Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Given Average Rating of "Reduce" by Analysts

Key Points

• Intel Corporation has received an average rating of "Reduce" from analysts, with eight sell ratings, twenty-four hold ratings, and two buy ratings.
• The company's stock price target has seen several adjustments, with TD Cowen raising it from $35.00 to $38.00 and Roth Capital from $30.00 to $40.00.
• Intel's recent earnings report showed a net revenue of $13.65 billion for the quarter, surpassing analyst estimates of $13.10 billion.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) has received an average rating of "Reduce" from the thirty-four brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-four have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $33.0963.

INTC has been the subject of several research reports. TD Cowen upped their price target on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday. Roth Capital upped their price target on shares of Intel from $30.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday. Cowen reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $38.28 on Friday. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $17.67 and a fifty-two week high of $41.12. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $30.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.24. The firm has a market cap of $167.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,831.83 and a beta of 1.33.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter. Intel had a negative return on equity of 0.77% and a net margin of 0.37%.The business had revenue of $13.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.46) EPS. Intel's revenue was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Intel will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Westbourne Investments Inc. increased its position in shares of Intel by 319.4% during the 1st quarter. Westbourne Investments Inc. now owns 71,425 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $1,622,000 after purchasing an additional 54,395 shares during the last quarter. Pacific Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of Intel during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,593,000. First Bancorp Inc ME bought a new position in shares of Intel during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $207,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS grew its stake in shares of Intel by 6.4% during the 2nd quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 1,558,908 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $34,920,000 after acquiring an additional 93,900 shares during the period. Finally, LBP AM SA grew its stake in shares of Intel by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. LBP AM SA now owns 734,813 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $16,460,000 after acquiring an additional 13,248 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company's stock.

About Intel

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.

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