Microsoft Corporation
$3.56T- Market cap
- $3.59T
- Debt
- +$49.52B
- Cash
- −$76.84B
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 10.74x · EV / EBITDA 17.14x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2025 · Mkt cap
Decision snapshot: MSFT stock price at premium vs INTC $483.62 current versus $157.37 implied using P/S multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at INTC's multiple
Implied fair value · at MSFT's multiple
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As of 2025-12-31
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: MSFT FY 2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026) · INTC FY 2025 (ended Dec 27, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 10.74x · EV / EBITDA 17.14x
Capital structure 79% equity / 21% debt · EV / Revenue 4.17x · EV / EBITDA 14.74x
MSFT carries the larger enterprise value at $3.56T against $220.46B; INTC trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (4.17x vs 10.74x); INTC on the lower EV / EBITDA (14.74x vs 17.14x).
Price framework
Discounted free cash flow, then bridged to a per-share price. Same assumptions applied to both companies.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION · implied price per share
Bear
$216.80
Base
$255.06
Bull
$293.32
INTEL CORP · implied price per share
Bear
$14.41
Base
$16.96
Bull
$19.50
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.11x
0.43x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.13x
2.30x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$76.84B
$14.75B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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$49.52B
$49.08B
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If you believe MSFT’s higher growth, margins, and capital efficiency deserve a premium over INTC’s INTC-derived P/S framework, then hold or accumulate on weakness because the operational data strongly favors MSFT even though the P/S-based implied price points to 17.2% downside.
On the provided P/S basis, MSFT’s current price of $464.72 is above the implied price of $384.69, indicating 17.2% downside versus INTC-derived valuation. However, the valuation picture is not one-dimensional because MSFT also trades on much stronger profitability and growth than INTC, which makes INTC comparison less clean.
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