Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Trading Down 6.3% – Time to Sell?

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) traded down 6.3% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $36.63 and last traded at $37.03. 99,987,424 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 4% from the average session volume of 104,145,625 shares. The stock had previously closed at $39.50.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on INTC shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Intel from $23.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. TD Cowen lifted their price target on Intel from $35.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on Intel from $21.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Hold rating and eight have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $34.84.

Intel Trading Down 6.3%

The company has a 50 day moving average of $32.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $25.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $162.08 billion, a PE ratio of 3,706.71 and a beta of 1.33.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $13.65 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.10 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 0.75% and a net margin of 0.37%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.46) EPS. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the first quarter valued at approximately $25,000. HFM Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the first quarter worth approximately $25,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. West Branch Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Investors Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.