Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Intel in a research note issued to investors on Monday, January 6th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the chip maker will earn $0.14 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Intel's current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel's Q3 2026 earnings at $0.28 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.02) by ($0.44). The company had revenue of $13.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.02 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 1.71% and a negative net margin of 29.42%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.28 EPS.
Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on INTC. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a "hold" rating and issued a $25.00 target price (down previously from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, October 25th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, November 1st. Bank of America reiterated an "underperform" rating and set a $21.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Northland Securities decreased their price target on Intel from $42.00 to $28.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a "sell" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Intel presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $30.04.
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Intel Stock Performance
NASDAQ:INTC traded down $0.13 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $19.88. The stock had a trading volume of 47,783,496 shares, compared to its average volume of 57,634,414. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. The stock has a market cap of $85.74 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.34 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.83. Intel has a 12-month low of $18.51 and a 12-month high of $50.30.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total transaction of $650,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 273,258 shares in the company, valued at $7,104,708. This represents a 8.38 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Corporate insiders own 0.04% of the company's stock.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intel
A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. America First Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter worth $25,000. Cyrus J. Lawrence LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter worth about $27,000. Fairfield Financial Advisors LTD purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter worth about $35,000. Quest Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Intel by 7,370.6% in the 3rd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 1,270 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 1,253 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the 3rd quarter worth about $34,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company's stock.
Intel Company Profile
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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.
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