Zacks Research Predicts Intel’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:INTC)

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Intel in a research report issued on Wednesday, June 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the chip maker will post earnings of ($0.09) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.08). The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.11) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.05) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.02) EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.10 EPS.

INTC has been the subject of several other research reports. Barclays reiterated a “reduce” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their target price on Intel from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 25th. Seaport Res Ptn raised Intel to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Mizuho reduced their target price on Intel from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 25th. Finally, Susquehanna reduced their target price on Intel from $24.00 to $22.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $21.57.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of INTC stock opened at $20.14 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.33. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $17.67 and a fifty-two week high of $37.16. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $20.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $21.12. The company has a market capitalization of $87.85 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.60 and a beta of 1.12.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 24th. The chip maker reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.12. Intel had a negative return on equity of 3.27% and a negative net margin of 35.32%. The firm had revenue of $12.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.26 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.18 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of INTC. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter worth about $1,246,569,000. Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in Intel in the first quarter worth about $538,430,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in Intel by 99.8% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 29,829,385 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $677,426,000 after buying an additional 14,901,457 shares during the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP purchased a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter worth about $289,752,000. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP purchased a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter worth about $237,457,000. 64.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.