Raymond James Financial Initiates Coverage on Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)

Research analysts at Raymond James Financial began coverage on shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) in a note issued to investors on Friday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The brokerage set a “market perform” rating on the chip maker’s stock.

INTC has been the topic of several other reports. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $14.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price target on shares of Intel from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of Intel from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. Loop Capital boosted their price objective on Intel from $25.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Northland Securities upped their target price on Intel from $28.00 to $42.00 in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Two investment 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, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $34.84.

Intel Stock Performance

INTC opened at $34.50 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. Intel has a 12-month low of $17.67 and a 12-month high of $42.48. The business has a 50 day moving average of $35.63 and a 200-day moving average of $26.84. The stock has a market cap of $164.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,453.45 and a beta of 1.31.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.46) EPS. The firm’s 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. On average, equities research analysts expect that Intel will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in Intel in the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Intel in the first quarter worth $25,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. acquired a new position in Intel in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. West Branch Capital LLC bought a new stake in Intel during the second quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Investors Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna bought a new stake in Intel during the second quarter worth about $28,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by 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.