Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Given Average Recommendation of “Reduce” by Brokerages

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has been assigned an average rating of “Reduce” from the twenty-eight analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-two have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $22.1667.

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on INTC. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “sell” rating and set a $14.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on Intel in a research report on Wednesday, May 21st. They issued a “hold” rating and a $23.00 target price for the company. Loop Capital started coverage on Intel in a research note on Monday, July 21st. They set a “hold” rating and a $25.00 price target for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Intel from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intel

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cornerstone Advisory LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Advisory LLC now owns 9,863 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $198,000 after buying an additional 409 shares in the last quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 1.1% in the first quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 45,682 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,037,000 after buying an additional 486 shares in the last quarter. Independent Wealth Network Inc. raised its position in shares of Intel by 5.2% in the second quarter. Independent Wealth Network Inc. now owns 9,927 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $222,000 after buying an additional 490 shares in the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 23.1% in the first quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 2,614 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $59,000 after buying an additional 491 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HHM Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 6.3% in the second quarter. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,384 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $188,000 after buying an additional 497 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Stock Up 2.5%

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $24.61 on Friday. Intel has a 1 year low of $17.67 and a 1 year high of $27.55. The firm has a market cap of $107.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.16 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.24. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $22.67 and its 200-day simple moving average is $21.89.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The chip maker reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.11). The firm had revenue of $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.88 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 3.78% and a negative net margin of 38.64%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.02 earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Intel will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.