Zacks Research Has Pessimistic View of Intel FY2025 Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) - Zacks Research decreased their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Intel in a research note issued to investors on Monday, December 9th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the chip maker will post earnings per share of $0.22 for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.26. The consensus estimate for Intel's current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.12 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.30 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on shares of Intel from $27.00 to $25.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. Truist Financial lifted their target price on Intel from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "hold" rating and issued a $25.00 price target (down previously from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, October 25th. TD Cowen raised Intel to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, September 16th. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, November 1st. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $30.04.

Intel Price Performance

INTC traded up $0.66 on Thursday, reaching $20.78. The stock had a trading volume of 76,590,550 shares, compared to its average volume of 61,606,992. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $23.19 and a 200-day moving average of $25.33. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $18.51 and a fifty-two week high of $51.28. The company has a market capitalization of $89.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.56 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by ($0.44). The firm had revenue of $13.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.02 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 1.71% and a negative net margin of 29.42%. The business's revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.28 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Retirement Systems of Alabama grew its position in Intel by 0.8% during the third quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 946,906 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $22,214,000 after acquiring an additional 7,857 shares during the last quarter. Denver PWM LLC boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 752.1% during the third quarter. Denver PWM LLC now owns 26,425 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $620,000 after purchasing an additional 23,324 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 59.6% during the third quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 42,990 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $1,009,000 after purchasing an additional 16,046 shares during the period. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 7.3% during the third quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 9,076 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $213,000 after purchasing an additional 615 shares during the period. Finally, Advisory Resource Group boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 6.7% during the third quarter. Advisory Resource Group now owns 16,579 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $389,000 after purchasing an additional 1,034 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total transaction of $650,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 273,258 shares in the company, valued at $7,104,708. This trade represents a 8.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.04% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Intel Company Profile

Intel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computing and related products and services worldwide. It operates through Client Computing Group, Data Center and AI, Network and Edge, Mobileye, and Intel Foundry Services segments. The company's products portfolio comprises central processing units and chipsets, system-on-chips (SoCs), and multichip packages; mobile and desktop processors; hardware products comprising graphics processing units (GPUs), domain-specific accelerators, and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); and memory and storage, connectivity and networking, and other semiconductor products.