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INTC Q2 FY2026 earnings: EPS beat by 100.0%, revenue beat by 11.7%

Intel reported Q2 FY2026. EPS came in at $0.42 against a $0.21 consensus, beat by 100.0%. Revenue was $16.1B versus $14.4B expected, beat by 11.7%. Gross margin was 40.4%, up 100 bps from last quarter.

§ From the call / model-read, verbatim-grounded
Sentiment
0.51
Net tone of the full call — above 0 positive, below 0 negative
Q&A Evasiveness
-48.3
Question-dodging vs this company's own baseline — spikes matter, not the level
Guidance Tone
0.33
Tone of the forward-guidance language
Novelty Share
95%
Language not seen in this company's prior calls
Guidance “Due to strong customer demand signals, we're raising our outlook for 2026 and now expect our CapEx to be more than $20 billion, which is up significantly versus our expectations entering the year.”
Inventory “Operating profit for CCPG was $2.3 billion, 26% of revenue and down approximately $173 million quarter-over-quarter due to inventory charges taken to optimize our factory network to overall customer demand across client and server.”

4 more flagged statementsand 3 tone events from this call are in the Pro read.

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§ The quarter in numbers
Metric Actual Consensus Surprise
EPS $0.42 $0.21 beat by 100.0%
Revenue $16.1B $14.4B beat by 11.7%
Line This quarter QoQ YoY
Revenue $16.1B +18.8% +25.4%
Gross profit $6.5B +21.7% +83.8%
Operating income $1.8B +157.3% +156.5%
Net income $-11.0B -195.9% -278.1%
Diluted EPS -$2.16 -195.9% -222.4%
Gross margin: 40.4%.
§ The trend

Revenue is up 25.4% from the same quarter last year. Gross margin sits at 40.4%, a new high for the period charted.

§ How it stacks up Pro

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