Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Reduce” from Analysts

Shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) have received an average rating of “Reduce” from the thirty-one ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-four have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $26.1875.

A number of research firms recently commented on INTC. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price objective on Intel from $26.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, September 19th. Erste Group Bank raised Intel from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Citigroup reissued a “sell” rating and set a $29.00 price objective (up from $24.00) on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 3rd.

Intel Trading Down 2.9%

Shares of INTC stock opened at $34.48 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.24, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Intel has a twelve month low of $17.67 and a twelve month high of $36.30. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $24.40 and its 200-day moving average price is $22.47. The stock has a market cap of $150.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.23 and a beta of 1.23.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 24th. The chip maker reported ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.01 by ($0.11). The firm had revenue of $12.86 billion for 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%.Intel’s revenue for the quarter was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous 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 predict that Intel will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in Intel by 6.4% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,148,591 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $25,728,000 after purchasing an additional 68,928 shares during the period. Caldwell Trust Co purchased a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $373,000. V. M. Manning & CO. Inc. acquired a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $225,000. PVG Asset Management Corp purchased a new position in Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $231,000. Finally, Total Investment Management Inc. purchased a new position in Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $94,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

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.