Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Upgraded to Hold at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report released on Saturday morning.

Several other analysts also recently commented on INTC. Loop Capital began coverage on shares of Intel in a report on Monday, July 21st. They issued a “hold” rating and a $25.00 target price for the company. Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 25th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 3rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-two have given a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $22.17.

Intel Stock Down 2.2%

Intel stock opened at $24.08 on Friday. Intel has a 1-year low of $17.67 and a 1-year high of $27.55. The firm has a market capitalization of $105.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.05 and a beta of 1.23. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $22.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $21.85. The company has a current ratio of 1.24, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The chip maker reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.01 by ($0.11). The firm had revenue of $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.88 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 38.64% and a negative return on equity of 3.78%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.02 EPS. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Intel will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Intel

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. V. M. Manning & CO. Inc. bought a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $225,000. PVG Asset Management Corp bought a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $231,000. Total Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $94,000. Centaurus Financial Inc. increased its holdings in Intel by 47.5% during the 2nd quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 66,683 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,494,000 after acquiring an additional 21,475 shares during the period. Finally, Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC increased its holdings in Intel by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 113,898 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,551,000 after acquiring an additional 8,194 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

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.