Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Price Down 3.1% – Here’s Why

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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC – Get Free Report) was down 3.1% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $39.08 and last traded at $39.51. Approximately 57,603,008 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 43% from the average daily volume of 101,846,609 shares. The stock had previously closed at $40.78.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on INTC shares. Citigroup reaffirmed a “sell” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Raymond James Financial initiated coverage on Intel in a research report on Friday, November 21st. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price objective on Intel from $31.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have issued a Hold rating and eight have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $34.84.

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Intel Price Performance

The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $38.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $28.59. The firm has a market cap of $188.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,954.95 and a beta of 1.34. 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 – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter. Intel had a net margin of 0.37% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. The business had revenue of $13.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.46) earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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 research analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. HFM Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Intel in the first quarter valued at $25,000. West Branch Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Investors Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Corundum Trust Company INC acquired a new stake in Intel during the third quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Eukles Asset Management raised its position in Intel by 55.6% during the second quarter. Eukles Asset Management now owns 1,400 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Company Profile

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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.

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