Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Shares Gap Down - Should You Sell?

Key Points

• Intel's share price gapped down from a previous close of $35.50 to an opening price of $34.52, driven by market trends and analyst rating changes.
• Citigroup reiterated a "sell" rating with a target price raised to $29.00, while other analysts provided mixed ratings, with the consensus still leaning towards a "Reduce" rating.
• Despite a revenue increase year-over-year, Intel reported a quarterly earnings miss with a loss of ($0.10) per share, highlighting ongoing financial challenges.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report)'s share price gapped down before the market opened on Monday . The stock had previously closed at $35.50, but opened at $34.52. Intel shares last traded at $34.55, with a volume of 41,373,921 shares trading hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

INTC has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup reaffirmed a "sell" rating and set a $29.00 target price (up from $24.00) on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Barclays raised their target price on Intel from $19.00 to $25.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Roth Capital reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a $30.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Finally, DZ Bank reaffirmed a "sell" rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have issued a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Intel currently has a consensus rating of "Reduce" and a consensus target price of $26.19.

Intel Price Performance

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 company has a market cap of $152.29 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.29 and a beta of 1.23. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $24.17 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.40.

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 for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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 firm had revenue of $12.86 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.88 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.02 EPS. The firm's revenue was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in Intel in the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in Intel in the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. bought a new position in Intel in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. West Branch Capital LLC bought a new position in Intel in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Investors Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna bought a new position in Intel in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. 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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