How to Buy Intel Stock
Intel Corp
Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells essential technologies for the cloud, smart, and connected devices worldwide. The company operates through DCG, IOTG, Mobileye, NSG, PSG, CCG, and All Other segments.
Intel stock last closed at $27.52, down 1.96% from the previous day, and has decreased 49.07% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Semiconductors industry by 0.19 percentage points. Intel stock is currently +1.21% from its 52-week low of $27.19, and -51.1% from its 52-week high of $56.28.
There are currently 4.11B INTC shares outstanding. The market value of INTC is $113.00B. In the past 24 hours, 43.42M INTC shares were traded.
How to Buy Intel Stock
Wondering how to invest in Intel stock? Here's how.
- Choose where to buy Intel stock: You need to pick an online brokerage, but don't worry - we've tested dozens of online brokerages and apps to help you choose where to buy Intel stock.
- Create your brokerage account: Sign up for 0% commission trading with the highest-rated brokerage we've selected. It's the best place to buy INTC stock.
- Put funds into your brokerage account: Choose your method of payment and add your details.
- Evaluate Intel stock: The Intel ticker symbol is INTC. Is Intel stock a good investment? Should you buy shares of INTC? How do INTC's underlying business fundamentals look? Do top analysts think Intel is a good buy? Why has INTC's stock price moved recently? (Hint: Our stock market analysis website can help you understand if INTC is a good stock to buy).
- Execute your INTC purchase: Decide if you will purchase INTC shares at the current market price or use a limit order to purchase INTC shares at a given price.
- Keep an eye on your INTC investment: Create a watchlist to keep track of your new investment in Intel shares.
Step 1: Choose where to buy Intel stock
You need a brokerage account in order to access the NASDAQ market and buy INTC shares.
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Buy INTC StockStep 2: Create your brokerage account
Now that you've selected the next step is brokerage, chosen to fill out some personal details so you are able to buy INTC stock today.
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- Enter your personal data to start a new trading account.
- Send your details by clicking the "Create Account" button.
Step 3: Put funds into your brokerage account
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Step 4: Evaluate Intel stock
It's very important to evaluate stocks before you buy, so you actually understand the risk and upside.
Intel quick stats
Intel Zen Score
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You can view all of the due diligence checks on INTC's stock page.
Is INTC stock undervalued?
Analysts use a variety of different financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge INTC's true value.
Using relative valuations measures:
- INTC could be undervalued based on its P/E ratio of 5.87x, relative to Semiconductors industry P/E ratio of 17.36x
- INTC may be undervalued based on its P/B ratio of 1.12x, relative to Semiconductors industry P/B ratio of 3.65x
You can do more valuation research on INTC's stock here.
A quick look at INTC Financials
Passed Health Checks:
- Total INTC debt is lower than 5 years ago, relative to shareholder equity.
- INTC has cash burn of 1728000000. It has sufficient cash and short-term investments to cover this for at least one year.
- INTC profit margin has gone up from 23.9% to 26% in the past year.
- INTC has $27.04B in cash and short term investments. This is enough to cover its annual cash burn of $1.73B.
- There are more short-term assets than short-term liabilities on the INTC balance sheet.
- There are more short-term assets than long-term liabilities on the INTC balance sheet.
Failed Health Checks:
- INTC has a relatively high debt to equity ratio of 0.68.
Do Wall Street analysts think it's a good time to buy INTC stock
Out of 23 sell side analysts who give ratings on INTC, the consensus analyst rating on Intel is a Hold
Should I buy or sell INTC stock?
Based on 23 analysts offering ratings for Intel Corp.
Latest INTC Analyst Recommendations
Ross Seymore, a top 18% analyst from Deutsche Bank maintains INTC with a hold rating and lowers their INTC price target from $38.00 to $35.00, on Sep 8, 2022.
Ruben Roy, a top 10% analyst from Stifel Nicolaus initiates coverage on INTC with a hold rating and announces their INTC price target of $32.00, on Sep 8, 2022.
Roy initiated his coverage on Intel Corporation with a Hold rating and a $32 price target.
The company's turnaround strategy* is still in its "early innings," the analyst said.
Significant capital needs will negatively impact free cash flow through 2024, Roy predicted.
With all that said, Intel's ability to execute its process roadmap remains "a question mark," Roy concluded.
Intel Corporation shares have lost 40.51% since the beginning of 2022, against S&P 500's 15.86% decline.
* From here: According to Intel, the company plans to spend around 35% of its revenue, or approximately $27B, $29B, and $31B on capital expenditures in FY 2022, FY 2023, and FY 2024, respectively. The company doesn't expect to be producing any meaningful free cash flow during this time and only in 2025 and beyond, according to its plan, will it be able to cool off its spending.
Ingo Wermann, a top 13% analyst from DZ Bank downgrades INTC to a strong sell rating and announces their INTC price target of $30.00, on Aug 2, 2022.
Timothy Arcuri, a top 11% analyst from UBS maintains INTC with a hold rating and lowers their INTC price target from $51.00 to $41.00, on Jul 29, 2022.
William Stein, a top 15% analyst from Truist Securities maintains INTC with a hold rating and lowers their INTC price target from $49.00 to $40.00, on Jul 29, 2022.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Intel stock forecast page.
INTC Trading Indicators
INTC Performance Metrics
Last year, INTC earnings were $19.11B. Over the past five year, INTC's earnings have gone up by 11.76% per year. This was slower than the Semiconductors industry average of 74.99%.
Last year, INTC revenue was $73.39B. In the last 5 year, INTC's revenue has gone up by 3.53% per year. This was slower than the Semiconductors industry average of 16.87%.
Learn more about INTC's earnings and revenue performance here.
Are INTC insiders buying or selling the stock?
Over the last year, insiders at INTC have sold more shares than they have bought.
Patrick P. Gelsinger, CEO of INTC, was the latest INTC insider to buy. They bought $501,157.60 worth of INTC shares on Aug 24, 2022.
Dig into more about who owns INTC shares here.
Does INTC stock generate passive income?
Intel pays a dividend of 5.24%, compared to the Semiconductors industry's average dividend yield of 4.07%. If you owned $1,000 of INTC stock, you would have been paid $52.42 last year.
Intel dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Dig into more analysis about Intel dividend yield and history here.
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Step 5: Execute your INTC purchase
There are two main types of orders:
- Market order: A market order is an order to buy or sell a stock at the best available price.
Market orders are mostly fine for most investors. - Limit order: A limit order lets you buy or sell a security at a specific price (or better).
If you want to ensure you're buying or selling at a particular dollar amount, use a limit order.
Press the Open button and your broker will execute the order.
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Step 6: Keep an eye on your INTC investment
Now that you own some INTC shares, you'll want to keep up with your stock purchase.
Add INTC to a watchlist to track the latest developments regarding your INTC stock.
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How to Buy Stock in Intel
To summarize, here are the 6 steps for buying Intel stock:
- Choose where to buy Intel stock
- Create your brokerage account
- Put funds into your brokerage account
- Evaluate Intel stock
- Execute your INTC purchase
- Keep an eye on your INTC investment
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