Zacks Research Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for Intel

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Intel in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, November 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the chip maker will earn $0.07 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.11) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel’s Q1 2027 earnings at $0.00 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.20 EPS.

INTC has been the subject of several other reports. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on Intel from $14.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their target price on Intel from $19.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Wedbush raised their price objective on Intel from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Intel from $23.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Hold rating and eight have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $34.84.

Intel Stock Performance

Intel stock opened at $34.71 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $34.84 and a 200-day moving average of $26.48. The company has a market capitalization of $165.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,474.47 and a beta of 1.31. Intel has a 1 year low of $17.67 and a 1 year high of $42.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.25.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Intel had a negative return on equity of 0.75% and a net margin of 0.37%.The business had revenue of $13.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.10 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.46) EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Corundum Trust Company INC bought a new stake in Intel in the third quarter valued at $29,000. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Intel by 89.2% in the 3rd quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 446 shares in the last quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Intel during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $34,000. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC bought a new position in Intel in the third quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, HFM Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Intel in the first quarter valued at approximately $25,000. 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.