Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2021 Financial Results

Deli­vers Record Quar­ter­ly and Full-Year Revenue

News Sum­ma­ry

▪       Fourth-quar­ter GAAP reve­nue was $20.5 bil­li­on, excee­ding Octo­ber gui­dance by $1.3 bil­li­on and up 3 per­cent year-over-year (YoY). Fourth-quar­ter non-GAAP reve­nue was $19.5 bil­li­on, excee­ding Octo­ber gui­dance by $1.2 bil­li­on. Full-year GAAP reve­nue set an all-time Intel record of $79.0 bil­li­on, up 1 per­cent YoY.

▪       Deli­ver­ed GAAP fourth-quar­ter ear­nings per share (EPS) of $1.13, excee­ding Octo­ber gui­dance by 35 cents. Fourth-quar­ter non-GAAP EPS was $1.09, excee­ding Octo­ber gui­dance by 19 cents.

▪       In 2021, Intel gene­ra­ted $30.0 bil­li­on of cash from ope­ra­ti­ons and $11.3 bil­li­on of free cash flow (FCF).

▪       Fore­cas­ting first-quar­ter 2022 reve­nue of appro­xi­m­ate­ly $18.3 bil­li­on; expec­ting first-quar­ter EPS of $0.70 (non-GAAP EPS of $0.80).

▪       Announ­ces five per­cent increase to quar­ter­ly cash dividend.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Janu­ary 26, 2022 — Intel Cor­po­ra­ti­on today repor­ted fourth-quar­ter and full-year 2021 finan­cial results. The com­pa­ny also announ­ced that its board of direc­tors appro­ved a cash divi­dend increase of five per­cent to $1.46 per share on an annu­al basis. The board declared a quar­ter­ly divi­dend of $0.365 per share on the company’s com­mon stock, which will be paya­ble on March 1 to share­hol­ders of record as of Febru­ary 7.

Q4 repre­sen­ted a gre­at finish to a gre­at year. We excee­ded top-line quar­ter­ly gui­dance by over $1 bil­li­on and deli­ver­ed the best quar­ter­ly and full-year reve­nue in the company’s histo­ry,” said Pat Gel­sin­ger, Intel CEO. “Our disci­pli­ned focus on exe­cu­ti­on across tech­no­lo­gy deve­lo­p­ment, manu­fac­tu­ring, and our tra­di­tio­nal and emer­ging busi­nesses is reflec­ted in our results. We remain com­mit­ted to dri­ving long-term, sus­tainable growth as we relent­less­ly exe­cu­te our IDM 2.0 strategy.”

Q4 2021 Finan­cial Highlights

  GAAP   Non-GAAP
  Q4 2021 Q4 2020 vs. Q4 2020   Q4 2021 Q4 2020 vs. Q4 2020
Reve­nue ($B) $20.5 $20.0 up 3%   $19.5 $18.9 up 4%
Gross mar­gin 53.6% 56.8% down 3.2 ppt   55.4% 60.0% down 4.6 ppt
R&D and MG&A ($B) $6.0 $5.4 up 11%   $5.8 $5.2 up 11%
Ope­ra­ting margin 24.3% 29.5% down 5.1 ppt   25.9% 32.4% down 6.6 ppt
Tax rate 11.0% 21.8% down 10.8 ppt   11.7% 21.7% down 10 ppt
Net inco­me ($B) $4.6 $5.9 down 21%   $4.5 $6.1 down 27%
Ear­nings per share $1.13 $1.42 down 21%   $1.09 $1.48 down 26%

In the fourth quar­ter, the com­pa­ny gene­ra­ted $5.8 bil­li­on in cash from ope­ra­ti­ons and paid divi­dends of $1.4 billion.

Full-Year 2021 Finan­cial Highlights

  GAAP   Non-GAAP
  2021 2020 vs. 2020   2021 2020 vs. 2020
Reve­nue ($B) $79.0 $77.9 up 1%   $74.7 $72.9 up 2%
Gross mar­gin 55.4% 56.0% down 0.5 ppt   57.7% 59.4% down 1.7 ppt
R&D and MG&A ($B) $21.7 $19.7 up 10%   $20.9 $18.9 up 10%
Ope­ra­ting margin 24.6% 30.4% down 5.8 ppt   29.7% 33.4% down 3.7 ppt
Tax rate 8.5% 16.7% down 8.2 ppt   9.1% 16.6% down 7.5 ppt
Net inco­me ($B) $19.9 $20.9 down 5%   $22.4 $21.6 up 4%
Ear­nings per share $4.86 $4.94 down 2%   $5.47 $5.10 up 7%

For the full year, the com­pa­ny gene­ra­ted $30.0 bil­li­on of cash from ope­ra­ti­ons, paid divi­dends of $5.6 bil­li­on, and used $2.4 bil­li­on to repurcha­se 39.5 mil­li­on shares of stock.

 

Busi­ness Unit Summary

Key Busi­ness Unit Reve­nue and Trends   Q4 2021   vs. Q4 2020   2021   vs. 2020
CCG   $10.1 bil­li­on   down 7%   $40.5 bil­li­on   up 1%
DCG   $7.3 bil­li­on   up 20%   $25.8 bil­li­on   down 1%
Inter­net of Things                    
IOTG   $1.1 bil­li­on   up 36%   $4.0 bil­li­on   up 33%
Mobi­leye   $356 mil­li­on   up 7%   $1.4 bil­li­on   up 43%
NSG   $1.0 bil­li­on   down 18%   $4.3 bil­li­on   down 20%
PSG   $484 mil­li­on   up 15%   $1.9 bil­li­on   up 4%

Fourth-quar­ter reve­nue was led by an all-time record quar­ter for our Data Cen­ter Group (DCG), with strong ser­ver reco­very in enter­pri­se and govern­ment. The Inter­net of Things Group (IoTG) had a record quar­ter, reflec­ting strong demand on reco­very from COVID-19 impacts. The Cli­ent Com­pu­ting Group (CCG) deli­ver­ed ano­ther $10 bil­li­on quar­ter, pro­ving that PCs are more essen­ti­al than ever.

Busi­ness Highlights

▪       Appoin­ted David Zins­ner as Exe­cu­ti­ve Vice Pre­si­dent and Chief Finan­cial Offi­cer, and announ­ced that Exe­cu­ti­ve Vice Pre­si­dent Michel­le John­s­ton Holt­haus will lead Intel’s Cli­ent Com­pu­ting Group.

▪       Announ­ced plans to take Mobi­leye public in the United Sta­tes in mid-2022 via an initi­al public offe­ring of new­ly issued Mobi­leye stock. 

▪       Com­ple­ted the first clo­sing of the sale of our NAND memo­ry busi­ness to SK hynix, Inc.

▪       Announ­ced initi­al invest­ment of more than $20 bil­li­on to build two new lea­ding-edge chip fac­to­ries in Ohio, whe­re we are estab­li­shing the first advan­ced semi­con­duc­tor cam­pus in the “Sili­con Heart­land” of the Mid­west. This will be Intel’s first new manu­fac­tu­ring site loca­ti­on in 40 years.

▪       Laun­ched the 12th Gen Intel® Core™ pro­ces­sor fami­ly, inclu­ding the all-new 12th Gen Intel Core H‑series mobi­le pro­ces­sors led by the Intel Core i9-12900HK, the fas­test mobi­le pro­ces­sor ever crea­ted.1 The 12th Gen Intel Core fami­ly will include 60 pro­ces­sors and more than 500 designs.

▪       Announ­ced that Haba­na Labs’ Gau­di AI Acce­le­ra­tors power Ama­zon EC2 DL1 Instances.

▪       Unvei­led key pack­a­ging, tran­sis­tor and quan­tum phy­sics breakth­roughs fun­da­men­tal to advan­cing and acce­le­ra­ting com­pu­ting well into the next deca­de and out­lined its path toward more than 10x inter­con­nect den­si­ty impro­ve­ment in pack­a­ging with hybrid bon­ding and 30% to 50% area impro­ve­ment in tran­sis­tor scaling.

▪       Began ship­ping Intel® Arc™ dis­crete gra­phics pro­ducts (code-named “Alche­mist”) to OEM/ODM cus­to­mers, with more than 50 design wins.

▪       Released the oneA­PI 2022 tool­kits to expand fea­tures to pro­vi­de deve­lo­pers grea­ter uti­li­ty and archi­tec­tu­ral choice to acce­le­ra­te computing.

▪       Intro­du­ced Mobi­leye updates, inclu­ding the new EyeQ Ultra pur­po­se-built SoC for auto­no­mous vehic­les, plans to deli­ver what is expec­ted to be the world’s first level 4 auto­no­mous vehic­le for con­su­mers with Geely’s Zeekr brand in 2024, and col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Volks­wa­gen Group and Ford to app­ly Mobileye’s map­ping tech­no­lo­gy in dri­ver assis­tance systems.

▪       Ran­ked #2 on JUST Capital’s 2022 “Just 100” list, which reflects the per­for­mance of America’s lar­gest publicly traded com­pa­nies on the issues that mat­ter most in defi­ning just busi­ness beha­vi­or today.

Addi­tio­nal infor­ma­ti­on regar­ding Intel’s results can be found in the Q4’21 Ear­nings Pre­sen­ta­ti­on available at:

www.intc.com.

 

 

 

Busi­ness Outlook

Intel’s gui­dance for the first quar­ter includes both GAAP and non-GAAP esti­ma­tes. Recon­ci­lia­ti­ons bet­ween GAAP and non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­res are included below. Our first-quar­ter busi­ness out­look includes an addi­tio­nal week in the first quar­ter due to 2022 being a 53-week year.

Q1 2022   GAAP   Non-GAAP
    Appro­xi­m­ate­ly   Appro­xi­m­ate­ly
Reve­nue   $18.3 bil­li­on   $18.3 bil­li­on^
Gross Mar­gin   49%   52%
Tax rate   25%   15%
Ear­nings per share   $0.70   $0.80

 

 

Actu­al results may dif­fer mate­ri­al­ly from Intel’s Busi­ness Out­look as a result of, among other things, the fac­tors descri­bed under “For­ward-Loo­king State­ments” below.

Ear­nings Webcast

Intel will hold a public web­cast at 2 p.m. PST today to dis­cuss the results for its fourth quar­ter of 2021. The live public web­cast can be acces­sed on Intel’s Inves­tor Rela­ti­ons web­site at www.intc.com. The Q4’21 Ear­nings Pre­sen­ta­ti­on, web­cast replay, and audio down­load will also be available on the site. 

Intel plans to report its ear­nings for the first quar­ter of 2022 on April 28, 2022 prompt­ly after clo­se of mar­ket; rela­ted mate­ri­als will be available at www.intc.com. A public web­cast of Intel’s ear­nings con­fe­rence call will fol­low at 2 p.m. PDT at www.intc.com.

Inves­tor Meeting 

Intel’s Inves­tor Mee­ting will take place on Febru­ary 17, 2022, whe­re the com­pa­ny will pro­vi­de addi­tio­nal infor­ma­ti­on regar­ding its full-year and long-term out­look and plans. More infor­ma­ti­on about Intel’s Inves­tor Mee­ting can be found at www.intc.com.

 

For­ward-Loo­king Statements

Intel’s Busi­ness Out­look and other state­ments in this release that refer to future plans and expec­ta­ti­ons are for­ward-loo­king state­ments that invol­ve a num­ber of risks and uncer­tain­ties. Words such as “anti­ci­pa­tes,” “expects,” “intends,” “goals,” “plans,” “gui­dance,” “belie­ves,” “seeks,” “esti­ma­tes,” “con­ti­nues,” “com­mit­ted,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “acce­le­ra­te,” “deli­ver,” “path,” “pro­gress,” “fore­cast,” “future,” and “posi­tio­ned,” and varia­ti­ons of such words and simi­lar expres­si­ons are inten­ded to iden­ti­fy such for­ward-loo­king state­ments. State­ments that refer to or are based on esti­ma­tes, fore­casts, pro­jec­tions, uncer­tain events or assump­ti­ons, inclu­ding state­ments rela­ting to Intel’s stra­tegy; manu­fac­tu­ring expan­si­on and invest­ment plans, inclu­ding Intel’s plan­ned Ohio invest­ments; sup­p­ly expec­ta­ti­ons, inclu­ding regar­ding indus­try shorta­ges; pen­ding tran­sac­tions; the pro­po­sed Mobi­leye initi­al public offe­ring (IPO); total addressa­ble mar­ket (TAM) and mar­ket oppor­tu­ni­ty; busi­ness plans and finan­cial expec­ta­ti­ons; future macroe­co­no­mic con­di­ti­ons; future legis­la­ti­on; future impacts of the COVID-19 pan­de­mic; future pro­ducts, tech­no­lo­gy, and ser­vices, and the expec­ted avai­la­bi­li­ty and bene­fits of such pro­ducts, tech­no­lo­gy, and ser­vices; expec­ta­ti­ons regar­ding cus­to­mers; pro­jec­tions regar­ding com­pe­ti­tors; and anti­ci­pa­ted trends in our busi­nesses or the mar­kets rele­vant to them, inclu­ding with respect to future demand and indus­try growth, also iden­ti­fy for­ward-loo­king state­ments. All for­ward-loo­king state­ments included in this release are based on management’s expec­ta­ti­ons as of the date of this release and, except as requi­red by law, Intel dis­claims any obli­ga­ti­on to update the­se for­ward-loo­king state­ments to reflect future events or cir­cum­s­tances. For­ward-loo­king state­ments invol­ve many risks and uncer­tain­ties that could cau­se actu­al results to dif­fer mate­ri­al­ly from tho­se expres­sed or impli­ed in such state­ments. Intel pre­sent­ly con­siders the fol­lo­wing to be among the important fac­tors that can cau­se actu­al results to dif­fer mate­ri­al­ly from the company’s expectations.

▪       Demand for Intel’s pro­ducts is high­ly varia­ble and can dif­fer from expec­ta­ti­ons due to fac­tors inclu­ding chan­ges in busi­ness and eco­no­mic con­di­ti­ons; cus­to­mer con­fi­dence or inco­me levels, and the levels of cus­to­mer capi­tal spen­ding; the intro­duc­tion, avai­la­bi­li­ty, and mar­ket accep­tance of Intel’s pro­ducts, pro­ducts used tog­e­ther with Intel pro­ducts, and com­pe­ti­tors’ pro­ducts; com­pe­ti­ti­ve and pri­cing pres­su­res, inclu­ding actions taken by com­pe­ti­tors; sup­p­ly cons­traints and other dis­rup­ti­ons affec­ting cus­to­mers; chan­ges in cus­to­mer order pat­terns and order can­cel­la­ti­ons; chan­ges in cus­to­mer needs and emer­ging tech­no­lo­gy trends; and chan­ges in the level of inven­to­ry and com­pu­ting capa­ci­ty at customers.

▪       Intel’s results can vary signi­fi­cant­ly from expec­ta­ti­ons based on capa­ci­ty uti­liza­ti­on; varia­ti­ons in inven­to­ry valua­ti­on, inclu­ding varia­ti­ons rela­ted to the timing of qua­li­fy­ing pro­ducts for sale; chan­ges in reve­nue levels; seg­ment pro­duct mix; the timing and exe­cu­ti­on of the manu­fac­tu­ring ramp and asso­cia­ted cos­ts; excess or obso­le­te inven­to­ry; chan­ges in unit cos­ts; defects or dis­rup­ti­ons in the sup­p­ly of mate­ri­als or resour­ces, inclu­ding as a result of ongo­ing indus­try shorta­ges of com­pon­ents and sub­stra­tes; pro­duct manu­fac­tu­ring quality/yields; and chan­ges in capi­tal requi­re­ments and invest­ment plans. Varia­ti­ons in results can also be cau­sed by the timing of Intel pro­duct intro­duc­tions and rela­ted expen­ses, inclu­ding mar­ke­ting pro­grams, and Intel’s abili­ty to respond quick­ly to tech­no­lo­gi­cal deve­lo­p­ments and to intro­du­ce new pro­ducts or incor­po­ra­te new fea­tures into exis­ting pro­ducts, as well as decis­i­ons to exit pro­duct lines or busi­nesses, which can result in res­truc­tu­ring and asset impair­ment charges.

▪       Intel’s results can be affec­ted by adver­se eco­no­mic, social, poli­ti­cal, regu­la­to­ry, and physical/infrastructure con­di­ti­ons in count­ries whe­re Intel, its cus­to­mers or its sup­pli­ers ope­ra­te, inclu­ding reces­si­on or slo­wing growth, mili­ta­ry con­flict and other secu­ri­ty risks, natu­ral dis­as­ters, infra­struc­tu­re dis­rup­ti­ons, health con­cerns (inclu­ding the COVID-19 pan­de­mic), infla­ti­on, fluc­tua­tions in cur­ren­cy exch­an­ge rates, sanc­tions and tariffs, poli­ti­cal dis­pu­tes, chan­ges in govern­ment grants and incen­ti­ves, and con­ti­nuing uncer­tain­ty regar­ding social, poli­ti­cal, immi­gra­ti­on, and tax and trade poli­ci­es in the U.S. and abroad. Results can also be affec­ted by the for­mal or infor­mal impo­si­ti­on by count­ries of new or revi­sed export and/or import and doing-busi­ness regu­la­ti­ons, inclu­ding chan­ges or uncer­tain­ty rela­ted to the U.S. govern­ment enti­ty list and chan­ges in the abili­ty to obtain export licen­ses, which can be chan­ged wit­hout pri­or notice.

▪       The COVID-19 pan­de­mic has pre­vious­ly adver­se­ly affec­ted signi­fi­cant por­ti­ons of Intel’s busi­ness and could have a mate­ri­al adver­se effect on Intel’s finan­cial con­di­ti­on and results of ope­ra­ti­ons. The pan­de­mic has resul­ted in aut­ho­ri­ties impo­sing num­e­rous mea­su­res to try to con­tain the virus, inclu­ding vac­ci­ne requi­re­ments. The­se mea­su­res have impac­ted and may fur­ther impact our work­force and ope­ra­ti­ons, the ope­ra­ti­ons of our cus­to­mers, and tho­se of our respec­ti­ve sup­pli­ers and part­ners. Rest­ric­tions on our manu­fac­tu­ring or sup­port ope­ra­ti­ons or work­force, simi­lar limi­ta­ti­ons for our sup­pli­ers, and trans­por­ta­ti­on rest­ric­tions or dis­rup­ti­ons can impact our abili­ty to meet cus­to­mer demand and could have a mate­ri­al adver­se effect on us. Dis­rup­ti­ons in our cus­to­mers’ ope­ra­ti­ons and sup­p­ly chains, may adver­se­ly affect our results of ope­ra­ti­ons. The pan­de­mic has cau­sed us to modi­fy our busi­ness prac­ti­ces. The­re is no cer­tain­ty that such mea­su­res will be suf­fi­ci­ent to miti­ga­te the risks posed by the virus, and ill­ness and work­force dis­rup­ti­ons could lead to unavai­la­bi­li­ty of our key per­son­nel and harm our abili­ty to per­form cri­ti­cal func­tions. The pan­de­mic has signi­fi­cant­ly increased eco­no­mic and demand uncer­tain­ty. Demand for our pro­ducts could be mate­ri­al­ly har­med in the future. The pan­de­mic could lead to increased dis­rup­ti­on and vola­ti­li­ty in capi­tal mar­kets and cre­dit mar­kets, which could adver­se­ly affect our liqui­di­ty and capi­tal resour­ces. The degree to which COVID-19 impacts our results will depend on future deve­lo­p­ments, which are high­ly uncer­tain. The impact of the pan­de­mic can also exa­cer­ba­te other risks dis­cus­sed in this section.

▪       Intel ope­ra­tes in high­ly com­pe­ti­ti­ve indus­tries and its ope­ra­ti­ons have high cos­ts that are eit­her fixed or dif­fi­cult to redu­ce in the short term. In addi­ti­on, we have ente­red new are­as and intro­du­ced adja­cent pro­ducts, such as our inten­ti­on to beco­me a major pro­vi­der of foundry ser­vices, and we face new sources of com­pe­ti­ti­on and uncer­tain mar­ket demand or accep­tance of our offe­rings with respect to the­se new are­as and pro­ducts, and they do not always grow as projected.

▪       Intel’s expec­ted tax rate is based on cur­rent tax law, inclu­ding cur­rent inter­pre­ta­ti­ons of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), and cur­rent expec­ted inco­me and can be affec­ted by chan­ges in inter­pre­ta­ti­ons of TCJA and other laws; chan­ges in the volu­me and mix of pro­fits ear­ned and loca­ti­on of assets across juris­dic­tions with vary­ing tax rates; chan­ges in the esti­ma­tes of cre­dits, bene­fits, and deduc­tions; the reso­lu­ti­on of issues ari­sing from tax audits with various tax aut­ho­ri­ties, inclu­ding pay­ment of inte­rest and pen­al­ties; and the abili­ty to rea­li­ze defer­red tax assets.

▪       Intel’s results can be affec­ted by gains or los­ses from equi­ty secu­ri­ties and inte­rest and other, which can vary depen­ding on gains or los­ses on the chan­ge in fair value, sale, exch­an­ge, or impairm­ents of equi­ty and debt invest­ments, inte­rest rates, cash balan­ces, and chan­ges in fair value of deri­va­ti­ve instruments. 

▪       Pro­duct defects or erra­ta (devia­ti­ons from published spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­ons) can adver­se­ly impact our expen­ses, reve­nues, and reputation.

▪       We or third par­ties regu­lar­ly iden­ti­fy secu­ri­ty vul­nerabi­li­ties with respect to our pro­ces­sors and other pro­ducts as well as the ope­ra­ting sys­tems and workloads run­ning on them. Secu­ri­ty vul­nerabi­li­ties and any limi­ta­ti­ons of, or adver­se effects resul­ting from, miti­ga­ti­on tech­ni­ques can adver­se­ly affect our results of ope­ra­ti­ons, finan­cial con­di­ti­on, cus­to­mer rela­ti­onships, pro­s­pects, and repu­ta­ti­on in a num­ber of ways, any of which may be mate­ri­al, inclu­ding incur­ring signi­fi­cant cos­ts rela­ted to deve­lo­ping and deploy­ing updates and miti­ga­ti­ons, wri­ting down inven­to­ry value, a reduc­tion in the com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness of our pro­ducts, defen­ding against pro­duct claims and liti­ga­ti­on, respon­ding to regu­la­to­ry inqui­ries or actions, pay­ing dama­ges, addres­sing cus­to­mer satis­fac­tion con­side­ra­ti­ons, or taking other reme­di­al steps with respect to third par­ties. Adver­se publi­ci­ty about secu­ri­ty vul­nerabi­li­ties or miti­ga­ti­ons could dama­ge our repu­ta­ti­on with cus­to­mers or users and redu­ce demand for our pro­ducts and services.

▪       Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty inci­dents, whe­ther or not suc­cessful, can affect Intel’s results by caus­ing us to incur signi­fi­cant cos­ts or dis­rupt­ing our ope­ra­ti­ons or tho­se of our cus­to­mers and sup­pli­ers, and can result in repu­ta­tio­nal harm.

▪       Intel’s results can be affec­ted by liti­ga­ti­on or regu­la­to­ry mat­ters invol­ving intellec­tu­al pro­per­ty, stock­hol­der, con­su­mer, anti­trust, com­mer­cial, dis­clo­sure, and other issues, as well as by the impact and timing of sett­le­ments and dis­pu­te reso­lu­ti­ons. For exam­p­le, in the first quar­ter of 2021, Intel accrued a $2.2 bil­li­on char­ge rela­ted to liti­ga­ti­on invol­ving VLSI Tech­no­lo­gy LLC (VLSI). An unfa­vorable ruling can include mone­ta­ry dama­ges or an injunc­tion pro­hi­bi­ting us from manu­fac­tu­ring or sel­ling one or more pro­ducts, pre­clu­ding par­ti­cu­lar busi­ness prac­ti­ces, impac­ting our abili­ty to design pro­ducts, or requi­ring other reme­dies such as com­pul­so­ry licen­sing of intellec­tu­al property.

▪       Intel’s results can be affec­ted by the impact and timing of clo­sing of acqui­si­ti­ons, dives­ti­tures, and other signi­fi­cant tran­sac­tions. In addi­ti­on, the­se tran­sac­tions do not always achie­ve our finan­cial or stra­te­gic objec­ti­ves and can dis­rupt our ongo­ing busi­ness and adver­se­ly impact our results of ope­ra­ti­ons. The pro­po­sed Mobi­leye IPO may not be com­ple­ted in our expec­ted time­frame, or at all, due to fac­tors that include adver­se chan­ges in eco­no­mic or mar­ket con­di­ti­ons or in our busi­ness; delays in regu­la­to­ry, stock exch­an­ge, or other appr­ovals; loss of Mobi­leye key employees, and chan­ges in our busi­ness strategy.

▪       The amount, timing, and exe­cu­ti­on of Intel’s stock repurcha­se pro­gram fluc­tua­te based on Intel’s prio­ri­ties for the use of cash for other purposes—such as inves­t­ing in our busi­ness, inclu­ding ope­ra­tio­nal and capi­tal spen­ding, acqui­si­ti­ons, and retur­ning cash to our stock­hol­ders as divi­dend payments.

Detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on regar­ding the­se and other fac­tors that could affect Intel’s busi­ness and results is included in Intel’s SEC filings, inclu­ding the company’s most recent reports on Forms 10‑K and 10‑Q, par­ti­cu­lar­ly the “Risk Fac­tors” sec­tions of tho­se reports. Copies of the­se filings may be obtai­ned by visi­ting our Inves­tor Rela­ti­ons web­site at www.intc.com or the SEC’s web­site at www.sec.gov.

 

About Intel

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is an indus­try lea­der, crea­ting world-chan­ging tech­no­lo­gy that enables glo­bal pro­gress and enri­ches lives. Inspi­red by Moore’s Law, we con­ti­nuous­ly work to advan­ce the design and manu­fac­tu­ring of semi­con­duc­tors to help address our cus­to­mers’ grea­test chal­lenges. By embed­ding intel­li­gence in the cloud, net­work, edge and every kind of com­pu­ting device, we unleash the poten­ti­al of data to trans­form busi­ness and socie­ty for the bet­ter. To learn more about Intel’s inno­va­tions, go to newsroom.intel.com and intel.com.

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Con­so­li­da­ted Con­den­sed State­ments of Inco­me and Other Information

    Three Months Ended   Twel­ve Months Ended
(In Mil­li­ons, Except Per Share Amounts; unaudited)   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020
Net reve­nue   $        20,528   $        19,978   $        79,024   $        77,867
Cost of sales              9,519              8,630            35,209            34,255
Gross mar­gin            11,009            11,348            43,815            43,612
Rese­arch and development              4,049              3,655            15,190            13,556
Mar­ke­ting, gene­ral and administrative              1,942              1,757              6,543              6,180
Res­truc­tu­ring and other charges                  29                  52              2,626                 198
Ope­ra­ting expenses              6,020              5,464            24,359            19,934
Ope­ra­ting income              4,989              5,884            19,456            23,678
Gains (los­ses) on equi­ty invest­ments, net                 359              1,692              2,729              1,904
Inte­rest and other, net                (154)                 (88)                (482)                (504)
Inco­me befo­re taxes              5,194              7,488            21,703            25,078
Pro­vi­si­on for taxes                 571              1,631              1,835              4,179
Net inco­me   $         4,623   $         5,857   $        19,868   $        20,899
                 
Ear­nings per share—basic   $           1.14   $           1.43   $           4.89   $           4.98
Ear­nings per share—diluted   $           1.13   $           1.42   $           4.86   $           4.94
                 
Weigh­ted avera­ge shares of com­mon stock outstanding:                
Basic              4,069              4,094              4,059              4,199
Diluted              4,095              4,119              4,090              4,232

 

    Three Months Ended
(In Mil­li­ons)   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020
Ear­nings per share of com­mon stock information:         
Weigh­ted avera­ge shares of com­mon stock outstanding—basic              4,069              4,094
Dilu­ti­ve effect of employee equi­ty incen­ti­ve plans                  26                  25
Weigh­ted avera­ge shares of com­mon stock outstanding—diluted              4,095              4,119
         
Stock buy­back:        
Shares repurcha­sed                  —                  38
Cumu­la­ti­ve shares repurcha­sed (in billions)                 5.8                 5.7
Remai­ning dol­lars aut­ho­ri­zed for buy­back (in billions)   $             7.2   $             9.7
         
Other infor­ma­ti­on:        
Employees (in thousands)              121.1              110.6

 

 

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Con­so­li­da­ted Con­den­sed Balan­ce Sheets

(In Mil­li­ons)   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020
Assets   (unau­di­ted)    
Cur­rent assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents   $          4,827   $          5,865
Short-term invest­ments               2,103               2,292
Tra­ding assets             21,483             15,738
Accounts receiva­ble, net of allo­wan­ce for doubtful accounts               9,457               6,782
Invent­ories        
Raw mate­ri­als               1,441                  908
Work in process               6,656               5,693
Finis­hed goods               2,679               1,826
              10,776               8,427
Assets held for sale               6,942               5,400
Other cur­rent assets               2,130               2,745
Total cur­rent assets             57,718             47,249
         
Pro­per­ty, plant and equip­ment, net             63,245             56,584
Equi­ty investments               6,298               5,152
Other long-term investments                  840                2,192
Good­will             26,963             26,971
Iden­ti­fied intan­gi­ble assets, net               7,270               9,026
Other long-term assets               6,072               5,917
Total assets   $       168,406   $       153,091
         
Lia­bi­li­ties        
Cur­rent liabilities        
Short-term debt   $          4,591   $          2,504
Accounts paya­ble               5,747               5,581
Accrued com­pen­sa­ti­on and benefits               4,535               3,999
Other accrued liabilities             12,589             12,670
Total cur­rent liabilities             27,462             24,754
Debt             33,510             33,897
Con­tract liabilities                   185                1,367
Inco­me taxes payable               4,305               4,578
Defer­red inco­me taxes               2,667               3,843
Other long-term liabilities               4,886               3,614
Stock­hol­ders’ equity        
Com­mon stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000 shares aut­ho­ri­zed; 4,070 shares issued and out­stan­ding (4,062 issued and out­stan­ding in 2020) and capi­tal in excess of par value             28,006             25,556
Accu­mu­la­ted other com­pre­hen­si­ve inco­me (loss)                 (880)                 (751)
Retai­ned earnings             68,265             56,233
Total stock­hol­ders’ equity             95,391             81,038
Total lia­bi­li­ties and stock­hol­ders’ equity   $       168,406   $       153,091

 

 

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Con­so­li­da­ted Con­den­sed State­ments of Cash Flows

    Twel­ve Months Ended
(In Mil­li­ons; unaudited)   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020
         
Cash and cash equi­va­lents, begin­ning of period   $          5,865   $          4,194
Cash flows pro­vi­ded by (used for) ope­ra­ting activities:        
Net inco­me             19,868             20,899
Adjus­t­ments to recon­ci­le net inco­me to net cash pro­vi­ded by ope­ra­ting activities:        
Depre­cia­ti­on               9,953             10,482
Share-based com­pen­sa­ti­on               2,036               1,854
Res­truc­tu­ring and other charges               2,626                  198
Amor­tiza­ti­on of intangibles               1,839               1,757
(Gains) los­ses on equi­ty invest­ments, net              (1,458)              (1,757)
Chan­ges in assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receiva­ble              (2,674)                  883
Invent­ories              (2,339)                 (687)
Accounts paya­ble               1,190                  405
Accrued com­pen­sa­ti­on and benefits                  515                  348
Pre­paid sup­p­ly agreements              (1,583)                 (181)
Inco­me taxes                 (441)               1,620
Other assets and liabilities                  459                 (437)
Total adjus­t­ments             10,123             14,485
Net cash pro­vi­ded by ope­ra­ting activities             29,991             35,384
Cash flows pro­vi­ded by (used for) inves­t­ing activities:        
Addi­ti­ons to pro­per­ty, plant and equipment            (18,733)            (14,259)
Addi­ti­ons to held for sale NAND pro­per­ty, plant and equipment              (1,596)                 (194)
Acqui­si­ti­ons, net of cash acquired                 (209)                 (837)
Purcha­ses of available-for-sale debt investments              (5,051)              (6,862)
Matu­ri­ties and sales of available-for-sale debt investments               6,467               6,781
Purcha­ses of tra­ding assets            (35,503)            (22,377)
Matu­ri­ties and sales of tra­ding assets             28,832             15,377
Purcha­ses of equi­ty investments                 (613)                 (720)
Sales of equi­ty investments                  581                  910
Other inves­t­ing                  658               1,385
Net cash used for inves­t­ing activities            (25,167)            (20,796)
Cash flows pro­vi­ded by (used for) finan­cing activities:        
Issu­an­ce of long-term debt, net of issu­an­ce costs               4,974             10,247
Repay­ment of debt and debt conversion              (2,500)              (4,525)
Pro­ceeds from sales of com­mon stock through employee equi­ty incen­ti­ve plans               1,020                  897
Repurcha­se of com­mon stock              (2,415)            (14,229)
Pay­ment of divi­dends to stockholders              (5,644)              (5,568)
Other finan­cing              (1,297)                  261
Net cash pro­vi­ded by (used for) finan­cing activities              (5,862)            (12,917)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents              (1,038)               1,671
Cash and cash equi­va­lents, end of period   $          4,827   $          5,865

 

 

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Sup­ple­men­tal Ope­ra­ting Seg­ment Results

    Three Months Ended   Twel­ve Months Ended
(In Mil­li­ons)   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020
Net reve­nue                
Cli­ent Com­pu­ting Group                
Plat­form   $         9,408   $         9,939   $        37,376   $        35,642
Adja­cent                 725              1,000              3,135              4,415
             10,133            10,939            40,511            40,057
Data Cen­ter Group                
Plat­form              6,442              5,297   $        22,703   $        23,056
Adja­cent                 864                 791              3,118              3,047
               7,306              6,088            25,821            26,103
Inter­net of Things                
IOTG              1,058                 777              3,998              3,007
Mobi­leye                 356                 333              1,386                 967
               1,414              1,110              5,384              3,974
Non-Vola­ti­le Memo­ry Solu­ti­ons Group                 996               1,208              4,306              5,358
Pro­gramma­ble Solu­ti­ons Group                 484                  422               1,934              1,853
All other                 195                  211               1,068                 522 
Total net revenue   $        20,528   $        19,978   $        79,024   $        77,867
                 
Ope­ra­ting inco­me (loss)                
Cli­ent Com­pu­ting Group   $         3,475   $         4,508   $        14,672   $        15,129
Data Cen­ter Group              1,726              2,077   $         6,997   $        10,571
Inter­net of Things                
IOTG                 270                 123              1,045                 497
Mobi­leye                  99                 110                 460                 241
                  369                  233               1,505                 738 
Non-Vola­ti­le Memo­ry Solu­ti­ons Group                 354                   76               1,369                 361 
Pro­gramma­ble Solu­ti­ons Group                  51                   43                  297                  260 
All other                (986)             (1,053)             (5,384)             (3,381)
Total ope­ra­ting income   $         4,989   $         5,884   $        19,456   $        23,678

 

We deri­ve a sub­stan­ti­al majo­ri­ty of our reve­nue from plat­form pro­ducts, which are our prin­ci­pal pro­ducts and con­side­red as one pro­duct class. We offer plat­form pro­ducts that incor­po­ra­te various com­pon­ents and tech­no­lo­gies, inclu­ding a micro­pro­ces­sor and chip­set, a stand-alo­ne SoC, or a mul­ti­chip packa­ge based on Intel archi­tec­tu­re. Plat­form pro­ducts are used in various form fac­tors across our CCG, DCG, and IOTG ope­ra­ting seg­ments. Our non-plat­form, or adja­cent pro­ducts, can be com­bi­ned with plat­form pro­ducts to form com­pre­hen­si­ve plat­form solu­ti­ons to meet cus­to­mer needs.

Reve­nue for our repor­ta­ble and non-repor­ta­ble ope­ra­ting seg­ments is pri­ma­ri­ly rela­ted to the fol­lo­wing pro­duct lines:

▪       CCG includes plat­forms desi­gned for end-user form fac­tors, focu­sing on hig­her growth seg­ments of 2‑in‑1, thin-and-light, com­mer­cial and gam­ing, and gro­wing adja­cen­ci­es such as con­nec­ti­vi­ty and graphics.

▪       DCG includes workload-opti­mi­zed plat­forms and rela­ted pro­ducts desi­gned for cloud ser­vice pro­vi­ders, enter­pri­se and govern­ment, and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons ser­vice pro­vi­ders mar­ket seg­ments. In 2021, the DCG ope­ra­ting seg­ment includes the results of our Intel® Opta­ne™ memo­ry business.

▪       IOTG includes high-per­for­mance com­pu­te solu­ti­ons for tar­ge­ted ver­ti­cals and embedded appli­ca­ti­ons in mar­ket seg­ments such as retail, indus­tri­al, health­ca­re, and vision. 

▪       Mobi­leye includes com­pre­hen­si­ve solu­ti­ons requi­red for auto­no­mous dri­ving, inclu­ding com­pu­te plat­forms, com­pu­ter visi­on, and machi­ne lear­ning-based sens­ing, map­ping and loca­liza­ti­on, dri­ving poli­cy, and acti­ve sen­sors in deve­lo­p­ment, uti­li­zed for both Robo­ta­xi and con­su­mer level autonomy.

▪       NSG includes memo­ry and sto­rage pro­ducts like Intel 3D NAND tech­no­lo­gy, pri­ma­ri­ly used in SSDs. In 2021, the NSG ope­ra­ting seg­ment no lon­ger includes the results of our Intel Opta­ne memo­ry business.

▪       PSG includes pro­gramma­ble semi­con­duc­tors, pri­ma­ri­ly FPGAs and struc­tu­red ASICs, and rela­ted pro­ducts for com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons, cloud and enter­pri­se, and embedded mar­ket segments.

We have sales and mar­ke­ting, manu­fac­tu­ring, engi­nee­ring, finan­ce, and admi­nis­tra­ti­on groups. Expen­ses for the­se groups are gene­ral­ly allo­ca­ted to the ope­ra­ting segments.

We have an “all other” cate­go­ry that includes reve­nue, expen­ses, and char­ges such as:

▪       results of ope­ra­ti­ons from non-repor­ta­ble seg­ments not other­wi­se presented;

▪       his­to­ri­cal results of ope­ra­ti­ons from dive­s­ted businesses;

▪       results of ope­ra­ti­ons of start-up busi­nesses that sup­port our initia­ti­ves, inclu­ding our foundry business;

▪       amounts included within res­truc­tu­ring and other charges;

▪       a por­ti­on of employee bene­fits, com­pen­sa­ti­on, and other expen­ses not allo­ca­ted to the ope­ra­ting seg­ments; and

▪       acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted cos­ts, inclu­ding amor­tiza­ti­on and any impair­ment of acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted intan­gi­bles and goodwill.

 

Intel Cor­po­ra­ti­on

Sup­ple­men­tal Plat­form Reve­nue Information

    Q4 2021   Q4 2021   YTD 2021
    com­pared to 

Q3 2021

  com­pared to 

Q4 2020

  com­pared to 

YTD 2020

Cli­ent Com­pu­ting Group            
Desk­top plat­form volumes   15%   7%   8%
Desk­top plat­form avera­ge sel­ling prices   4%   11%   3%
Note­book plat­form volumes   4%   (26)%   8%
Note­book plat­form avera­ge sel­ling prices   (6)%   14%   (6)%
Adja­cent revenue   2%   (28)%   (29)%
             
Data Cen­ter Group            
Plat­form volumes   8%   17%   2%
Plat­form avera­ge sel­ling prices   3%   4%   (4)%
Adja­cent revenue   15%   9%   2%

 

 

 

 

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Expl­ana­ti­on of Non-GAAP Measures

In addi­ti­on to dis­clo­sing finan­cial results in accordance with US GAAP, this docu­ment con­ta­ins refe­ren­ces to the non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­res below. We belie­ve the­se non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­res pro­vi­de inves­tors with useful sup­ple­men­tal infor­ma­ti­on about our ope­ra­ting per­for­mance, enable com­pa­ri­son of finan­cial trends and results bet­ween peri­ods whe­re cer­tain items may vary inde­pen­dent of busi­ness per­for­mance, and allow for grea­ter trans­pa­ren­cy with respect to key metrics used by manage­ment in ope­ra­ting our busi­ness and mea­su­ring our per­for­mance. Cer­tain of the­se non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­res are used in our per­for­mance-based RSUs and our annu­al cash bonus plan.

Our non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­res reflect adjus­t­ments based on one or more of the fol­lo­wing items, as well as the rela­ted inco­me tax effects whe­re appli­ca­ble. Inco­me tax effects have been cal­cu­la­ted using an appro­pria­te tax rate for each adjus­t­ment. The­se non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­res should not be con­side­red a sub­sti­tu­te for, or supe­ri­or to, finan­cial mea­su­res cal­cu­la­ted in accordance with US GAAP, and the finan­cial results cal­cu­la­ted in accordance with US GAAP and recon­ci­lia­ti­ons from the­se results should be careful­ly evaluated.

Non-GAAP adjus­t­ment or measure Defi­ni­ti­on Useful­ness to manage­ment and investors
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments Amor­tiza­ti­on of acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted intan­gi­ble assets con­sists of amor­tiza­ti­on of intan­gi­ble assets such as deve­lo­ped tech­no­lo­gy, brands, and cus­to­mer rela­ti­onships acqui­red in con­nec­tion with busi­ness com­bi­na­ti­ons. Char­ges rela­ted to the amor­tiza­ti­on of the­se intan­gi­bles are recor­ded within both cost of sales and MG&A in our US GAAP finan­cial state­ments. Amor­tiza­ti­on char­ges are recor­ded over the esti­ma­ted useful life of the rela­ted acqui­red intan­gi­ble asset, and thus are gene­ral­ly recor­ded over mul­ti­ple years. We exclude amor­tiza­ti­on char­ges for our acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted intan­gi­ble assets for pur­po­ses of cal­cu­la­ting cer­tain non-GAAP mea­su­res becau­se the­se char­ges are incon­sis­tent in size and are signi­fi­cant­ly impac­ted by the timing and valua­ti­on of our acqui­si­ti­ons. The­se adjus­t­ments faci­li­ta­te a useful eva­lua­ti­on of our cur­rent ope­ra­ting per­for­mance and com­pa­ri­son to our past ope­ra­ting per­for­mance and pro­vi­de inves­tors with addi­tio­nal means to eva­lua­te cost and expen­se trends.
Res­truc­tu­ring and other charges Res­truc­tu­ring char­ges are cos­ts asso­cia­ted with a for­mal res­truc­tu­ring plan and are pri­ma­ri­ly rela­ted to employee sever­ance and bene­fit arran­ge­ments. Other char­ges include a char­ge rela­ted to the VLSI liti­ga­ti­on, good­will and asset impairm­ents, pen­si­on char­ges, and cos­ts asso­cia­ted with res­truc­tu­ring activity. We exclude res­truc­tu­ring and other char­ges, inclu­ding any adjus­t­ments to char­ges recor­ded in pri­or peri­ods, for pur­po­ses of cal­cu­la­ting cer­tain non-GAAP mea­su­res becau­se the­se cos­ts do not reflect our core ope­ra­ting per­for­mance. The­se adjus­t­ments faci­li­ta­te a useful eva­lua­ti­on of our core ope­ra­ting per­for­mance and com­pa­ri­sons to past ope­ra­ting results and pro­vi­de inves­tors with addi­tio­nal means to eva­lua­te expen­se trends.
(Gains) los­ses from divestiture Gains or los­ses are reco­gni­zed in con­nec­tion with a divestiture. We exclude gains or los­ses resul­ting from dives­ti­tures for pur­po­ses of cal­cu­la­ting cer­tain non-GAAP mea­su­res becau­se they do not reflect our cur­rent ope­ra­ting per­for­mance. The­se adjus­t­ments faci­li­ta­te a useful eva­lua­ti­on of our cur­rent ope­ra­ting per­for­mance and com­pa­ri­sons to past ope­ra­ting results.
Ongo­ing mark-to-mar­ket on mar­ke­ta­ble equi­ty securities After the initi­al mark-to-mar­ket adjus­t­ment is recor­ded upon a secu­ri­ty beco­ming mar­ke­ta­ble, gains and los­ses are reco­gni­zed from ongo­ing mark-to-mar­ket adjus­t­ments of our mar­ke­ta­ble equi­ty securities. We exclude the­se ongo­ing gains and los­ses for pur­po­ses of cal­cu­la­ting cer­tain non-GAAP mea­su­res becau­se we do not belie­ve this vola­ti­li­ty cor­re­la­tes to our core ope­ra­tio­nal per­for­mance. The­se adjus­t­ments faci­li­ta­te a useful eva­lua­ti­on of our cur­rent ope­ra­ting per­for­mance and com­pa­ri­sons to past ope­ra­ting results.
NAND memo­ry business Our NAND memo­ry busi­ness is sub­ject to a pen­ding sale to SK hynix, as announ­ced in Octo­ber 2020. While the second clo­sing of the sale is still pen­ding, we com­ple­ted the first clo­sing on Decem­ber 29, 2021, sub­se­quent to our fis­cal 2021 year-end. We will ful­ly decon­so­li­da­te our ongo­ing inte­rests in the NAND OpCo Busi­ness in the first quar­ter of 2022. We exclude the impact of our NAND memo­ry busi­ness in cer­tain non-GAAP mea­su­res. While the second clo­sing of the sale is still pen­ding and sub­ject to clo­sing con­di­ti­ons, manage­ment does not curr­ent­ly view the busi­ness as part of the company’s core ope­ra­ti­ons or its long-term stra­te­gic direc­tion. We belie­ve the­se adjus­t­ments pro­vi­de inves­tors with a useful view, through the eyes of manage­ment, of the company’s core busi­ness model and how manage­ment curr­ent­ly eva­lua­tes core ope­ra­tio­nal per­for­mance. We belie­ve they also pro­vi­de inves­tors with an addi­tio­nal means to under­stand the poten­ti­al impact of the dives­ti­tu­re over time. In making the­se adjus­t­ments, we have not made any chan­ges to our methods for mea­su­ring and cal­cu­la­ting reve­nue or other finan­cial state­ment amounts.
Free cash flow We refe­rence a non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­re of free cash flow, which is used by manage­ment when asses­sing our sources of liqui­di­ty, capi­tal resour­ces, and qua­li­ty of ear­nings. Free cash flow is ope­ra­ting cash flow adjus­ted to exclude addi­ti­ons to pro­per­ty, plant and equipment. This non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­re is hel­pful in under­stan­ding our capi­tal requi­re­ments and pro­vi­des an addi­tio­nal means to eva­lua­te the cash flow trends of our busi­ness. We exclude addi­ti­ons to held for sale NAND pro­per­ty, plant and equip­ment becau­se the addi­ti­ons are not repre­sen­ta­ti­ve of our long-term capi­tal requi­re­ments and the­se assets were sold upon the first clo­sing of the tran­sac­tion that occur­red on Decem­ber 29, 2021, sub­se­quent to our fis­cal 2021 year-end.

The GAAP Out­look to Non-GAAP Out­look recon­ci­lia­ti­ons incre­men­tal­ly include the below adjus­t­ments. As announ­ced in our Q3 ear­nings call, start­ing in 2022, we will be exclu­ding from our non-GAAP results, share-based com­pen­sa­ti­on and all gains and los­ses on equi­ty invest­ments. The adjus­t­ment for all gains and los­ses on equi­ty invest­ments includes the ongo­ing mark-to-mar­ket adjus­t­ments pre­vious­ly excluded from our non-GAAP results.

Non-GAAP adjus­t­ment or measure Defi­ni­ti­on Useful­ness to manage­ment and investors
Share-based com­pen­sa­ti­on Share-based com­pen­sa­ti­on con­sists of char­ges rela­ted to our employee equi­ty incen­ti­ve plans. We exclude char­ges rela­ted to share-based com­pen­sa­ti­on for pur­po­ses of cal­cu­la­ting cer­tain non-GAAP mea­su­res becau­se we belie­ve the­se adjus­t­ments pro­vi­de bet­ter com­pa­ra­bi­li­ty to peer com­pa­ny results and becau­se the­se char­ges are not view­ed by manage­ment as part of our core ope­ra­ting per­for­mance. We belie­ve the­se adjus­t­ments pro­vi­de inves­tors with a useful view, through the eyes of manage­ment, of the company’s core busi­ness model, how manage­ment curr­ent­ly eva­lua­tes core ope­ra­tio­nal per­for­mance, and addi­tio­nal means to eva­lua­te expen­se trends, inclu­ding in com­pa­ri­son to other peer companies.
(Gains) los­ses on equi­ty invest­ments, net (Gains) los­ses on equi­ty invest­ments, net con­sists of ongo­ing mark-to-mar­ket adjus­t­ments on mar­ke­ta­ble equi­ty secu­ri­ties, obser­va­ble pri­ce adjus­t­ments on non-mar­ke­ta­ble equi­ty secu­ri­ties, impair­ment char­ges, and sale of equi­ty invest­ments and other. We exclude the­se non-ope­ra­ting ear­nings for bet­ter com­pa­ra­bi­li­ty bet­ween peri­ods. The exclu­si­on reflects how manage­ment eva­lua­tes the core ope­ra­ti­ons of the business.
(Gains) los­ses from divestiture Gains or los­ses are reco­gni­zed at the clo­se of a dives­ti­tu­re, or over a spe­ci­fied defer­ral peri­od when defer­red con­side­ra­ti­on is recei­ved at the time of clo­sing. Based on our ongo­ing obli­ga­ti­on under the NAND wafer manu­fac­tu­ring and sale agree­ment ente­red into in con­nec­tion with the first clo­sing of the sale of our NAND memo­ry busi­ness on Decem­ber 29, 2021, a por­ti­on of the initi­al clo­sing con­side­ra­ti­on will be defer­red and reco­gni­zed bet­ween first and second closing.  We exclude gains or los­ses resul­ting from dives­ti­tures for pur­po­ses of cal­cu­la­ting cer­tain non-GAAP mea­su­res becau­se they do not reflect our cur­rent ope­ra­ting per­for­mance. The­se adjus­t­ments faci­li­ta­te a useful eva­lua­ti­on of our cur­rent ope­ra­ting per­for­mance and com­pa­ri­sons to past ope­ra­ting results.

 

 

Intel Cor­po­ra­ti­on

Sup­ple­men­tal Recon­ci­lia­ti­ons of GAAP Actu­als to Non-GAAP Actuals

Set forth below are recon­ci­lia­ti­ons of the non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­re to the most direct­ly com­pa­ra­ble U.S. GAAP finan­cial mea­su­re. The­se non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­res should not be con­side­red a sub­sti­tu­te for, or supe­ri­or to, finan­cial mea­su­res cal­cu­la­ted in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and the recon­ci­lia­ti­ons from U.S. GAAP to Non-GAAP actu­als should be careful­ly eva­lua­ted. Plea­se refer to “Expl­ana­ti­on of Non-GAAP Mea­su­res” in this docu­ment for a detail­ed expl­ana­ti­on of the adjus­t­ments made to the com­pa­ra­ble U.S. GAAP mea­su­res, the ways manage­ment uses the non-GAAP mea­su­res, and the reasons why manage­ment belie­ves the non-GAAP mea­su­res pro­vi­de useful infor­ma­ti­on for investors.

    Three Months Ended   Twel­ve Months Ended
(In Mil­li­ons, Except Per Share Amounts)   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020
GAAP net revenue   $     20,528      $     19,978      $     79,024     $     77,867  
NAND memo­ry business             (996)             (1,115)            (4,306)           (4,967) 
Non-GAAP net revenue   $     19,532      $     18,863      $     74,718     $     72,900  
                 
GAAP gross margin   $     11,009      $     11,348      $     43,815     $     43,612  
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments              335               310            1,283             1,211   
NAND memo­ry business             (518)               (338)            (1,995)           (1,524) 
Non-GAAP gross margin   $     10,826      $     11,320      $     43,103     $     43,299  
                 
GAAP gross mar­gin percentage   53.6 %   56.8 %   55.4 %   56.0 %
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments   1.6 %   1.6 %   1.6 %   1.6 %
NAND memo­ry business   0.2 %   1.7 %   0.6 %   1.8 %
Non-GAAP gross mar­gin per­cen­ta­ge1   55.4 %   60.0 %   57.7 %   59.4 %
                 
GAAP R&D and MG&A   $       5,991      $       5,412      $     21,733     $     19,736  
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments               (52)                 (53)               (209)              (205) 
NAND memo­ry business             (164)               (159)               (626)              (587) 
Non-GAAP R&D and MG&A   $       5,775      $       5,200      $     20,898     $     18,944  
                 
GAAP ope­ra­ting income   $       4,989      $       5,884      $     19,456     $     23,678  
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments              387               363            1,492             1,416  
Res­truc­tu­ring and other charges                29                 52            2,626                198 
NAND memo­ry business             (354)               (179)            (1,369)              (937) 
Non-GAAP ope­ra­ting income   $       5,051      $       6,120      $     22,205     $     24,355  
                 
GAAP ope­ra­ting margin   24.3 %   29.5 %   24.6 %   30.4 %
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments   1.9 %   1.8 %   1.9 %   1.8 %
Res­truc­tu­ring and other charges   0.1 %   0.3 %   3.3 %   0.3 %
NAND memo­ry business   (0.5) %   0.9 %   (0.1) %   0.9 %
Non-GAAP ope­ra­ting mar­gin1   25.9 %   32.4 %   29.7 %   33.4 %
                 
GAAP tax rate   11.0 %   21.8 %   8.5 %   16.7 %
Inco­me tax effects   0.7 %   (0.1) %   0.6 %   (0.1) %
Non-GAAP tax rate   11.7 %   21.7 %   9.1 %   16.6 %
         
GAAP net income   $       4,623      $       5,857      $     19,868     $     20,899  
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments              387               363            1,492             1,416  
Res­truc­tu­ring and other charges                29                 52            2,626                198 
(Gains) los­ses from divestiture                —                   —                   —                  (6) 
Ongo­ing mark-to-mar­ket on mar­ke­ta­ble equi­ty securities             (216)                  48               130               133 
NAND memo­ry business             (354)               (179)            (1,369)              (937) 
Inco­me tax effects               (18)                 (56)               (391)              (107) 
Non-GAAP net income   $       4,451      $       6,085      $     22,356     $     21,596  
1  Our recon­ci­lia­ti­ons of GAAP to non-GAAP gross mar­gin and ope­ra­ting mar­gin per­cen­ta­ge reflect the exclu­si­on of our NAND memo­ry              busi­ness from net revenue.
(In Mil­li­ons, Except Per Share Amounts)   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020   Dec 25, 2021   Dec 26, 2020
GAAP ear­nings per share—diluted   $         1.13      $         1.42      $        4.86     $        4.94  
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments             0.09                0.09                0.36               0.33  
Res­truc­tu­ring and other charges             0.01                0.02                0.65               0.05  
(Gains) los­ses from divestiture                —                   —                   —                  —  
Ongo­ing mark-to-mar­ket on mar­ke­ta­ble equi­ty securities            (0.05)               0.01                0.03               0.03  
NAND memo­ry business            (0.08)              (0.04)              (0.33)             (0.22) 
Inco­me tax effects            (0.01)              (0.02)              (0.10)             (0.03) 
Non-GAAP ear­nings per share—diluted   $         1.09      $         1.48      $        5.47     $        5.10  

 

    Twel­ve Months Ended
(In Mil­li­ons)   Dec 25, 2021
GAAP cash from operations   $                      29,991
Addi­ti­ons to pro­per­ty, plant and equipment                          (18,733)
Free cash flow   $                      11,258
GAAP cash used for inves­t­ing activities   $                     (25,167)
GAAP cash pro­vi­ded by (used for) finan­cing activities   $                       (5,862)

 

 

Intel Cor­po­ra­ti­on

Sup­ple­men­tal Recon­ci­lia­ti­ons of GAAP Out­look to Non-GAAP Outlook

Set forth below are recon­ci­lia­ti­ons of the non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­re to the most direct­ly com­pa­ra­ble U.S. GAAP finan­cial mea­su­re. The­se non-GAAP finan­cial mea­su­res should not be con­side­red a sub­sti­tu­te for, or supe­ri­or to, finan­cial mea­su­res cal­cu­la­ted in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and the finan­cial out­look pre­pared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and the recon­ci­lia­ti­ons from this Busi­ness Out­look should be careful­ly evaluated.

Plea­se refer to “Expl­ana­ti­on of Non-GAAP Mea­su­res” in this docu­ment for a detail­ed expl­ana­ti­on of the adjus­t­ments made to the com­pa­ra­ble U.S. GAAP mea­su­res, the ways manage­ment uses the non-GAAP mea­su­res, and the reasons why manage­ment belie­ves the non-GAAP mea­su­res pro­vi­de useful infor­ma­ti­on for investors.

(In Bil­li­ons, Except Per Share Amounts)   Q1 2022 Outlook
    Appro­xi­m­ate­ly
GAAP gross margin   49.4 %
Amor­tiza­ti­on of acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted intan­gi­ble assets   1.9 %
Share-based com­pen­sa­ti­on   0.6 %
Non-GAAP gross margin   52.0 %
     
GAAP tax rate   25 %
Inco­me tax effects   (10) %
Non-GAAP tax rate   15 %
     
GAAP ear­nings per share—diluted   $                   0.70   
Acqui­si­ti­on-rela­ted adjustments                        0.10   
Share-based com­pen­sa­ti­on                        0.18   
(Gains) los­ses from divestiture                       (0.25)  
(Gains) los­ses on equi­ty invest­ments, net                       (0.02)  
Inco­me tax effects                        0.09   
Non-GAAP ear­nings per share—diluted   $                   0.80   

Released Jan 26, 2022 • 4:00 PM EST