NASDAQ:INTC - Intel Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Intel announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Sunday, March 1st. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. This is a boost from Intel's previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. View Intel's Dividend History.

Intel declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 8.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The chip maker reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.27. The chip maker had revenue of $20.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.23 billion. Intel had a return on equity of 29.01% and a net margin of 29.25%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.28 earnings per share. View Intel's Earnings History.

Intel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Intel.

Intel issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.65. The company issued revenue guidance of $73.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $72.15 billion.

36 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Intel's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect Intel's stock price to reach $65.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Intel.

36 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Intel in the last year. There are currently 8 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Intel.

News stories about INTC stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Intel earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the chip maker a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Intel.

Intel saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 55,760,000 shares, a drop of 5.2% from the January 15th total of 58,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 21,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Intel's Current Options Chain.

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), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), Cree (CREE) and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Intel investors own include Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Netflix (NFLX).

Intel's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.53%), Capital International Investors (3.33%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.61%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.34%), Capital World Investors (0.99%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.89%). Company insiders that own Intel stock include Alyssa Henry, Andy D Bryant, Brian M Krzanich, 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. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Intel.

INTC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Capital Research Global Investors, Alliancebernstein L.P., MUFG Securities EMEA plc, AJO LP, State Street Corp and Levin Easterly Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Intel company stock in the last year include Andy D Bryant, Frank D Yeary, Jennifer Balliet, Kevin Thomas Mcbride, Navin Shenoy, Reed E Hundt, Steven Ralph Rodgers and Venkata S M Renduchintala. View Insider Buying and Selling for Intel.

INTC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, FIL Ltd, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Valueworks LLC, Capital International Investors, Acadian Asset Management LLC and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. 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. View Insider Buying and Selling for Intel.

Shares of INTC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of INTC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.21.

Intel has a market capitalization of $266.07 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 110,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Intel.

The official website for Intel is http://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.