Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Raised to "Hold" at Wall Street Zen

Key Points

• Intel has been upgraded by Wall Street Zen from a "sell" to a "hold" rating, reflecting a more neutral outlook on the company's performance.
• Analysts from UBS Group and Loop Capital have both set target prices for Intel at $25.00, indicating a cautiously optimistic view on the stock.
• Despite an increase in quarterly revenue to $12.86 billion, Intel reported a negative EPS of ($0.10), missing analyst consensus estimates.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note issued on Saturday.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Loop Capital assumed coverage on shares of Intel in a report on Monday, July 21st. They set a "hold" rating and a $25.00 price objective for the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on shares of Intel in a research note on Wednesday, May 21st. They issued a "hold" rating and a $23.00 target price on the stock. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 3rd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel currently has a consensus rating of "Reduce" and a consensus price target of $22.17.

Intel Price Performance

INTC stock opened at $24.08 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.24, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Intel has a 12 month low of $17.67 and a 12 month high of $27.55. The stock has a market cap of $105.40 billion, a PE ratio of -5.05 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $22.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $21.86.

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

Institutional Trading of Intel

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of INTC. V. M. Manning & CO. Inc. bought a new position in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter worth $225,000. PVG Asset Management Corp bought a new position in Intel in the second quarter worth about $231,000. Total Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the second quarter valued at about $94,000. Centaurus Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Intel by 47.5% during the 2nd quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 66,683 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $1,494,000 after acquiring an additional 21,475 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC lifted its position in Intel by 7.8% during the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 113,898 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $2,551,000 after acquiring an additional 8,194 shares during the last quarter. 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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