Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Price Down 1.2% – What’s Next?

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s share price dropped 1.2% on Monday . The company traded as low as $39.05 and last traded at $39.50. Approximately 59,972,575 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 42% from the average daily volume of 104,247,281 shares. The stock had previously closed at $39.99.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

INTC has been the topic of a number of research reports. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $23.00 to $41.10 in a report on Friday, October 24th. Roth Capital boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $30.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Susquehanna boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $31.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. HSBC boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $24.00 to $26.00 in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have given a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Intel currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $34.18.

Intel Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $172.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,953.95 and a beta of 1.33. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $32.01 and its 200 day moving average is $25.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 EPS 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 net margin of 0.37% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. The firm’s revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.46) EPS. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. boosted its position in Intel by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. now owns 20,906 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $701,000 after buying an additional 279 shares during the period. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Intel by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC now owns 71,772 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,408,000 after buying an additional 295 shares during the period. Investors Research Corp boosted its position in Intel by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 40,597 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,362,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the period. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in Intel by 27.1% in the 3rd quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,406 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the period. Finally, First Interstate Bank boosted its position in Intel by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. First Interstate Bank now owns 17,550 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $589,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.