Wedbush Has Negative Outlook for Intel FY2025 Earnings

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) – Research analysts at Wedbush lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Intel in a report released on Wednesday, October 22nd. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now expects that the chip maker will post earnings of ($0.49) per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of ($0.48). Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $20.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.11) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Intel’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.13) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.07) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.04) EPS.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $13.65 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.10 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 38.64% and a negative return on equity of 3.78%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.46) EPS. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $23.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, October 13th. Northland Securities boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $28.00 to $42.00 in a report on Friday, September 19th. Roth Capital reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $30.00 price target on shares of Intel in a report on Thursday, September 18th. HSBC reissued a “reduce” rating and issued a $24.00 price target (up from $21.25) on shares of Intel in a report on Tuesday, October 7th. Finally, New Street Research boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $23.00 to $32.00 in a report on Friday, September 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have given a Hold rating and seven have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $29.26.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $38.16 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $30.10 and its 200 day moving average is $24.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.24. The company has a market capitalization of $167.03 billion, a P/E ratio of -8.00 and a beta of 1.33. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $17.67 and a fifty-two week high of $39.65.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in Intel in the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the first quarter valued at about $25,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the first quarter valued at about $27,000. West Branch Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Investors Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by 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.