INTC vs JNJ: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Intel Corp. and Johnson & Johnson โ€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-25.
Intel Corp. ยท Technology
$127.39
-8.4% upside to fair value
Low Conviction Grade D
VS
Johnson & Johnson ยท Healthcare
$270.68
+5.7% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
QuantHub Verdict
JNJ has more upside to fair value (+5.7%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric INTC JNJ
Current Price $127.39 $270.68
Fair Value Estimate $116.75 $286.05
Upside to Fair Value -8.4% +5.7%
Market Cap $642.6B $652.3B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 185.2x 20.2x
Price / Sales 11.3x 6.7x
Price / FCF 229.7x 35.3x
Revenue Growth YoY +25.4% +6.6%
Gross Margin 38.9% 67.9%
Operating Margin 0.1% 26.8%
Return on Equity -10.8% 25.7%
Dividend Yield 0% 1.95%
FCF Yield 0.44% 2.83%
Analyst Consensus Hold Buy
Investment Thesis
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
JNJ โ€” Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a 141,700-employee healthcare holding company operating two segments, Innovative Medicine (immunology, oncology, neuroscience, infectious disease, cardiovascular and metabolism, pulmonary hypertension) and MedTech (interventional solutions, orthopaedics, surgery, vision), founded in 1887 and headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Business quality is high on fundamentals:โ€ฆ
Accumulation Zones
Metric INTC JNJ
Zone Low $87.56 $214.54
Zone High $99.24 $243.14
In Buy Zone? No No
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