For the quarter ended March 2025, Intel (INTC) reported revenue of $12.67 billion, down 0.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.13, compared to $0.18 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $12.32 billion, representing a surprise of +2.80%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +1200.00%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.01.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Intel performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Revenues- Total Intel Products Group: $11.76 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $11.24 billion.
- Net Revenues- Total Intel Products Group- Data Center and AI: $4.13 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $2.97 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +35.9%.
- Net Revenues- Total Intel Products Group- Client Computing Group: $7.63 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $6.86 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.3%.
- Net Revenues- All other- Total: $943 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $901.33 million.
- Net Revenues- Intersegment eliminations: -$4.70 billion compared to the -$4.09 billion average estimate based on six analysts.
- Net Revenues- Intel Foundry Services: $4.67 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $4.25 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.8%.
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Shares of Intel have returned -12.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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