Wedbush Issues Negative Estimate for Intel Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) - Wedbush cut their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Intel in a report issued on Wednesday, April 23rd. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now expects that the chip maker will post earnings of $0.05 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.07. Wedbush currently has a "Neutral" rating and a $19.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Intel's current full-year earnings is ($0.11) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Intel's FY2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also commented on INTC. Mizuho decreased their target price on Intel from $23.00 to $21.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $21.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 31st. Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 31st. Roth Mkm decreased their price target on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $20.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Barclays reiterated a "reduce" rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-seven have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $23.43.

Intel Stock Up 5.4 %

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $20.57 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $22.11 and a 200 day simple moving average of $21.90. Intel has a one year low of $17.67 and a one year high of $37.16. The company has a market capitalization of $89.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.70 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.33.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The chip maker reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.14). Intel had a negative net margin of 35.32% and a negative return on equity of 3.27%.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. PDS Planning Inc increased its position in shares of Intel by 64.2% in the first quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 18,433 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $419,000 after acquiring an additional 7,206 shares in the last quarter. Baugh & Associates LLC boosted its stake in Intel by 70.5% in the 1st quarter. Baugh & Associates LLC now owns 218,372 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $4,741,000 after purchasing an additional 90,289 shares during the period. Western Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Intel by 57.6% during the 1st quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 21,207 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $482,000 after purchasing an additional 7,750 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its stake in Intel by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,552,139 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $35,249,000 after purchasing an additional 25,041 shares during the period. Finally, Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the first quarter valued at $218,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.

This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate reporting. This story was reviewed by MarketBeat's editorial team prior to publication. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.