Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Outlook for Intel Earnings

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Intel in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, June 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the chip maker will post earnings per share of ($0.09) for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of ($0.08). The consensus estimate for Intel's current full-year earnings is ($0.11) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel's Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.05) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.02) EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.10 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on INTC. Cfra Research upgraded shares of Intel to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, April 25th. Wedbush cut their price target on shares of Intel from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Needham & Company LLC restated a "hold" rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, April 25th. Cantor Fitzgerald cut their target price on Intel from $29.00 to $20.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Intel from $23.00 to $20.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $21.57.

Intel Stock Up 3.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC traded up $0.69 on Monday, hitting $21.49. 94,046,448 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 84,103,678. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 1.31. Intel has a 1-year low of $17.67 and a 1-year high of $37.16. The company has a market capitalization of $93.74 billion, a PE ratio of -4.80 and a beta of 1.12. The firm's 50-day moving average is $20.47 and its 200 day moving average is $21.10.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The chip maker reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $12.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.26 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 36.19% and a negative return on equity of 3.15%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.18 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 377,390,437 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $8,570,537,000 after buying an additional 8,291,233 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Intel by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 95,488,444 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $1,909,761,000 after acquiring an additional 2,978,346 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its stake in shares of Intel by 8.2% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 63,263,339 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $1,268,430,000 after purchasing an additional 4,793,927 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,246,569,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in shares of Intel by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 45,969,843 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $1,043,975,000 after purchasing an additional 158,288 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other 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.