UBS Group Raises Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Price Target to $40.00

Key Points

• UBS Group has raised its price target for Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) from $35.00 to $40.00, reflecting a potential upside of 7.05% from the stock's previous close, with a current "neutral" rating.
• Other brokerages have also adjusted their ratings, with Benchmark upgrading Intel from "hold" to "buy," setting a price target of $43.00, while the consensus average target price remains at $26.40.
• Intel's stock has increased by 1.5% recently, trading at $37.37, following a quarterly earnings report that missed consensus estimates but showed a revenue increase from the previous year.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) had its price target increased by equities research analysts at UBS Group from $35.00 to $40.00 in a research note issued to investors on Monday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a "neutral" rating on the chip maker's stock. UBS Group's price objective indicates a potential upside of 7.05% from the stock's previous close.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on INTC. New Street Research lifted their target price on Intel from $23.00 to $32.00 in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Erste Group Bank raised Intel from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, September 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Benchmark raised Intel from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $43.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, September 19th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on Intel from $23.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have issued a Hold rating and six have issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Intel presently has an average rating of "Reduce" and an average target price of $26.40.

Intel Stock Up 1.5%

INTC stock traded up $0.54 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $37.37. The company had a trading volume of 61,100,795 shares, compared to its average volume of 102,869,078. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $25.47 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $22.78. The company has a market capitalization of $163.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.84 and a beta of 1.33. Intel has a 52 week low of $17.67 and a 52 week high of $38.68.

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 analysts' consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.11). The company had revenue of $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.88 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 38.64% and a negative return on equity of 3.78%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.02 earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Intel will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in INTC. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. West Branch Capital LLC acquired a new position in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Investors Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna acquired a new position in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company's stock.

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.

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