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

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Intel in a note issued to 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 prior 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 released its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The chip maker reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $12.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.26 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 3.15% and a negative net margin of 36.19%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.18 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Rosenblatt Securities cut their price objective on Intel from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Bank of America upgraded Intel from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $19.00 to $25.00 in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. Cfra Research upgraded Intel to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 25th. UBS Group cut their price objective on Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald cut their price objective on Intel from $29.00 to $20.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $21.57.

Intel Stock Performance

INTC 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 has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.93. Intel has a 1-year low of $17.67 and a 1-year high of $37.16. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $20.47 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $21.10.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Cornerstone Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Advisory LLC now owns 9,863 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $198,000 after acquiring an additional 409 shares in the last quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 41,904 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $840,000 after acquiring an additional 419 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 162,757 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,263,000 after acquiring an additional 456 shares in the last quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 1.1% during the first 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. Finally, Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its position in Intel by 23.1% during the first quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 2,614 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $59,000 after buying an additional 491 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently 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.