Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Issues Earnings Results

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, Briefing.com reports. The company had revenue of $13.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.10 billion. Intel had a net margin of 0.37% and a negative return on equity of 0.77%. Intel’s quarterly revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.46) EPS. Intel updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 0.080-0.080 EPS.

Intel Trading Up 0.3%

INTC opened at $38.28 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Intel has a 52 week low of $17.67 and a 52 week high of $41.12. The firm has a market cap of $167.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,831.83 and a beta of 1.33. The business’s 50 day moving average is $30.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is $24.32.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Intel from $30.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $14.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Intel from $39.00 to $41.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have issued a Hold rating and eight have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $33.10.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 3.5% in the 2nd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 39,445 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $895,000 after purchasing an additional 1,344 shares during the last quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL boosted its position in Intel by 12.3% during the second quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 13,737 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $308,000 after purchasing an additional 1,508 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Intel by 0.6% during the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 306,185 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $6,857,000 after purchasing an additional 1,755 shares during the last quarter. Vista Capital Partners Inc. lifted its position in shares of Intel by 15.9% in the second quarter. Vista Capital Partners Inc. now owns 22,984 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $515,000 after buying an additional 3,148 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Orbis Allan Gray Ltd increased its stake in shares of Intel by 1.0% in the second quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 643,359 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $14,411,000 after purchasing an additional 6,437 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

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.