Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Receives $26.19 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has earned a consensus rating of “Reduce” from the thirty-one research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-four have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $26.1875.

Several brokerages have issued reports on INTC. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Intel from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 13th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Thursday. Loop Capital began coverage on shares of Intel in a research note on Monday, July 21st. They set a “hold” rating and a $25.00 target price on the stock. Erste Group Bank raised shares of Intel from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $26.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, September 19th.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $37.30 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $25.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $22.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Intel has a 12-month low of $17.67 and a 12-month high of $37.57. The company has a market cap of $163.26 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.82 and a beta of 1.33.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intel

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of INTC. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its holdings in shares of Intel by 19.9% during the 1st quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 6,693 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $152,000 after acquiring an additional 1,110 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in Intel by 1,982.3% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 321,937 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $73,110,000 after purchasing an additional 306,476 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Intel by 1.7% in the first quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 39,923 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $907,000 after purchasing an additional 651 shares in the last quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department bought a new stake in Intel in the first quarter worth $418,000. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in Intel by 114,936.4% in the first quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 12,654 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $287,000 after purchasing an additional 12,643 shares in the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.