Intel (INTC) RSU sell-vs-hold
Calculator · free · no signup · INTCSell at vest or hold? Compare after-tax payout from selling Intel RSUs at vest vs. holding through the LTCG cliff at 12 months.
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Hold strategy
Best after-tax payout — at year 1 yr
$47,709
Sell + invest wins by $4,981 over Hold 1 yr.
Estimates only. Not financial advice.
Heads-up: under-withholding. Your employer withholds federal tax at the IRS supplemental rate (22.0% on this vest, ≈ $17,600). Your marginal federal rate on this vest is 32.7%, owing $26,171. Expect to settle the $8,571 gap at tax time.
The hidden purchase
Tax was paid at vest either way. Holding is mathematically equivalent to taking $44,509 in after-tax cash and buying $44,509 of INTC today.
Most diversification frameworks would advise against a purchase that size in a single name; the right answer depends on your conviction in INTC. Holding past one year converts the gain to LTCG.
Sell + invest
Best payout| Vest value (shares × price) | $80,000 |
| Federal | |
| State | |
| Medicare | −$1,160 |
| Additional Medicare | −$720 |
| Market gain over 1 yr at 10.0% | $4,451 |
| Cap-gain tax on diversified gain — LTCG (federal + state + NIIT) | −$1,251 |
| Net at year 1 yr | $47,709 |
Sell every share at vest; invest the after-tax cash at the market return for 1 yr, then liquidate. Diversified — no single-stock concentration risk.
Hold 1 yr
| Vest value (shares × price) | $80,000 |
| Vest tax (federal + state + FICA) | |
| Net at year 1 yr | $42,728 |
Sold 444 shares to cover vest tax (net-settled); kept 556 shares 1 yr to qualify for long-term capital gains.
Social Security + Medicare are payroll taxes (collectively called FICA) — they apply because you're still employed at vest.
Both columns are stated in year-1 yr dollars. The sell side compounds at the market return; the hold side compounds at your single-stock expected return after a 20% volatility drag.
Estimates only. Assumes net-settled (sell-to-cover) vesting; double-trigger and pre-IPO RSUs are out of scope. Excludes multi-state moves, AMT interactions on other equity, and 83(b) elections. Not financial advice.
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Intel (INTC) is a public Semiconductors company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. IPO'd Oct 13, 1971.
Last close: $117.05 per share (as of 2026-06-17).
Equity grants at Intel typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).
Intel Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It designs, manufactures, and sells computer components such as central processing units (CPUs) and related products for business and consumer markets. Intel was the world's third-largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue in 2024 and has been included in the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue since 2007. It was one of the first companies listed on Nasdaq.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, defectors from Fairchild Semiconductor, founded the chipmaker in 1968 and built Santa Clara into the heart of Silicon Valley. The company anchors the x86 ecosystem through Core client CPUs and Xeon server parts, while pushing into Gaudi AI accelerators, discrete GPUs, and Intel Foundry Services for outside customers. Pat Gelsinger resigned in December 2024 after foundry losses widened; Lip-Bu Tan took the helm in March 2025. Washington converted part of the $8.5B CHIPS Act award into roughly 10% equity in August 2025, and Q1 2026 revenue reached $13.6B with Foundry up 16%.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · newsroom.intel.com · cnbc.com
Equity comp at Intel
- RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.
Researched 2026-05-07.
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Intel (INTC) RSUs vest as ordinary income at the price on vest day. The decision is whether to sell at vest and reinvest, or hold the shares through the 12-month LTCG cliff. This calculator runs both paths through the same after-tax math so you can compare like-for-like.
Example: 500 Intel (INTC) RSUs vesting at $117.05 per share is $58,525 of ordinary income on vest day. After roughly 32% combined federal + state + FICA (~$18,728), the post-tax share value is ~$39,797. Holding 12 months for long-term capital-gains treatment then only matters for the price change between vest and sale; the ordinary income at vest is already locked in. The calculator runs both paths through the same after-tax math.
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Intel equity questions
- Should I sell or hold my Intel RSUs at vest?
- Intel restricted stock units (RSUs) are taxed as ordinary income on their value at vest whether or not you sell. The only open decision is what to do with the shares afterward: sell at vest and reinvest, or hold past twelve months for long-term capital-gains treatment on any further gain. The calculator above runs both paths through the same after-tax math so you can compare them directly.
- Does Intel grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Intel typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- Do Intel RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. Intel restricted stock units (RSUs) use single-trigger vesting: each tranche becomes yours as it vests on schedule, taxed as ordinary income at that point, with no liquidity event required.
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