Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $52 at Mizuho Securities on Q4 Earnings Beat; 'In-Line Guide, Data Center Strong, Tax Tailwind'

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $53 at Stifel Following 4Q Report

Stifel raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $53.00 (from $50.00) while maintaining a Buy rating following the company's 4Q earnings report. Revenue of $17.1bn was up 5.6% q/q and up 4.1% y/y, above the midpoint of guidance, and the Street... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $54 at Susquehanna on 4Q Beat; 'Guidance is Conservative with Potential for Upside... Driven by DCG'

Susquehanna raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $54.00 (from $48.00) while maintaining a Positive rating, following the company's fourth quarter earnings report.

Analyst Christopher Rolland notes a positive outlook on the shares, as the company reported fourth quarter earnings per share and... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $55 at Wells Fargo on 4Q Beat; 'Well Positioned to Drive Share Value... Leadership Position in Datacenter and Autonomous Driving'

Wells Fargo raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $55.00 (from $50.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating, following the company's fourth quarter earnings report.

Analyst David Wong notes a positive outlook on the shares, as the company reported fourth quarter earnings per share and... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $55 at Evercore ISI on 4Q Beat; 'Transformation Continues... DCG Business with Very Impressive Results Amidst Current Security Concerns'

Evercore ISI raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $55.00 (from $50.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating, following the company's fourth quarter earnings report.

Analyst C.J. Muse notes a positive outlook on the shares, as the company reported fourth quarter earnings per share... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $50 at Needham & Company on 4Q Beat; 'Results Well Above Expectations... Strong FY18 Outlook Driven by Data-Centric Business'

Needham & Company raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $50.00 (from $45.00) while maintaining a Buy rating, following the company's fourth quarter earnings report.

Analyst N. Quinn Bolton notes a positive outlook on the shares, as the company reported fourth quarter earnings per... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $60 at KeyBanc on 4Q Beat; 'Results Well Exceed Estimates... Impressive Growth in DCG'

KeyBanc raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $60.00 (from $50.00) while maintaining a Overweight rating, following the company's fourth quarter earnings report.

Analyst Michael McConnell notes a positive outlook on the shares, as the company reported fourth quarter earnings per share... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $52 at BofA/Merrill Lynch pm 4Q Beat; "Growth Transformation from Data Centric Products... Strong Focus on FCF Growth'

BofA/Merrill Lynch raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $52.00 (from $49.00) while maintaining a Buy rating, following the company's fourth quarter earnings report.

Analyst Vivek Arya notes a positive outlook on the shares, as the company reported fourth quarter earnings per share... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $60 at Baird; Top Idea for 2018

Baird analyst Tristan Gerra raised his price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $60.00 (from $50.00) while maintaining an Outperform rating and added the stock as a top idea for 2018 and to Baird's "Fresh Pick list through October.

Gerra commented, "As visibility improves... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $55 at MKM Partners

MKM Partners raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $55.00 (from $50.00) while maintaining a Buy rating.

Credit Suisse Upgrades Intel (INTC) to Outperform; 'Execution'

Credit Suisse upgraded Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) from Neutral to Outperform with a price target of $55.00 (from $42.00).

Analyst John Pitzer notes while INTC modestly underperformed the SOX since 03/17, absolute performance has been strong and their valuation concerns did not materialize owing in large part to... More

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $50 at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $50.00 (from $43.00) while maintaining a Hold rating.

Intel (INTC) PT Raised to $55 at B.Riley/FBR, 'Poised to Build on Impressive Two-Year Growth Streak in 2018'

B.Riley/FBR raised its price target on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to $55.00 (from $53.00) while maintaining a Buy rating.

Intel data center sales surge, warns of potential security flaw fallout

By Stephen Nellis and Laharee Chatterjee

(Reuters) - Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) on Thursday gave a bullish forecast and blew past Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter on the strength of data center sales, the business it sees as key to its transformation from a PC supplier.

Intel stock rose 3.8 percent to $47.06, boosted by a 10 percent dividend hike and the forecast, which signaled that Intel is succeeding in containing fallout from recently disclosed security flaws that could allow hackers to steal data from computers.

Those flaws, dubbed Spectre and Meltdown, created... More

Intel (INTC) Tops Q4 EPS by 21c, Offers Q1 Guidance

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) reported Q4 EPS of $1.08, $0.21 better than the analyst estimate of $0.87. Revenue for the quarter came in at $17.05 billion versus the consensus estimate of $16.34 billion.

GUIDANCE:

Intel sees Q1 2018 EPS of $0.70 at mid-point, versus the consensus of $0.73.... More

Dow and S&P 500 reach records; market cools after Trump talks up dollar

By Noel Randewich

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 closed at their highest levels ever on Thursday although Wall Street relinquished bigger gains after President Donald Trump said he wants a strong dollar.

The U.S. currency erased losses against a basket of major currencies after Trump told CNBC in an interview in Davos, Switzerland, that he wants to see a strong dollar.

The dollar had suffered its biggest daily percentage drop in seven months on Wednesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he welcomed a weaker... More

Wall Street to grill Intel on chip security flaws

By Jim Finkle

(Reuters) - Wall Street analysts will grill Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) executives on how massive security flaws in its computer chips are impacting business when the company reports quarterly results on Thursday.

Intel has said there would be no material cost to it from security flaws, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, that were disclosed on Jan. 3 since both could be solved with software. But the real-world effects on productivity are still being determined.

"As an investor you want to know whats going to happen in the... More