Semiconductor PE Ratio Rankings (Patreon)

What's most jaw-dropping here, especially for Intel, is how it's crowned king of the hill at a sky-high 136x. That's like paying $136 bucks right now just to get $1 back in Intel's projected earnings next year. For context:

• Hot AI superstar Nvidia? A "mere" 31x—still pricey, but investors see it as a safer bet on steady explosions in demand for data-center chips.

• Broadcom at 44x - middle of the road... well on the higher end.

• ARM (the design whiz behind tons of mobile processors)? 108x, hi but nowhere near Intel's level.

• Reliable old-school players like Texas Instruments or Micron? Way down at 27x and 13x. MU also surprised me.

h/t Sanjay