Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Rating Upgraded by Wall Street Zen

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report issued on Saturday.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on INTC. Citigroup reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a $14.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $22.17.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of Intel stock opened at $24.08 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $105.40 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.05 and a beta of 1.23. Intel has a 52 week low of $17.67 and a 52 week high of $27.55. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $22.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $21.86.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The chip maker reported ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.11). The company had revenue of $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.88 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 3.78% and a negative net margin of 38.64%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.02 EPS. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Intel will post -0.11 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in Intel during the first quarter worth $25,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the first quarter worth about $25,000. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. purchased a new position in Intel in the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. Finally, West Branch Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Intel in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other 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.