What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for Intel FY2025 Earnings?

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Zacks Research reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Intel in a research note issued on Monday, December 9th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the chip maker will earn $0.22 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.26. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.12 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.30 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS.

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 analyst estimates 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 for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share.

INTC has been the topic of a number of other research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on shares of Intel from $27.00 to $25.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 3rd. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on shares of Intel from $20.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reissued 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. Six analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $30.04.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $20.34 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $23.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $25.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $87.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.49 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. Intel has a 52-week low of $18.51 and a 52-week high of $51.28.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of INTC. America First Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Intel during the second quarter valued at about $25,000. Cyrus J. Lawrence LLC acquired a new position in shares of Intel during the 2nd quarter worth about $27,000. Quest Partners LLC boosted its stake in Intel by 7,370.6% during 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 during the period. Spartan Fund Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Financial Connections Group Inc. bought a new position in Intel in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Intel news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total transaction of $650,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 273,258 shares in the company, valued at $7,104,708. This trade represents a 8.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 0.04% 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.