Intel Reports First-Quarter 2026 Financial Results

News Summary

• First-quarter revenue was $13.6 billion, up 7% year-over-year (YoY).
• First-quarter earnings (loss) per share (EPS) attributable to Intel was $(0.73); non-GAAP EPS attributable to Intel was $0.29.
• Forecasting second-quarter 2026 revenue of $13.8 billion to $14.8 billion; expecting second-quarter EPS attributable to Intel of $0.08 and non-GAAP EPS attributable to Intel of $0.20.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intel Corporation today reported first-quarter 2026 financial results.

“The next wave of AI will bring intelligence closer to the end user, moving from foundational models to inference to agentic. This shift is significantly increasing the need for Intel’s CPUs and wafer and advanced packaging offerings,” said Lip-Bu Tan, Intel CEO. “With a solid foundation in place, we are addressing this opportunity by listening to our customers and driving their success with our technical expertise and differentiated IP. This deliberate reset to how we operate drove a sixth consecutive quarter of revenue above our expectations, as well as new and deepened relationships with strategic partners.”

“We delivered robust Q1 results, reflecting the growing and essential role of the CPU in the AI era and unprecedented demand for silicon, as well as our disciplined execution to expand available supply,” said David Zinsner, Intel CFO. “We remain focused on maximizing our factory network to improve available supply and meet our customers’ needs throughout the year.”

Q1 2026 Financial Results

In the first quarter, the company generated $1.1 billion in cash from operations.

Business Unit Summary

The comparability of our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements YoY was impacted by the deconsolidation of Altera. Altera, which was previously a wholly owned subsidiary, was deconsolidated from our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements effective September 12, 2025, following the closing of the sale of 51% of Altera's issued and outstanding common stock. Altera's financial results of operations were included in our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, within the "all other" business unit category, through September 11, 2025.

Business Highlights

• Intel expanded its client portfolio, launching Intel^® Xeon^® 600 processors for workstation, Intel^® Core^® Ultra 200S Plus and Intel^® Core^® Ultra 200HX Plus processors for desktop and mobile, Intel^® Core^™ Series 2 processors for health and life sciences edge computing, and Intel^® Core^™ Ultra Series 3 processors with Intel vPro^®. Intel also launched Intel^® Core™ Series 3 processors, bringing Intel 18A and the latest IP, modern features, and all-day battery life to the mainstream for the first time.
• Intel and Google announced a multiyear collaboration for continued deployment of Intel^® Xeon^® processors across Google’s workload-optimized instances, including the latest Intel^® Xeon^® 6 processors powering C4 and N4 instances. The collaboration also includes co-development of custom ASIC infrastructure processing units (IPUs) designed to improve utilization, reduce complexity, and scale AI workloads more efficiently.
• Intel Xeon 6 was selected as the host CPU for NVIDIA’s DGX Rubin NVL8 systems, reinforcing Intel’s continued role at the center of leading AI infrastructure deployments.
• Intel and SambaNova announced the blueprint for a heterogeneous hardware solution, addressing performance, efficiency, and software compatibility challenges facing enterprises and cloud providers. The design will combine GPUs, SambaNova RDUs, and Intel^® Xeon^® 6 processors as the host and action CPUs.
• Intel joined the Terafab project as a strategic partner alongside SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla. Intel’s ability to design, fabricate, and package ultra-high-performance chips at scale will help accelerate efforts to refactor silicon fab technology.
• Intel Foundry expanded assembly and test capacity in Penang, Malaysia to support customer products amid rising global demand for packaging solutions while increasing global semiconductor supply chain resilience.
• Intel repurchased the 49% minority equity interest in the joint investment entity related to Fab 34 in Ireland. The agreement reflects Intel’s continued business momentum underpinned by the growing and essential role CPUs play in the era of AI and a significantly strengthened balance sheet.

Business Outlook

Intel's guidance for the second quarter of 2026 includes both GAAP and non-GAAP estimates as follows:

Reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures are included below. Actual results may differ materially from Intel’s business outlook as a result of, among other things, the factors described under “Forward-Looking Statements” below. The gross margin and EPS outlooks are based on the midpoint of the revenue range.

Earnings Webcast

Intel will hold a public webcast at 2 p.m. PT today to discuss the results for its first quarter. The live public webcast can be accessed on Intel's Investor Relations website at www.intc.com. The corresponding earnings presentation and webcast replay will also be available on the site.

Forward-Looking Statements

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• our business plans and strategy and anticipated benefits therefrom;
• projections of our future financial performance, including future revenue, gross profits, capital expenditures and cash flows;
• projected costs and yield trends;
• future cash requirements, the availability, uses, sufficiency and cost of capital resources, and sources of funding, including for future capital and R&D investments and for returns to stockholders, and credit ratings expectations;
• future products, services and technologies, and the expected goals, timeline, ramps, progress, availability, production, regulation and benefits of such products, services and technologies, including future process nodes and packaging technology, product roadmaps, schedules, future product architectures, expectations regarding process performance, per-watt parity and metrics, and expectations regarding product and process competitiveness;
• internal and external manufacturing plans, including future internal manufacturing volumes, manufacturing expansion plans and the financing therefor, and external foundry usage;
• future production capacity and product supply;
• supply expectations, including regarding constraints, limitations, pricing, and industry shortages;
• plans and goals related to Intel's foundry business, including with respect to anticipated customers, future manufacturing capacity and service, technology and IP offerings;
• expected timing and impact of acquisitions, divestitures and other significant transactions;
• expected completion and impacts of restructuring activities and cost-saving or efficiency initiatives;
• social and environmental performance goals, measures, strategies and results;
• our anticipated growth, future market share, customer demand and trends in our businesses and operations;
• projected growth and trends in markets relevant to our businesses;
• anticipated trends and impacts related to industry component, substrate and foundry capacity utilization, shortages and constraints;
• expectations regarding government funding, incentives, policies and priorities;
• technology trends and developments, including with respect to AI;
• macro economic conditions;
• geopolitical tensions and conflicts, including with respect to international trade policies in areas such as tariffs and export controls, and their potential impact on our business;
• tax- and accounting-related expectations;
• expectations regarding our relationships with certain sanctioned parties; and
• other characterizations of future events or circumstances.

Such statements involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied, including those associated with:

• the high level of competition and rapid technological change in our industry;
• the significant, long-term and inherently risky investments we are making in R&D and manufacturing facilities that may not realize a favorable return;
• the complexities and uncertainties in developing and implementing new semiconductor products and manufacturing process technologies;
• a potential pause or discontinuation of our pursuit of Intel 14A and other next-generation leading-edge process technologies if we are unable to secure sufficient committed demand for Intel 14A through product design wins with potential significant external customers and our Intel products roadmap;
• alternative financing arrangements and pursuit of government grants;
• the U.S. government's acquisition of significant equity interests in us;
• changes in product demand and margins;
• macroeconomic conditions and geopolitical tensions and conflicts, including geopolitical and trade tensions between the U.S. and China, tensions and conflict affecting Israel and the Middle East, rising tensions between mainland China and Taiwan and the impacts of Russia's war on Ukraine;
• recently elevated geopolitical tensions, volatility and uncertainty with respect to international trade policies, including tariffs and export controls, impacting our business, the markets in which we compete and the world economy;
• the evolving market for products with AI capabilities;
• our complex global supply chain supporting our manufacturing facilities and incorporating external foundries, including from disruptions, delays, trade tensions and conflicts, or shortages;
• product defects, errata and other product issues, particularly as we develop next-generation products and implement next-generation manufacturing process technologies;
• potential security vulnerabilities in our products;
• increasing and evolving cybersecurity threats and privacy risks;
• IP risks including related litigation and regulatory proceedings;
• the need to attract, retain and motivate key talent;
• strategic transactions and investments;
• sales-related risks, including customer concentration and the use of distributors and other third parties;
• our debt obligations and our ability to access sources of capital;
• complex and evolving laws and regulations across many jurisdictions;
• catastrophic events;
• fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
• changes in our effective tax rate and applicable tax regimes;
• environmental, health, safety and product regulations; and
• other risks and uncertainties described in this report, our 2025 Form 10-K, our Q1 2026 Form 10-Q, and our other filings with the SEC.

Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this release and in other documents we file from time to time with the SEC that disclose risks and uncertainties that may affect our business.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the forward-looking statements in this release do not reflect the potential impact of any divestitures, mergers, acquisitions or other business combinations that have not been completed as of the date of this filing. In addition, the forward-looking statements in this release are based on management's expectations as of the date of this release, unless an earlier date is specified, including expectations based on third-party information and projections that management believes to be reputable. We do not undertake, and expressly disclaim any duty, to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, new developments, or otherwise, except to the extent that disclosure may be required by law.

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Explanation of Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to disclosing financial results in accordance with US GAAP, this document references non-GAAP financial measures below. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about our operating performance, enable comparison of financial trends and results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating our business and measuring our performance. These non-GAAP financial measures are used in our performance-based RSUs and our cash bonus plans.

Our non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments based on one or more of the following items, as well as the related effects to income taxes and net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests. Income tax effects are calculated using a fixed long-term projected tax rate. For 2026 and 2025, we determined the projected non-GAAP tax rate to be 11% and 12%, respectively. We project this long-term non-GAAP tax rate on at least an annual basis using a five-year non-GAAP financial projection that excludes the income tax effects of each adjustment. The projected non-GAAP tax rate also considers factors such as our tax structure, our tax positions in various jurisdictions, and key legislation in significant jurisdictions where we operate. This long-term non-GAAP tax rate may be subject to change for a variety of reasons, including the rapidly evolving global tax environment, significant changes in our geographic earnings mix, or changes to our strategy or business operations. Management uses this non-GAAP tax rate in managing internal short- and long-term operating plans and in evaluating our performance; we believe this approach facilitates comparison of our operating results and provides useful evaluation of our current operating performance.

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