Wedbush Issues Negative Estimate for Intel Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTCFree Report) – Investment analysts at Wedbush cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Intel in a research note issued on Monday, January 27th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now forecasts that the chip maker will post earnings per share of $0.04 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:INTCGet Free Report) last announced 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). The business had revenue of $13.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.02 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 29.42% and a negative return on equity of 1.71%. The firm’s revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.28 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on INTC. Mizuho cut their price target on shares of Intel from $23.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 10th. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Bank of America reissued an “underperform” rating and set a $21.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “hold” rating and set a $25.00 target price (down from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price target on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-seven have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $27.88.

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Intel Stock Performance

NASDAQ INTC opened at $19.77 on Tuesday. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $18.51 and a fifty-two week high of $46.63. The company has a market cap of $85.25 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.31, a P/E/G ratio of 9.72 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $21.06 and its 200-day moving average price is $22.65.

Insider Activity at Intel

In related 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 value of $650,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now 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 filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.04% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Finley Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel during the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Keystone Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Intel during the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Quest Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Intel by 7,370.6% in the third quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 1,270 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 1,253 shares during the last quarter. West Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Intel in the 4th quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Groupama Asset Managment increased its position in Intel by 6.3% in the 3rd quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 137,181 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 8,084 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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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