Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.000-0.000 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.090. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.7 billion-$12.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.9 billion.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently commented on INTC shares. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “hold” rating and set a $25.00 target price (down previously from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, October 25th. UBS Group cut their target price on Intel from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “sell” rating and set a $20.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research note on Thursday. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Intel from $20.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their target price 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. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-seven have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $28.00.

Intel Trading Up 1.3 %

Shares of INTC traded up $0.26 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $20.01. The company had a trading volume of 101,156,175 shares, compared to its average volume of 70,822,969. Intel has a 52-week low of $18.51 and a 52-week high of $46.63. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $20.97 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.63. The firm has a market cap of $86.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.38, a P/E/G ratio of 9.72 and a beta of 1.07.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The chip maker reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.14). Intel had a negative net margin of 29.42% and a negative return on equity of 1.71%. On average, research analysts predict that Intel will post -0.87 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Intel

In other Intel news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 273,258 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,104,708. The trade was a 8.38 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.04% 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.