Roth Capital maintains a Buy rating and $37.00 price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) ahead of 2Q15 earnings results. Analyst Krishna Shankar expects INTC to report weak 2Q15 results and guide conservatively.

Shankar commented, "We expect INTC to report weak 2Q15 results and guide conservatively to 5 to 8% revenue growth with weak PC sales (expected to be down 4 to 6% in 2015) and softening enterprise server/networking sales partially offset by strength in the datacenter segment. Recent data points on PC and enterprise demand have been negative from Micron (MU, Buy) and QLogic (QLGC, NC). Positives for 2H15 include Windows 10 introduction and stable gross margins driven by a rich datacenter mix."

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Shares of Intel closed at $28.93 yesterday.

Analyst Comments

Wedbush Cuts Price Target on Intel (INTC) Ahead of Q2 Results July 13, 2015 10:01 AM Global Q2 PC Shipments Hint at Downside Risk for Intel (INTC) in CQ3; Micron (MU) Preferred - CowenJuly 10, 2015 6:40 AM Global PC Shipments Fell 9.5% in Q2 - Gartner (MSFT) (HPQ) (AAPL)July 9, 2015 4:56 PM Altera Corp (ALTR) Weakness Tied to Concerns About Antitrust RiskJuly 9, 2015 11:05 AM Intel Launches Phase Two of Intel Security Partner Program Designed to Improve ProfitabilityJuly 9, 2015 6:00 AM Streetinsider.com's Hot Lunchtime Reads 7/8: (ICE) (SPWH) CAB) (INTC)July 8, 2015 12:24 PM Global Semiconductor Revenue Expected to Rise 2.2% in 2015 - Gartner (MU) (INTC) (QCOM)July 8, 2015 11:13 AM