Zacks Research Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for Intel

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for Intel in a research report issued on Monday, January 6th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the chip maker will post earnings of $0.14 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.28 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “hold” rating and set a $25.00 price objective (down previously from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, October 25th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Bank of America reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and issued a $21.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Northland Securities cut their target price on shares of Intel from $42.00 to $28.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Intel currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $30.04.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $19.88 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $85.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.34 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $22.12 and a 200 day moving average price of $23.83. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $18.51 and a fifty-two week high of $50.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted 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). Intel had a negative return on equity of 1.71% and a negative net margin of 29.42%. The business had revenue of $13.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.02 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Transactions at Intel

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. InvesTrust purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the 4th quarter worth $3,696,000. Diversified Trust Co lifted its position in shares of Intel by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 83,791 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,680,000 after buying an additional 1,445 shares during the last quarter. Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 23.9% in the 4th quarter. Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. now owns 67,910 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,361,000 after buying an additional 13,095 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its position in shares of Intel by 6.0% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 349,657 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $7,028,000 after buying an additional 19,895 shares during the last quarter. Finally, General Partner Inc. raised its stake in shares of Intel by 6.5% during the 4th quarter. General Partner Inc. now owns 12,366 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $248,000 after acquiring an additional 750 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.