Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Price Down 3.4% – Time to Sell?

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s share price dropped 3.4% on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $35.97 and last traded at $36.05. Approximately 51,217,362 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 49% from the average daily volume of 101,250,477 shares. The stock had previously closed at $37.31.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Barclays lifted their price objective on Intel from $25.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $36.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. DZ Bank reiterated a “sell” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Monday. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Intel from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have assigned a Hold rating and eight have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel presently has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $34.84.

Intel Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $38.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $29.08. The company has a market capitalization of $172.21 billion, a PE ratio of 3,608.61 and a beta of 1.34.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter. Intel had a net margin of 0.37% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. The firm had revenue of $13.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.10 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($0.46) EPS. The company’s revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in INTC. HFM Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel during the first quarter worth $25,000. West Branch Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Intel in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Investors Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna acquired a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Corundum Trust Company INC purchased a new position in shares of Intel during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Eukles Asset Management lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 55.6% in the 2nd quarter. Eukles Asset Management now owns 1,400 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.