Analysts Set Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Price Target at $22.17

Key Points

• Intel Corporation has received an average rating of "Reduce" from 28 analysts, with five recommending a sell and one suggesting a buy, indicating cautious sentiment towards the stock.
• In the latest quarterly earnings report, Intel missed EPS estimates with a reported ($0.10), although its revenue increased by 0.5% year-over-year, reaching $12.86 billion.
• Hedge funds and institutional investors currently hold 64.53% of Intel's shares, with several firms increasing their stakes in the company recently.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) has been given a consensus rating of "Reduce" by the twenty-eight brokerages that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-two have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $22.1667.

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a "market perform" rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Intel from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a "sell" rating and set a $14.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Citigroup reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Algert Global LLC purchased a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter worth about $353,000. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter valued at $749,000. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in Intel by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 306,867 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $6,153,000 after purchasing an additional 5,061 shares during the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 21,741 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $436,000 after acquiring an additional 558 shares during the period. Finally, Eagle Global Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel during the 4th quarter worth about $613,000. 64.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Intel Price Performance

Intel stock traded down $0.12 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $24.49. The company's stock had a trading volume of 55,699,848 shares, compared to its average volume of 127,681,256. Intel has a twelve month low of $17.67 and a twelve month high of $27.55. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $22.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $21.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $107.19 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.13 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The chip maker reported ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.11). Intel had a negative return on equity of 3.78% and a negative net margin of 38.64%.The company had revenue of $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.88 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.02 earnings per share. Intel's revenue for the quarter was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Intel will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current year.

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.