Intel Corp. Q3 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Overall Financial Performance

  • Revenue: $16.5 billion (exceeded guidance; strong DCAI offset by CCPG weakness).
  • Non-GAAP Gross Margin: 44.1% (up ~200 basis points sequentially from Q2; driven by Intel 3/18A cost improvements and favorable mix).
  • Non-GAAP EPS: $0.52 (beat guidance of $0.38; upside from higher revenue, margins, and operating leverage).
  • Operating Cash Flow: $5.1 billion.
  • Cash & Short-term Investments: ~$54 billion (plus $15 billion revolver capacity, up from $10 billion); bolstered by $23 billion equity offering in August.
  • Key Context: Eighth consecutive quarter of beating expectations. DCAI showed strongest segment revenue growth in 15 years.

Segment Results

  • DCAI: Revenue $7.3 billion (+17% sequentially, ~80% YoY). Broad-based growth across hyperscale/enterprise/neo-cloud; purpose-built silicon +50% seq and more than doubled YoY. Operating profit $3 billion (42% margin, +$600 million seq). Granite Rapids now largest server product family. Demand exceeds supply due to substrate/Intel 3 constraints and Israel fab incident.
  • CCPG: Revenue $8.1 billion (-9% sequentially, -5% YoY). Weakness from industry memory shortages and limited IT budgets accelerating PC slowdown. AI PC revenue +35% YoY. Operating profit $2.3 billion (28% margin, flat seq). Edge business more resilient.
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Operator: Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Intel Corporation's Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today's program is being recorded. And now I'd like to introduce your host for today's program, Mr. John Pitzer, Corporate Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. John Pitzer: Thank you, Jonathan, and good afternoon to everyone joining us today. By now, you should have received a copy of the Q3 earnings release and presentation. Both are available on our Investor Relations website, intc.com. For those joining us online today, the presentation is also available in our webcast window. I'm joined today by our CEO, Lip-Bu Tan; and our CFO, Dave Zinsner. Lip-Bu will open on comments on third quarter results and progress on our strategic priorities. Dave will then discuss overall financial results, including fourth quarter guidance, before we transition to answer your questions. Before we begin, please note that today's presentation does contain forward-looking statements based on the environment as we currently see it. As such, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties. It also contains references to non-GAAP financial measures that we believe provide useful information to our investors. Our earnings release, most recent annual report on Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC provide more information on specific risk factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from our ex
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