Zacks Research Has Pessimistic View of Intel FY2025 Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Zacks Research lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for Intel in a research note issued on Monday, December 9th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the chip maker will post earnings per share of $0.22 for the year, down from their previous 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 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.02) by ($0.44). The firm had revenue of $13.30 billion for 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 business’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share.

INTC has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. TD Cowen upgraded Intel to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 16th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, November 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased 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. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $25.00 price objective (down from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $30.04.

Intel Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of Intel stock opened at $20.34 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $23.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $25.30. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.73 billion, a PE ratio of -5.49 and a beta of 1.05. Intel has a 52-week low of $18.51 and a 52-week 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.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Intel 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 transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 273,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,104,708. This trade represents a 8.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. America First Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Intel in the second quarter valued at about $25,000. Cyrus J. Lawrence LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at about $27,000. Quest Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 7,370.6% in the 3rd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 1,270 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 1,253 shares during the period. Spartan Fund Management Inc. bought a new position in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Financial Connections Group Inc. acquired a new position in Intel during the second quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

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.