Zacks Research Predicts Intel’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:INTC)

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) – Analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Intel in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, June 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the chip maker will earn ($0.09) per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of ($0.08). The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.11) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.05) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.02) EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.10 EPS.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The chip maker reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $12.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.26 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 36.19% and a negative return on equity of 3.15%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.18 earnings per share.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on INTC. Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, April 25th. UBS Group lowered their price target on Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Rosenblatt Securities lowered their price target on Intel from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Cfra Research raised Intel to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Intel from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $21.57.

Intel Trading Up 0.3%

Intel stock opened at $20.80 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $90.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.64 and a beta of 1.12. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $20.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $21.10. Intel has a one year low of $17.67 and a one year high of $37.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.93.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in INTC. Roxbury Financial LLC bought a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth about $38,000. Principal Securities Inc. raised its stake in shares of Intel by 19.6% in the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 40,722 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $816,000 after acquiring an additional 6,668 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in shares of Intel by 9.2% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 253,820 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $5,549,000 after acquiring an additional 21,425 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC bought a new position in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $782,000. Finally, Csenge Advisory Group raised its stake in shares of Intel by 10.0% in the fourth quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 41,739 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $837,000 after acquiring an additional 3,780 shares during the last quarter. 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.