Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Trading Down 7.4% – Here’s Why

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) fell 7.4% on Thursday . The company traded as low as $40.14 and last traded at $40.50. 103,784,234 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 1% from the average session volume of 102,375,281 shares. The stock had previously closed at $43.76.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently issued reports on INTC shares. Truist Financial upped their price objective on Intel from $21.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. TD Cowen raised their price target on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Finally, New Street Research upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $23.00 to $32.00 in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have assigned a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Intel presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $34.84.

Intel Stock Up 2.2%

The firm has a market capitalization of $197.82 billion, a PE ratio of 4,145.15 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $37.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $28.05.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) 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 the consensus estimate 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% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of INTC. Insight Advisors LLC PA increased its stake in Intel by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Insight Advisors LLC PA now owns 58,521 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,963,000 after buying an additional 275 shares during the period. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 1.4% in the third quarter. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. now owns 20,906 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $701,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC increased its stake in shares of Intel by 3.1% during the third quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC now owns 9,750 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $327,000 after acquiring an additional 290 shares during the period. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Intel by 0.4% during the third quarter. WealthPlan Investment Management LLC now owns 71,772 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,408,000 after purchasing an additional 295 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Investors Research Corp lifted its position in Intel by 0.7% in the third quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 40,597 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,362,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.