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

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) – Research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2026 EPS estimates for Intel in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, November 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the chip maker will earn $0.07 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.11) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel’s Q1 2027 earnings at $0.00 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.20 EPS.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $13.65 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.10 billion. Intel had a net margin of 0.37% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.46) EPS. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS.

INTC has been the topic of several other reports. Bank of America restated an “underperform” rating and set a $34.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a report on Monday, October 13th. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price target on shares of Intel from $19.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Loop Capital raised their price objective on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price target on Intel from $36.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $34.84.

Intel Trading Down 1.1%

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $34.33 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $163.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,436.44 and a beta of 1.31. Intel has a one year low of $17.67 and a one year high of $42.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $35.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $26.58.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intel

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Westbourne Investments Inc. lifted its position in Intel by 319.4% in the 1st quarter. Westbourne Investments Inc. now owns 71,425 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,622,000 after buying an additional 54,395 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the second quarter worth $1,593,000. Econ Financial Services Corp acquired a new stake in Intel during the second quarter valued at $754,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd boosted its position in Intel by 6,865.7% during the second quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd now owns 1,151,425 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $25,792,000 after purchasing an additional 1,134,895 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Bancorp Inc ME purchased a new position in Intel in the second quarter valued at about $207,000. 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.