Intel Stock Forecast, Price & News

Intel's stock was trading at $51.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, INTC shares have decreased by 7.2% and is now trading at $47.94.
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41 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Intel in the last year. There are currently 9 sell ratings, 17 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Intel is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 28th 2021.
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Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 22nd. The chip maker reported $1.11 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.01. The chip maker had revenue of $18.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $18.26 billion. Intel had a return on equity of 29.44% and a net margin of 28.10%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.42 earnings per share.
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Intel announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Saturday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Tuesday, December 1st. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 6th.
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Intel declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Intel issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of approx $1.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.08. The company issued revenue guidance of approx $17.40 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $17.39 billion.

41 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Intel's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate Intel's stock price to reach $57.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.6% from the stock's current price.
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Intel saw a drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 96,180,000 shares, a drop of 18.6% from the September 30th total of 118,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 34,210,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Intel include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Xilinx (XLNX), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), Cree (CREE), Inphi (IPHI) and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Intel investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T), Micron Technology (MU), The Walt Disney (DIS), Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Intel trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "INTC."

Intel's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.82%), State Street Corp (4.54%), Morgan Stanley (0.70%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.69%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.66%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.61%). Company insiders that own Intel stock include Alyssa Henry, Andy D Bryant, Frank D Yeary, George S Davis, James J Goetz, Jennifer Balliet, Kevin Thomas Mcbride, Navin Shenoy, Reed E Hundt, Robert Holmes Swan, Steven Ralph Rodgers and Venkata S M Renduchintala.
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INTC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, AJO LP, State Street Corp, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Platinum Investment Management Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, and TD Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Intel company stock in the last year include Andy D Bryant, Frank D Yeary, Kevin Thomas Mcbride, Navin Shenoy, Steven Ralph Rodgers, and Venkata S M Renduchintala.
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INTC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Morgan Stanley, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Ossiam, and Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Intel stock in the last two years include Alyssa Henry, George S Davis, James J Goetz, and Robert Holmes Swan.
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One share of INTC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.94.

Intel has a market capitalization of $196.46 billion and generates $71.97 billion in revenue each year. The chip maker earns $21.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.87 on an earnings per share basis. Intel employs 111,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Intel is www.intel.com.

Intel's mailing address is 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA, 95054. The chip maker can be reached via phone at 408-765-8080.