in the 60s, 50s, 40s and now 30s.
Things may change in the future and the US taxpayer may help finance Intel's path to catch up.
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Intel is unlike all of the rest of the industry that you are using as a comparison. They were a monopoly. It would be dumb for a monopoly to stray far from their core. Same for when the court turned them into a duopoly. Nobody knows how much life remains in their industry. But they appear to be priced for a worse case scenario.
Business leader’s decisions aren’t always perfect. But INTC has billions in the bank and the PC business continues to bring in billions more every year. They are exploring new ways to deploy the capital all the time. MobileEye can be huge if AVs ever get momentum. The shift to domestic and European manufacturing could be a huge advantage as things play out if the globalists don’t win and aren’t able to continue allowing China to control the supply chain.
Intel has their niche. Those that believe the stock has more down side ahead can look elsewhere. Some feel that 4% and the 4x earnings to payout is acceptable for their ongoing operations. 6x earnings indicates that much of the doom and gloom is already priced into the stock and the just published financials put the shares on sale. Those that think they will sink can go with the crowd and buy AMD at 35x and their zero yield.
Business leader’s decisions aren’t always perfect. But INTC has billions in the bank and the PC business continues to bring in billions more every year. They are exploring new ways to deploy the capital all the time. MobileEye can be huge if AVs ever get momentum. The shift to domestic and European manufacturing could be a huge advantage as things play out if the globalists don’t win and aren’t able to continue allowing China to control the supply chain.
Intel has their niche. Those that believe the stock has more down side ahead can look elsewhere. Some feel that 4% and the 4x earnings to payout is acceptable for their ongoing operations. 6x earnings indicates that much of the doom and gloom is already priced into the stock and the just published financials put the shares on sale. Those that think they will sink can go with the crowd and buy AMD at 35x and their zero yield.
From what I've seen, the narrative for last week's rally is the belief that the Fed will not raise rates much further, and will start easing early next year. Support for this was found in some ambiguous language in the statement on Wednesday.
For that to be true, we have to believe that inflation is already declining, either due the cycle being near the end, or demand destruction. Either way, the Fed will turn soft.
I don't know about that.
For that to be true, we have to believe that inflation is already declining, either due the cycle being near the end, or demand destruction. Either way, the Fed will turn soft.
I don't know about that.
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One big difference is that NVDA and AMD outsource ALL of their manufacturing. Therefore they have had a cost advantage when Taiwan Semi, GlobalFoundries, and the PRC (China) are able to do that reliably and for less than they could do it themselves in-house. GlobalFoundries was actually spun out of AMD when they decided to go Fabless. Interestingly, Intel nearly bought GFS a year ago. Outsourcing was a good decision based on their recent financial performance but it could come back to bite them. China could face pushback for their politics and Taiwan is being threatened by mainland China. Owning the fabrication facilities also has its own set of risks - mainly if not running at near capacity they are very expensive to own.
Intel’s more direct comparisons are Texas Instruments and Samsung as far as combining design plus manufacturing.
Intel is investing in their own foundries in the US and Europe and they will benefit if legislation is enacted to incentivize a trend away from dependence on China.
Intel stock trades at 2x sales. AMD at 7 or 8x sales. NVDA at about 15x sales. Texas Instruments at about 8x sales. IMO Intel’s fall in the equity markets is overdone.
Intel’s more direct comparisons are Texas Instruments and Samsung as far as combining design plus manufacturing.
Intel is investing in their own foundries in the US and Europe and they will benefit if legislation is enacted to incentivize a trend away from dependence on China.
Intel stock trades at 2x sales. AMD at 7 or 8x sales. NVDA at about 15x sales. Texas Instruments at about 8x sales. IMO Intel’s fall in the equity markets is overdone.
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I gotta admit that's an interesting topic. Here's another view; I forget where I got it:
Here's a guy who tries to figure out where you are:
econ p.i.
The "business cycle" may not really happen any more for some reason, but i wouldn't necessarily bet on that. We'll see.
Here's a guy who tries to figure out where you are:
econ p.i.
The "business cycle" may not really happen any more for some reason, but i wouldn't necessarily bet on that. We'll see.
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Peleton (PTON). I’ve never liked it. But it now sells under 1x sales. Below $11/share, up from an $8.22 bottom. Down from a $123 52-week high. But lost $6/share. They were a COVID darling. I just saw a housing analyst point out that the trend in new homes has been to include home offices and a exercise rooms. I just find it stupid to subscribe for about $40/month on top of buying equipment.
Also Beyond Meat (BYND) is struggling. $33. Off of the 52-WH of $135. But has bounced off of the low of $18.57 in Q2 (apparently intra-day, the 52-WL is $20.50). Losing $4/share. Still sells for about 5x 2020 sales. BYND is burning through their cash. A billion dollars since the IPO 3 years ago. Almost 2/3rds of that in the 12 months through Q1-22. They partner with Pepsi, McDonald’s, Dunkin’, and Taco Bell but the MCD deal isn’t getting much traction. New Constructs, an equity research firm, says there’s only about 6 months of cash on hand, they’re very small relative to potential competitors, and without significant barriers to entry.
Buy Puts? Or is the likely worst case scenario already priced in?
Also Beyond Meat (BYND) is struggling. $33. Off of the 52-WH of $135. But has bounced off of the low of $18.57 in Q2 (apparently intra-day, the 52-WL is $20.50). Losing $4/share. Still sells for about 5x 2020 sales. BYND is burning through their cash. A billion dollars since the IPO 3 years ago. Almost 2/3rds of that in the 12 months through Q1-22. They partner with Pepsi, McDonald’s, Dunkin’, and Taco Bell but the MCD deal isn’t getting much traction. New Constructs, an equity research firm, says there’s only about 6 months of cash on hand, they’re very small relative to potential competitors, and without significant barriers to entry.
Buy Puts? Or is the likely worst case scenario already priced in?
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Worst case scenarios can never be priced in. That is madness. How can you even ask? No individual outcome is ever priced in. Some probability of a worst case scenario (and in fact all scenarios) can be priced in.
This company has a very obvious chance of bankruptcy.
This company has a very obvious chance of bankruptcy.
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I am somewhat guilty of using leverage, but I feel pretty safe, haha.
Leverage is the secret to jumping out a wall street window.
Leverage is the secret to jumping out a wall street window.
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