Research Analysts Set Expectations for Intel FY2025 Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Equities research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Intel in a report released on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C. Muse anticipates that the chip maker will earn $0.18 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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 business’s revenue 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.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Barclays lowered their price objective on Intel from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Truist Financial raised their price target on Intel from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Northland Securities cut their target price on Intel from $42.00 to $28.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 1st. 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $28.81.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $21.86 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $21.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.12. Intel has a 1-year low of $18.51 and a 1-year high of $50.30. The firm has a market cap of $94.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.59 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intel

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in INTC. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in Intel by 7.3% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 18,455 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $370,000 after purchasing an additional 1,253 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its stake in shares of Intel by 169.6% during the fourth quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,527,098 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $30,618,000 after purchasing an additional 960,585 shares during the period. R Squared Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Intel during the fourth quarter worth $123,000. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Intel by 52.2% during the 4th quarter. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC now owns 38,499 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $772,000 after purchasing an additional 13,197 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Orca Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Intel during the 4th quarter worth $1,329,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

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

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.