Susquehanna Issues Positive Forecast for Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Price

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) had its price objective upped by Susquehanna from $22.00 to $31.00 in a report issued on Wednesday morning,MarketScreener reports. They currently have a neutral rating on the chip maker’s stock.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. UBS Group boosted their price target on Intel from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Intel from $20.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a $29.00 price objective (up from $24.00) on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Wall Street Zen raised Intel from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 13th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-two have issued a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $28.25.

Intel Trading Up 4.3%

Intel stock opened at $37.15 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $28.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.52. The company has a market cap of $162.61 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.79 and a beta of 1.33. Intel has a 52-week low of $17.67 and a 52-week high of $39.65. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Investors Research Corp lifted its holdings in Intel by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 40,597 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,362,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Sunflower Bank N.A. lifted its holdings in Intel by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. Sunflower Bank N.A. now owns 25,252 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $847,000 after purchasing an additional 313 shares in the last quarter. Norden Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Norden Group LLC now owns 22,957 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $770,000 after acquiring an additional 386 shares in the last quarter. Welch Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. Welch Group LLC now owns 14,305 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $480,000 after acquiring an additional 452 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Verdence Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 45,682 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,037,000 after acquiring an additional 486 shares in the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.