Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Price Down 1.2% – What’s Next?

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s stock price was down 1.2% during trading on Monday . The company traded as low as $39.05 and last traded at $39.50. Approximately 59,972,575 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 42% from the average daily volume of 104,247,281 shares. The stock had previously closed at $39.99.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on INTC shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $23.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Susquehanna lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $31.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $36.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Finally, HSBC lifted their price target on shares of Intel from $24.00 to $26.00 in a research note on Friday, October 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $34.18.

Intel Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The business’s 50 day moving average is $32.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is $25.14. The company has a market cap of $172.89 billion, a PE ratio of 3,953.95 and a beta of 1.33.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $13.65 billion for 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 0.75%. Intel’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned ($0.46) EPS. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. lifted its stake in Intel by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. now owns 20,906 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $701,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Intel by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC now owns 71,772 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,408,000 after purchasing an additional 295 shares in the last quarter. Investors Research Corp lifted its stake in Intel by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 40,597 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,362,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Intel by 27.1% in the 3rd quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,406 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $47,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Interstate Bank lifted its stake in Intel by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. First Interstate Bank now owns 17,550 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $589,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.