Wedbush Issues Pessimistic Outlook for Intel Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Wedbush reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Intel in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 27th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now expects that the chip maker will post earnings of $0.04 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.10. The consensus estimate for Intel's current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Intel's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.30 EPS.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.02) by ($0.44). Intel had a negative return on equity of 1.71% and a negative net margin of 29.42%. The firm had revenue of $13.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.28 EPS. The business's revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on INTC. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "hold" rating and issued a $25.00 price objective (down previously from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, October 25th. UBS Group decreased their price objective on Intel from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. HSBC raised Intel from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price target on Intel from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-seven have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $27.88.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of INTC stock traded down $0.49 on Tuesday, hitting $19.80. The company had a trading volume of 73,195,542 shares, compared to its average volume of 68,301,586. The firm has a market cap of $85.40 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.72 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $21.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $22.76. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. Intel has a twelve month low of $18.51 and a twelve month high of $46.63.

Insider Activity at Intel

In related news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total value of $650,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 273,258 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,104,708. This represents a 8.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 0.04% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quest Partners LLC lifted its stake in Intel by 7,370.6% during the third quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 1,270 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 1,253 shares in the last quarter. Finley Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Keystone Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the third quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Capital Performance Advisors LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the third quarter valued at $36,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.