Years of free cash flow required to buy back the enterprise value:
$MU 41
$NVDA 43
$SNDK 51
$TSM 52
$AMD 95
$ARM 283
$INTC — never. Negative FCF.
On earnings Micron is 3x cheaper than Nvidia. On cash flow they’re the same stock. Micron’s forward P/E is 6.77 with an EV/FCF of 40.99 ; Nvidia’s forward P/E is 21.28 with an EV/FCF of 42.79 . Three-turn gap on earnings, dead heat on cash. That’s the fight.
Intel’s TTM operating cash flow was $9.98B against $13.10B capex — free cash flow of negative $3.12B . “Never” is factually correct and it’s the best line in the thread.