Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Intel Q2 Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Intel in a research note issued on Thursday, November 7th. Roth Capital analyst S. Desilva now anticipates that the chip maker will post earnings of $0.02 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.04. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.83) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Intel’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their price target on Intel from $40.00 to $27.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Barclays decreased their price target on Intel from $40.00 to $25.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a $17.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Wedbush decreased their price target on Intel from $32.50 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $30.12.

Intel Stock Down 0.1 %

INTC stock opened at $26.20 on Monday. Intel has a 12-month low of $18.51 and a 12-month high of $51.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $26.61.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by ($0.44). The business had revenue of $13.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.02 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 29.42% and a negative return on equity of 1.71%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.28 earnings per share.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Intel

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of INTC. William B. Walkup & Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in Intel during the second quarter valued at about $2,178,000. Fortis Group Advisors LLC grew its position in Intel by 1,052.9% during the third quarter. Fortis Group Advisors LLC now owns 172,996 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $4,058,000 after acquiring an additional 157,991 shares during the last quarter. Private Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the third quarter valued at approximately $8,045,000. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 1,110.8% during the third quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 49,522 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,162,000 after purchasing an additional 45,432 shares during the period. Finally, Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Inc. lifted its stake in Intel by 21.1% in the third quarter. Sanibel Captiva Trust Company Inc. now owns 279,591 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $6,559,000 after acquiring an additional 48,765 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

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.