Intel’s (INTC) “Hold” Rating Reiterated at Needham & Company LLC

Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed their hold rating on shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) in a research report report published on Friday,Benzinga reports.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Intel from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. New Street Research raised their target price on shares of Intel from $23.00 to $32.00 in a report on Friday, September 19th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $29.00 price target (up previously from $24.00) on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, September 19th. DZ Bank reaffirmed a “sell” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Finally, Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Intel from $23.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have given a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Intel presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $33.65.

Intel Price Performance

INTC stock opened at $38.28 on Friday. Intel has a 52 week low of $17.67 and a 52 week high of $41.12. 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 company has a fifty day simple moving average of $30.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $167.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,831.83 and a beta of 1.33.

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

Institutional Trading of Intel

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Intel by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 385,903,735 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $8,644,244,000 after purchasing an additional 8,513,298 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in Intel by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 203,617,629 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $4,561,035,000 after purchasing an additional 3,168,824 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Intel by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 97,563,079 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,174,854,000 after purchasing an additional 1,760,773 shares during the last quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA grew its position in Intel by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 80,298,180 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,798,679,000 after purchasing an additional 3,313,890 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,579,378,000. 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.