TSEM vs MU vs INTC Stock Comparison

Tower Semiconductor, Micron Technology and Intel Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TSEM Tower Semiconductor Ltd
$178.75 -22.4% 1M +135.9% 1Y
Market cap
$21.20B
P/E
68.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.71B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
1 win
MU Micron Technology Inc
$903.70 -16.5% 1M +312.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.05T
P/E
12.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$133.19B
Div. yield
0.00%
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
9 wins
INTC Intel Corp
$90.47 -26.4% 1M +136.3% 1Y
Market cap
$478.83B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$57.03B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Micron Technology leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Micron Technology 9, Tower Semiconductor 1, Intel 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTSEMMUINTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.20B $1.05T $478.83B MU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 68.8x 12.3x -42.4x MU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 47.7x 4.9x 61.1x MU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.9% +256.3% +7.5% MU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.0% 63.8% -19.8% MU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.7% 67.7% 0.0% MU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.2x -0.4x 1.7x TSEM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +135.9% +312.6% +136.3% MU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +41.5%/yr +67.7%/yr +13.6%/yr MU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 83.5% 80.8% 77.6% INTC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 87/100 34/100 MU

Percentile Scorecard

TSEMMUINTC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisTSEMMUINTC
Valuation 61 #38 of 95 88 #12 of 95 43 #55 of 95
Growth 73 #26 of 93 100 #1 of 93 63 #35 of 93
Profitability 74 #24 of 91 100 #1 of 91 30 #64 of 91
Financial Health 82 #19 of 101 73 #28 of 101 9 #92 of 101
Shareholder Returns – 76 #19 of 75 23 #58 of 75
Overall 72 87 34
  • TSEM ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • MU ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • INTC ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodTSEMMUINTCSPY
1 month -22.4%-16.5%-26.4% -0.8%
3 months -20.3%+0.4%-1.3% +3.5%
6 months -12.1%+72.3%+6.4% +7.0%
Year to date +52.2%+216.6%+145.2% +12.2%
1 year +135.9%+312.6%+136.3% +13.0%
3 years +669.8%+1,276.5%+154.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +97.5%+139.8%+36.6% +23.1%
5 years +465.7%+1,224.3%+88.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +41.5%+67.7%+13.6% +11.0%
10 years +1,028.5%+5,023.0%+159.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +27.4%+48.2%+10.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureTSEMMUINTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 83.5%80.8%77.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 77.3%74.6%68.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.213.353.04 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.633.871.76 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.4%-57.8%-67.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.6%-25.5%-35.8% -1.8%
52-week high $316.85$1,213.56$140.94 $779.14
52-week low $79.00$201.37$33.62 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleTSEMMUINTC
P/E now vs peer median 65.0xmedian 42.1x 12.0xmedian 42.1x -40.9xmedian 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 7.1x 7.7xmedian 7.1x 8.0xmedian 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 31.4xmedian 27.5x 9.0xmedian 27.5x 38.8xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.1xmedian 37.2x 17.3xmedian 37.2x 161.2xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 4.2x 7.4xmedian 4.2x 4.4xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median 21.81median 2.23 0.08median 2.23 0.35median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsTSEMMUINTC
Revenue $1.71B $133.19B $57.03B
Gross profit $459.38M $107.50B $22.02B
Operating income $276.26M $99.34B -$77.00M
Net income $291.84M $84.97B -$11.67B
Free cash flow $1.42B $58.96B $2.83B
R&D $94.01M $5.65B $13.19B
EPS (diluted) $2.71 $74.34 $-2.21
Cash & equivalents $231.19M $38.36B $12.87B
Total debt $764.88M $5.18B $50.54B
Shares (diluted) 113.60M 1.14B 5.10B
Enterprise value $15.84B $953.13B $347.96B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricTSEMMUINTC
P/E 65.0x 12.0x -40.9x
P/FCF 14.1x 17.3x 161.2x
P/Operating cash flow 23.2x 11.4x 30.5x
P/S 11.8x 7.7x 8.0x
P/B 6.5x 7.4x 4.4x
P/Tangible book 6.6x 7.4x 4.5x
EV/EBITDA 31.4x 9.0x 38.8x
EV/EBIT 68.0x 9.9x -6,195x
EV/Revenue 11.0x 7.4x 8.4x
EV/FCF 13.2x 16.7x 168.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.7x 11.0x 31.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 21.81 0.08 0.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSEMMUINTC
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.9% 256.3% 7.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 104.6% 1.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 37.9% 622.8% 39.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.1% 327.1% 2.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 57.9% 916.8% 99.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.6% 168.2% 72.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 50.7% 895.1% 44.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.8% 154.9% -132.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 39.7% 879.4% 52.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.0% 151.6% -115.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 95.9% 411.7% 48.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.0% 286.0% 15.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 60.8% 3,435% 125.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.8% 126.6% 29.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSEMMUINTC
Gross margin 26.9% 80.7% 38.6%
EBITDA margin 34.9% 81.7% 21.6%
Operating margin 16.2% 74.6% -0.1%
Pretax margin 18.9% 74.8% -17.3%
Net margin 18.0% 63.8% -19.8%
FCF margin 83.3% 44.3% 5.0%
Operating cash flow margin 50.6% 67.3% 26.2%
Return on equity 9.6% 71.0% -9.8%
Return on assets 7.8% 51.5% -5.5%
Return on invested capital 8.7% 67.7% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 8.3% 72.2% 0.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.8x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.0x 1.1x -1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.0% 4.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSEMMUINTC
Debt / assets 3.8% 2.6% 25.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.0x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.2x -0.4x 1.7x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 0.1x 17.9x
Liabilities / assets 18.6% 29.4% 49.0%
Equity / assets 81.4% 70.6% 51.0%
Interest coverage – 937.2x –
Current ratio 4.9x 3.3x 1.6x
Quick ratio 4.2x 2.9x 0.9x
Cash ratio 3.7x 1.6x 0.8x
Altman Z-score – 14.35 3.40

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSEMMUINTC
Dividend yield – 0.1% –
Net buyback yield – 0.1% -0.4%
Shareholder yield – 0.1% -0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 0.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 1.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 16.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.6% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusTSEMMUINTC
Forward P/E 47.7xFY2026 4.9xFY2027 61.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.75FY2026 $184.21FY2027 $1.48FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +63.8%FY2026 +143.9%FY2027 +252.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +74.1% +17.3% +39.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.86BFY2026 $294.86BFY2027 $59.06BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.5%FY2026 +121.4%FY2027 +11.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +56.6% +15.2% +17.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSEMMUINTC
Held by institutions 55.6% 77.9% 68.7%
Institutions holding 450 3,898 3,562
Change in shares held, QoQ -10.0% +4.2% +7.8%
Institutions buying 244 2,302 2,146
Institutions selling 162 1,431 1,157
Buyers to sellers 1.51 1.61 1.85

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

TSEMMUINTC
TSEM 1.00 0.56 0.50
MU 0.56 1.00 0.61
INTC 0.50 0.61 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TSEM, MU and INTC?

Micron Technology (MU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) $21.20B, Micron Technology (MU) $1.05T, Intel (INTC) $478.83B.

Which stock is cheaper, TSEM, MU and INTC?

Micron Technology (MU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 68.8x, Micron Technology (MU) 12.3x, Intel (INTC) -42.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Micron Technology (MU) is cheapest (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 47.7x, Micron Technology (MU) 4.9x, Intel (INTC) 61.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Micron Technology (MU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) +14.9%, Micron Technology (MU) +256.3%, Intel (INTC) +7.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Micron Technology (MU) has the highest net margin (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 18.0%, Micron Technology (MU) 63.8%, Intel (INTC) -19.8%). On return on invested capital, Micron Technology (MU) leads (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 8.7%, Micron Technology (MU) 67.7%, Intel (INTC) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Micron Technology (MU) returned the most: Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) +135.9%, Micron Technology (MU) +312.6%, Intel (INTC) +136.3%. Over five years, Micron Technology (MU) compounded fastest (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) +41.5%/yr, Micron Technology (MU) +67.7%/yr, Intel (INTC) +13.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 0.00%, Micron Technology (MU) 0.00%, Intel (INTC) 0.00%. Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) and Intel (INTC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Intel (INTC) has been the steadiest (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 83.5%, Micron Technology (MU) 80.8%, Intel (INTC) 77.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TSEM, MU and INTC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Micron Technology (MU) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.