What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Intel Q2 Earnings?

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Intel in a report issued on Monday, December 9th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the chip maker will earn $0.15 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.16. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on INTC. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Bank of America reissued an “underperform” rating and issued a $21.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $25.00 price objective (down previously from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on shares of Intel from $27.00 to $25.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $17.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Six 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 company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $30.04.

Intel Stock Down 3.1 %

Intel stock opened at $20.16 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31. The company has a market capitalization of $86.95 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.42 and a beta of 1.05. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.44. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $18.51 and a fifty-two week high of $51.28.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. William B. Walkup & Associates Inc. bought a new stake in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $2,178,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Intel by 4.6% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 92,510,098 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,162,891,000 after buying an additional 4,103,553 shares in the last quarter. Swiss National Bank raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 0.3% in the third quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 12,635,400 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $296,426,000 after buying an additional 31,800 shares during the last quarter. SGL Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Intel during the 3rd quarter worth about $2,365,000. Finally, Benjamin Edwards Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Intel by 35,983.5% in the third quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 32,836 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $770,000 after purchasing an additional 32,745 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Intel

In other Intel news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total value of $650,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 273,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,104,708. This represents a 8.38 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.04% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.