Zacks Research Issues Negative Forecast for Intel Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Intel in a research report issued on Monday, December 9th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the chip maker will post earnings of $0.15 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.16. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by ($0.44). The company had revenue of $13.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.02 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 29.42% and a negative return on equity of 1.71%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.28 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on INTC. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price target on shares of Intel from $27.00 to $25.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “sell” rating and issued a $17.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. TD Cowen upgraded Intel to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 16th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on Intel from $20.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Bank of America reissued an “underperform” rating and set a $21.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $30.04.

Intel Stock Up 3.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $20.78 on Wednesday. Intel has a 52-week low of $18.51 and a 52-week high of $51.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31. The stock has a market cap of $89.62 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.59 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $23.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $25.33.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In other Intel news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total value of $650,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 273,258 shares in the company, valued at $7,104,708. This represents a 8.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Corporate insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in INTC. Key Financial Inc boosted its position in Intel by 4.1% during the second quarter. Key Financial Inc now owns 8,685 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $269,000 after purchasing an additional 340 shares during the period. W.G. Shaheen & Associates DBA Whitney & Co boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. W.G. Shaheen & Associates DBA Whitney & Co now owns 24,779 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $767,000 after buying an additional 348 shares during the period. Cidel Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Intel by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Cidel Asset Management Inc. now owns 64,589 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,000,000 after acquiring an additional 381 shares during the period. Everpar Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Intel by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC now owns 9,822 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $304,000 after acquiring an additional 435 shares during the period. Finally, Dunhill Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 22.6% during the third quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC now owns 2,380 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $56,000 after acquiring an additional 438 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.