Wedbush Estimates Intel’s Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:INTC)

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Wedbush reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Intel in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 27th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now forecasts that the chip maker will post earnings per share of $0.04 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.10. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Intel’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.30 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on INTC. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $25.00 target price (down from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, October 25th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered 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. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price objective on Intel from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-seven have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $27.88.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $19.80 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $85.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.32, a P/E/G ratio of 9.72 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $21.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $22.76. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $18.51 and a fifty-two week high of $46.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In other news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total transaction of $650,000.00. Following the transaction, 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 legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.04% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Dunhill Financial LLC lifted its position in Intel by 22.6% during the 3rd 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. MKT Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Intel by 4.8% in the third quarter. MKT Advisors LLC now owns 10,762 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $241,000 after purchasing an additional 490 shares during the last quarter. Beaton Management Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 2.2% during the third quarter. Beaton Management Co. Inc. now owns 23,208 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $544,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the period. CFM Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in Intel by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. CFM Wealth Partners LLC now owns 13,114 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $263,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Everpar Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Intel by 5.1% in the 3rd quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC now owns 10,326 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $242,000 after buying an additional 504 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Intel

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.