Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Intel FY2026 Earnings

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) – Research analysts at Erste Group Bank boosted their FY2026 EPS estimates for Intel in a report released on Thursday, October 8th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now expects that the chip maker will earn $1.08 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $1.07. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is $1.04 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for Intel’s FY2027 earnings at $1.56 EPS.

INTC has been the subject of several other research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada initiated coverage on Intel in a research report on Tuesday, September 8th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. New Street Research boosted their price objective on Intel from $100.00 to $122.00 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Susquehanna upped their price objective on Intel from $80.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Bank of America lowered their price objective on Intel from $160.00 to $145.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Roth Capital lifted their target price on Intel from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Intel has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $109.06.

Intel Stock Down 3.2%

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $101.35 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $103.40 and its 200-day moving average price is $100.25. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $511.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -48.03, a P/E/G ratio of 11.17 and a beta of 2.22. Intel has a 12-month low of $32.89 and a 12-month high of $142.35.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.21. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. The business had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.43 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.10) EPS. The business’s revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fermata Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Intel by 12.3% in the third quarter. Fermata Advisors LLC now owns 9,497 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,142,000 after purchasing an additional 1,042 shares during the last quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC boosted its position in shares of Intel by 40.3% during the third quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 110,475 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $13,282,000 after buying an additional 31,716 shares during the period. Perpetual Ltd boosted its position in shares of Intel by 8.1% during the third quarter. Perpetual Ltd now owns 36,810 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $4,426,000 after buying an additional 2,758 shares during the period. Woodstock Corp bought a new position in shares of Intel during the third quarter valued at approximately $322,000. Finally, Scott Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Intel by 39.8% during the third quarter. Scott Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,364 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $381,000 after buying an additional 958 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Lip Bu Tan purchased 105,263 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $95.00 per share, with a total value of $9,999,985.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at approximately $124,893,555. This trade represents a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel is expanding its AI product lineup with GPU D-series accelerators offering up to 480GB of memory and 1.3 petaflops of performance, alongside new Xeon 6+ rack systems designed for large-scale enterprise and agentic-AI workloads. Intel Accelerates Open Infrastructure for the Agentic AI Era
• Positive Sentiment: Intel’s foundry strategy remains a potential long-term catalyst: foundry revenue reportedly grew 31%, while the company is positioning itself to manufacture chips for outside customers. Investors are also watching whether its deeper partnership with Applied Materials can improve manufacturing execution. Intel and Applied Materials Just Deepened Their AI Partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Some analysts remain optimistic that AI-driven demand could lift Intel’s third-quarter results above consensus, supporting the turnaround narrative and current earnings estimates. Q3 Earnings Could Blow Past Consensus
• Neutral Sentiment: Elon Musk’s plans to develop custom chips for Tesla and SpaceX highlight both the strength of AI-chip demand and the growing threat from customers building in-house alternatives, potentially affecting established suppliers such as Intel. Elon Musk Just Handed Intel a New Problem
• Negative Sentiment: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan warned that financing constraints and the need to prove returns on AI investments may become the industry’s biggest bottleneck. The comments triggered broader selling across chip stocks. Intel and Broadcom CEOs Warn Capital Crunch Could Become AI’s Biggest Bottleneck
• Negative Sentiment: Intel faces intensifying competition from Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft’s custom Maia chips and other specialized AI solutions. Nvidia’s advances in data-center power efficiency further reinforce concerns about Intel’s ability to gain AI market share. Intel Stock Slides as Nvidia Unveils AI Power Technology
• Negative Sentiment: Although Intel’s foundry sales are growing, the business reportedly posted a $2.1 billion operating loss, underscoring the substantial cost and execution risk of the foundry-first turnaround. Intel Stock Under Pressure as Turnaround Faces New Test

About Intel

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and connectivity products. Its portfolio includes central processing units (CPUs), graphics and accelerator products, chipsets, networking components, and other semiconductor solutions used in personal computers, servers, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence systems, and embedded applications.

The company serves a broad range of customers, including original equipment manufacturers, cloud service providers, enterprise businesses, telecommunications companies, government organizations, and other technology firms.