Intel -- The Essentials

By Blake Campbell • Friday, October 20 10:34 • Permanent Link

Intel logged a 0.1% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $35.7 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. INTC's trading volume is 7,008,144 compared to the stock's average volume of 36,295,214.

Intel trades 5.61% away from its average analyst target price of $33.8 per share. The 36 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $16.13 to $53.14, and on average have given Intel a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying INTC should be aware of the facts below:

Intel's current price is 8.0% above its Graham number of $33.06, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Intel has moved 36.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of -0.23, Intel has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -155.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
INTC has a forward P/E ratio of 21.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.64 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 8.56 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Intel is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.48 compared to its sector average of 6.23
Intel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computing and related products worldwide.
Based in Santa Clara, the company has 131,900 full time employees and a market cap of $149.49 Billion. Intel currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.4%.

The above analysis is intended for educational purposes only and was performed on the basis of publicly available data. It is not to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Any buy, sell, or other recommendations mentioned in the article are direct quotations of consensus recommendations from the analysts covering the stock, and do not represent the opinions of Market Inference or its writers. Past performance, accounting data, and inferences about market position and corporate valuation are not reliable indicators of future price movements. Market Inference does not provide financial advice. Investors should conduct their own review and analysis of any company of interest before making an investment decision.