Knowing facts before you bet on it

Intel (Intc) is one of the stocks that have recently been viewed by zacks.com visitors. So it could be a good idea to check some of the factors that could influence the short -term performance of the share.

Last month, the shares of the largest chipmaker in the world have returned -9.7% compared to the -0.8% of the Zacks S&P 500 Composite. During this time, the Zacks Semiconductor – General Industry in which Intel falls lost 1.6%. The key question now is: What could be the future direction of the stock?

Although media reports or rumors about a significant change in the business prospects of a company generally lead to the fact that its shares lead to trend and an immediate change in price, there are always certain basic factors that ultimately advance the purchase and hate decision.

Instead of concentrating on anything else, we prioritize the evaluation of the change in the profit projection of a company at Zacks. This is due to the fact that we believe that the current value for its shares is determined by the cash value of his future profit current.

Our analysis essentially is based on how the analysts of sales pages that cover the shares revises their profit estimates in order to take into account the latest business trends. If the profit estimates for a company increase, the at the time to be accompanied by the current value for its shares. And if the at the time value of a share to be added is higher than the current market price, investors tend to buy the shares, which means that the price is upwards. For this reason, empirical studies indicate a strong correlation between trends in estimating the profits and the short -term share price movements.

Intel is expected to make a profit of $ 0.06 per share in the current quarter, which corresponds to a change of +200%compared to the previous year. In the past 30 days, the Zacks Consensus estimate has changed by -48.7%.

The consensus result estimate of $ 0.45 for the current financial year shows a change of +446.2%compared to the previous year. This estimate has changed by -8.4% in the past 30 days.

For the next financial year, the consensus assessment of USD shows a change of +141.6% compared to what Intel is expected a year ago. Last month the estimate changed -3.6%.

Our proprietary stock assessment tool, The Zacks Rank, offers a strong externally tested track record and offers a more conclusive picture of the price direction of a share at short notice, as it effectively uses the power of profits. Due to the size of the recent change in the consensus estimate and three other factors in connection with profit estimates, Intel is evaluated with Zack's ranked number 3 (hold).