Roth Capital Issues Negative Outlook for Intel Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital decreased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Intel in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, November 7th. Roth Capital analyst S. Desilva now expects that the chip maker will earn $0.02 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.04. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.83) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Intel’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. TD Cowen raised shares of Intel to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 16th. Susquehanna lowered their price objective on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $26.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Daiwa America upgraded shares of Intel to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, August 26th. Roth Mkm lowered their price target on Intel from $35.00 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $30.12.

Intel Stock Down 3.6 %

INTC stock opened at $24.16 on Monday. Intel has a twelve month low of $18.51 and a twelve month high of $51.28. The company has a market cap of $104.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.49 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $22.28 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $26.48.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.02) by ($0.44). The business had revenue of $13.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.02 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 1.71% and a negative net margin of 29.42%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In related news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total transaction of $650,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 273,258 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,104,708. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Intel by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 389,098,435 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $17,186,478,000 after buying an additional 3,310,528 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 16.0% in the first quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 112,093,582 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $4,951,174,000 after acquiring an additional 15,475,631 shares during the last quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 77,822,587 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,410,166,000 after purchasing an additional 1,697,550 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its holdings in shares of Intel by 27.2% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 44,013,936 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $967,426,000 after purchasing an additional 9,422,136 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in Intel by 6.6% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 39,841,750 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,759,811,000 after purchasing an additional 2,457,243 shares in the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.