CLAIM #32259 · Intel Corporation (INTC) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 22, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“We expect to generate positive adjusted free cash flow for the full year, and we're planning to retire all $2.5 billion of maturities as they come due this year.”
David Zinsner · CFO
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Look at: Adjusted free cash flow, full fiscal year 2026
It came true if: Adjusted free cash flow > $0 for fiscal 2026
Where: Company earnings release / 10-K non-GAAP reconciliation (adjusted free cash flow)
In context
“e target 2026 operating expenses of $16 billion. We expect noncontrolling interest or NCI to net to approximately $325 million in Q1 and be approximately $1.2 billion for the year on a GAAP basis. NCI is expected to grow meaningfully again in fiscal 2027. Our share count is forecast to be 5.1 billion shares in Q1 and grow in line with our stock-based compensation going forward. As we think about our capital expenditures for 2026, we're working to balance our ability to drive capital efficiencies with our need to respond to the demand signals we're receiving. Previously, we said CapEx would be down, but are now planning for a range of flat to down slightly and for expenditures to be more weighted to the first half. As a reminder, CapEx in 2026 would be to support demand in 2027 and beyond. We expect to generate positive adjusted free cash flow for the full year, and we're planning to retire all $2.5 billion of maturities as they come due this year. I'll wrap up by saying that Q4 was another solid quarter to mark our fifth consecutive quarter of overdelivering to our guide. We exit 2025 increasingly confident in the long-term sustainability of the end markets we serve. We believe our improved balance sheet, thanks in part to the trust of our strategic partners, combined with the strong talent we have will enable us to meaningfully participate in the next wave of computing as the industry pushes for returns on their AI investments. I look forward to providing you, our shareholders, an update on what this future means to you at our Analyst Day later this year. With that, I'll turn it over to John to start the Q&A. John Pitzer: [Operator Instructions] With that, Jonathan, can we please take the first question? Operator: Certainly. And o”
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