Sanford C. Bernstein Reiterates Neutral Rating for Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)

Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated their neutral rating on shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) in a research report report published on Thursday morning,MarketScreener reports.

INTC has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Roth Capital restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $30.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “sell” rating and issued a $21.00 price target on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, September 19th. Erste Group Bank upgraded Intel from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. New Street Research increased their price objective on Intel from $23.00 to $32.00 in a research report on Friday, September 19th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have given a Hold rating and six have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Intel presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $26.19.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $36.83 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $25.47 and a 200 day moving average price of $22.79. Intel has a 1-year low of $17.67 and a 1-year high of $38.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The company has a market cap of $161.20 billion, a PE ratio of -7.72 and a beta of 1.33.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of INTC. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 2.3% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 385,903,735 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $8,644,244,000 after purchasing an additional 8,513,298 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in Intel by 1.6% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 203,617,629 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $4,561,035,000 after buying an additional 3,168,824 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Intel by 1.8% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 97,563,079 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,174,854,000 after buying an additional 1,760,773 shares during the period. Primecap Management Co. CA boosted its stake in Intel by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 80,298,180 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,798,679,000 after buying an additional 3,313,890 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,579,378,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently 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.