Roth Capital Has Negative Outlook for Intel Q2 Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Analysts at Roth Capital lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Intel in a note issued to investors on Thursday, November 7th. Roth Capital analyst S. Desilva now expects that the chip maker will earn $0.02 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.04. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.83) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Intel’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The chip maker reported ($0.46) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by ($0.44). Intel had a negative net margin of 29.42% and a negative return on equity of 1.71%. The firm had revenue of $13.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.02 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.28 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on INTC. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Hsbc Global Res cut shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “moderate sell” rating in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their target price on Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on Intel from $36.00 to $25.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Finally, Roth Mkm lowered their price target on Intel from $35.00 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $30.12.

Intel Stock Down 3.6 %

Shares of INTC stock opened at $24.16 on Monday. Intel has a one year low of $18.51 and a one year high of $51.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $22.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $26.48. The stock has a market cap of $104.20 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.49 and a beta of 1.03.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total value of $650,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 273,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,104,708. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.04% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Intel by 0.9% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 389,098,435 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $17,186,478,000 after acquiring an additional 3,310,528 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 16.0% during the 1st quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 112,093,582 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $4,951,174,000 after purchasing an additional 15,475,631 shares in the last quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 77,822,587 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,410,166,000 after purchasing an additional 1,697,550 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its stake in Intel by 27.2% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 44,013,936 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $967,426,000 after purchasing an additional 9,422,136 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in Intel by 6.6% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 39,841,750 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,759,811,000 after buying an additional 2,457,243 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.