INTC vs LULU: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Intel Corp. and Lululemon Athletica Inc. 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
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Lululemon Athletica Inc. ยท Consumer Cyclical
$98.06
+1.5% upside to fair value
Low Conviction Grade C
QuantHub Verdict
LULU has more upside to fair value (+1.5%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric INTC LULU
Current Price $127.39 $98.06
Fair Value Estimate $116.75 $99.50
Upside to Fair Value -8.4% +1.5%
Market Cap $642.6B $11.1B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 185.2x 4.6x
Price / Sales 11.3x 1.0x
Price / FCF 229.7x 8.2x
Revenue Growth YoY +25.4% -4.3%
Gross Margin 38.9% 56.1%
Operating Margin 0.1% 17.8%
Return on Equity -10.8% 29.7%
Dividend Yield 0% 0%
FCF Yield 0.44% 12.24%
Analyst Consensus Hold Sell
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
LULU โ€” Lululemon Athletica Inc.
Lululemon Athletica designs and retails premium athletic apparel and accessories through company-owned stores and direct-to-consumer channels, with roughly 39,000 employees and a brand built on technical fabrics and community-led fitness positioning. The business still earns high returns on equity of 29.7% and generates $12.00 of free cash flow per share on $97.70 of revenue per share, with TTM gโ€ฆ
Accumulation Zones
Metric INTC LULU
Zone Low $87.56 $74.62
Zone High $99.24 $84.58
In Buy Zone? No No
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