CRM vs INTC: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Salesforce, Inc. and Intel Corp. โ€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-25.
Salesforce, Inc. ยท Technology
$236.42
+11.6% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade B High Quality
VS
Intel Corp. ยท Technology
$127.39
-8.4% upside to fair value
Low Conviction Grade D
QuantHub Verdict
CRM has more upside to fair value (+11.6%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric CRM INTC
Current Price $236.42 $127.39
Fair Value Estimate $263.88 $116.75
Upside to Fair Value +11.6% -8.4%
Market Cap $193.6B $642.6B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 14.4x 185.2x
Price / Sales 4.4x 11.3x
Price / FCF 12.8x 229.7x
Revenue Growth YoY +10.8% +25.4%
Gross Margin 77.3% 38.9%
Operating Margin 21.4% 0.1%
Return on Equity 20.2% -10.8%
Dividend Yield 0.73% 0%
FCF Yield 7.82% 0.44%
Analyst Consensus Buy Hold
Investment Thesis
CRM โ€” Salesforce, Inc.
Salesforce is the leading enterprise customer relationship management platform, spanning Sales, Service, Platform, Marketing, Commerce, Tableau, MuleSoft, and Slack under the Customer 360 umbrella, with 83,334 employees and a business that converts $53.65 of revenue per share into $18.48 of free cash flow per share. Business quality is high: TTM gross margin of 77.3%, TTM operating margin of 21.4โ€ฆ
INTC โ€” Intel Corp.
Intel designs and manufactures CPUs, GPUs, networking silicon, and edge and data-center products across its Client Computing, Data Center and AI, and Intel Foundry segments, employing roughly 85,100 people under CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The business quality is currently low: TTM gross margin is 38.9%, TTM operating margin is 0.1%, TTM net margin is -19.8%, and ROE is -10.8%, so the company is not earning โ€ฆ
Accumulation Zones
Metric CRM INTC
Zone Low $197.91 $87.56
Zone High $224.30 $99.24
In Buy Zone? No No
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