Zacks Research Brokers Reduce Earnings Estimates for Intel

Key Points

• Zacks Research has lowered its Q1 2027 earnings estimate for Intel to $0.02 per share, down from $0.08, reflecting a pessimistic outlook.
• The consensus estimate for Intel's full-year earnings currently stands at (-0.11) per share, indicating ongoing financial struggles.
• While the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold", recent price objectives from various analysts vary, with targets ranging from $19.00 to $25.00.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) - Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Intel in a note issued to investors on Thursday, August 14th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the chip maker will post earnings per share of $0.02 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.08. The consensus estimate for Intel's current full-year earnings is ($0.11) per share.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.88 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 38.64% and a negative return on equity of 3.78%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.02 EPS. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Wedbush lowered their price objective on Intel from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. UBS Group upped their price target on Intel from $21.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on Intel from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Intel from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Benchmark reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, July 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have given a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel currently has a consensus rating of "Reduce" and a consensus price target of $22.17.

Intel Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ INTC traded down $0.2260 during trading on Monday, hitting $23.3140. 45,762,067 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 98,373,211. Intel has a 12-month low of $17.67 and a 12-month high of $27.55. 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 fifty day moving average price of $22.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $21.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $102.05 billion, a PE ratio of -4.89 and a beta of 1.22.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intel

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Freestone Grove Partners LP purchased a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth about $62,654,000. Toronto Dominion Bank lifted its position in Intel by 286.8% during the fourth quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 10,529,354 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $211,114,000 after buying an additional 7,806,882 shares during the period. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Intel by 124.9% during the first quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 127,916 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $2,905,000 after buying an additional 71,049 shares during the period. Alteri Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth about $2,379,000. Finally, Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 120.7% in the 4th quarter. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd now owns 64,000 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $1,282,000 after purchasing an additional 35,000 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.