Intel Stock Forecast, Price & News

40 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Intel in the last twelve months. There are currently 11 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Intel stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in INTC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Intel saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 52,790,000 shares, a drop of 22.6% from the December 31st total of 68,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 42,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Intel is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 22nd 2021.
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Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 20th. The chip maker reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.42. Intel had a net margin of 28.10% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.44%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.52 earnings per share.
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Intel's stock was trading at $51.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, INTC shares have increased by 17.7% and is now trading at $60.78.
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Intel announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.3475 per share on Monday, March 1st. This represents a $1.39 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 4th. This is an increase from Intel's previous quarterly dividend of $0.33.
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Intel pays an annual dividend of $1.39 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.30%. Intel does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Intel is 28.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Intel will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.83% next year. This indicates that Intel will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Intel declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, October 24th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $20,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Intel issued an update on its first quarter 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.10-1.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.93. The company issued revenue guidance of $17.5-17.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.06 billion.

40 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Intel's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $86.00. On average, they anticipate Intel's stock price to reach $61.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.6% from the stock's current price.
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1,609 employees have rated Intel CEO Bob Swan on Glassdoor.com. Bob Swan has an approval rating of 85% among Intel's employees.

Some companies that are related to Intel include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Xilinx (XLNX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Cree (CREE), First Solar (FSLR), Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.62%), Northern Trust Corp (1.30%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.05%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.94%), Primecap Management Co. CA (0.80%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.72%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Northern Trust Corp, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company . Company insiders that have sold Intel company stock in the last year include Andy D Bryant, Kevin Thomas Mcbride, Navin Shenoy, Steven Ralph Rodgers, and Venkata S M Renduchintala.
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INTC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baupost Group LLC MA, Primecap Management Co. CA, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Toronto Dominion Bank, Maj Invest Holding A S, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Cibc World Markets Corp. 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 $60.78.

Intel has a market capitalization of $246.95 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 110,600 workers across the globe.

Intel was founded in 1968.

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

Intel is headquartered at 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA, 95054.

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.