Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of Intel Q1 Earnings

Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) – Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Intel in a research note issued on Monday, January 6th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the chip maker will post earnings of $0.14 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Intel’s current full-year earnings is ($0.87) per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Intel’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.28 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly 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). The firm had revenue of $13.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.02 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 29.42% and a negative return on equity of 1.71%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.28 earnings per share.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a $17.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $25.00 target price (down from $28.00) on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price target on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Six equities research 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. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $30.04.

Intel Stock Down 0.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $19.88 on Thursday. Intel has a 52-week low of $18.51 and a 52-week high of $50.30. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $22.15 and a 200 day moving average of $23.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $85.74 billion, a PE ratio of -5.34 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.31.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in INTC. InvesTrust bought a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $3,696,000. Diversified Trust Co raised its position in shares of Intel by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 83,791 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,680,000 after purchasing an additional 1,445 shares during the period. Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. raised its position in shares of Intel by 23.9% during the 4th quarter. Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. now owns 67,910 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,361,000 after purchasing an additional 13,095 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its position in shares of Intel by 6.0% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 349,657 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $7,028,000 after purchasing an additional 19,895 shares during the period. Finally, General Partner Inc. raised its position in shares of Intel by 6.5% during the 4th quarter. General Partner Inc. now owns 12,366 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $248,000 after purchasing an additional 750 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Intel news, EVP Michelle Johnston Holthaus sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total value of $650,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 273,258 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,104,708. This represents a 8.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

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.