Intel management check

INTC · Information Technology · Semiconductors · CEO Lip Bu Tan

Filings as of

1 good · 0 to watch · 2 flagged, across the seven questions below. Too few of them could be scored to rank this company.

  • n/a

    Have owners done well?

    Not enough data

    No shareholder-return figures in the latest proxy.

  • n/a

    Does pay follow performance?

    Not enough data

    Too few years of pay and return figures to compare.

  • n/a

    What does the CEO cost owners?

    Not enough data

    No pay or net income figure for the latest year.

  • n/a

    Do they own the stock?

    No recent CEO filing

    Both: 1 buyer ($10.0m) and 2 sellers ($6.5m) in six months.

  • Flag

    Are owners being diluted?

    Share count growing

    Diluted shares changed +3.7% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 4.6% of revenue in the latest year.

  • Flag

    Is leadership stable?

    14 leadership filings in 3 years

    14 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.

  • Good

    Are the books clean?

    No red flags on file

    No restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.

Against the S&P 500

Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Information Technology.

CheckScoreAt or aboveSector median
Owner returns——33
Pay for performance——87
CEO cost——35
Skin in the game——47
Dilution47%56
Stable leadership5530%85
Clean books100100%100

Closest peers

Others in Semiconductors, by management score.

  1. 20NVDANvidia86
  2. 101ONON Semiconductor76
  3. 112AVGOBroadcom75
  4. 117MUMicron Technology75
  5. 132FSLRFirst Solar73
  6. 235MRVLMarvell Technology66
  7. 236QCOMQualcomm65
  8. 314ADIAnalog Devices60
  9. 319MPWRMonolithic Power Systems60
  10. 373TXNTexas Instruments56

Pay versus performance

From the proxy statement filed March 23, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.

The latest proxy carries no tagged pay-versus-performance table. Read it on EDGAR.

Insiders and the CEO's stake

Lip Bu Tan (CEO) held 1,314,669 shares directly after their latest Form 4 on Aug 11, 2026, roughly $124.9m at that filing's price.

Both: 1 buyer ($10.0m) and 2 sellers ($6.5m) in six months.

  • BoughtLip Bu TanCEO$10.0mAug 11, 2026
  • SoldBoise April MillerEVP and Chief Legal Officer$4.0mMay 1, 2026
  • SoldNagasubramaniyan ChandrasekaranEVP, CT & Ops Off, GM Foundry$2.5mMay 29, 2026

Leadership and governance on file

Latest shareholder vote results: May 15, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.

Where the money went

Over 2021–2025: $18.7bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 178% of net income, and $14.2bn of pay in stock.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$79.0bn$63.1bn$54.2bn$53.1bn$52.9bn
Net income$19.9bn$8.0bn$1.7bn−$18.8bn−$267.0m
Stock-based pay$2.0bn$3.1bn$3.2bn$3.4bn$2.4bn
Buybacks$2.4bn$0$0——
Dividends$5.6bn$6.0bn$3.1bn$1.6bn$0
Diluted shares4090m4123m4212m4280m4530m

Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.