Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Shares Down 4.2% – What’s Next?

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s share price dropped 4.2% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $33.48 and last traded at $33.62. Approximately 94,274,142 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 8% from the average daily volume of 102,652,172 shares. The stock had previously closed at $35.11.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. DZ Bank reissued a “sell” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, October 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Intel from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 13th. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Intel from $23.00 to $41.10 in a report on Friday, October 24th. Benchmark raised their price target on Intel from $43.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Intel from $21.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have given a Hold rating and eight have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $34.84.

Intel Trading Down 4.2%

The company has a quick ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The business’s fifty day moving average is $35.42 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.69. The firm has a market cap of $160.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,365.37 and a beta of 1.31.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $13.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.10 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 0.75% and a net margin of 0.37%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.46) EPS. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Insight Advisors LLC PA boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Insight Advisors LLC PA now owns 58,521 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,963,000 after purchasing an additional 275 shares during the last quarter. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Intel by 1.4% in the third quarter. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. now owns 20,906 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $701,000 after buying an additional 279 shares during the period. Integrated Advisors Network LLC boosted its stake in Intel by 3.1% in the third quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC now owns 9,750 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $327,000 after acquiring an additional 290 shares during the last quarter. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Intel by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC now owns 71,772 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,408,000 after acquiring an additional 295 shares during the period. Finally, Investors Research Corp grew its holdings in Intel by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 40,597 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,362,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.