Intel Corporation (INTC) stock analysis: October 26, 2026

Technical view

• Price ($91.78) sits below its 21 EMA ($99.00), 100 EMA ($99.57) and 50 EMA ($102.07) but above its 200-day EMA (about $87.25, from daily closes). Friday's close was $86.96.
• Today's bounce follows a New Street Research upgrade to Buy ($125 target) on server-CPU scarcity. RBC kept Sector Perform ($100) but expects Q3 revenue to beat on server demand and better yields. Earnings are Oct 29, after the close.
• The stock is still about a third below its June high (near $140), and today's high ($92.09) stopped well under the moving-average cluster near $99-$102.
• RSI (14) reads 39.9: weak, but off its recent low. The chart's MACD signal line is about -4.4 with a histogram of -0.34: below zero, so momentum is still negative.
• Breadth is mildly positive: NYSE advancers lead about 1.2 to 1 (1,208 vs 971) and Nasdaq about 1.2 to 1 (1,721 vs 1,443); about 60% of S&P 500 stocks are above their 50-day average and 59% above their 200-day.
• New 52-week lows still outnumber highs on both exchanges: NYSE 64 lows vs 39 highs, Nasdaq 256 vs 66 (about 2:05 PM ET).
• Options Swing Helper trend bias: Bearish, HV Rank 22.35% (Cheap): option premium is low versus its own past year even though annualized volatility is a high 53.5%. Earnings in 3 days can change that.
• Volume was 62.69M at snapshot time, about 60% of its 30-day average (105.28M) with the session still open.

Market breadth and new highs / lows

• NYSE: 1,208 advancers vs 971 decliners, about 1.2 to 1 positive. Nasdaq: 1,721 vs 1,443, about 1.2 to 1 positive.
• About 60% of S&P 500 stocks were above their 50-day average and 59% above their 200-day (Barchart, about 1:49 PM ET): participation is a little better than half the index.
• New 52-week highs vs lows (Barchart, about 2:05 PM ET): NYSE 39 vs 64, Nasdaq 66 vs 256, so lows still lead on both exchanges.

Fundamentals

Sector / Industry

Electronic Technology / Semiconductors

Analyst Consensus

Buy

Avg. Price Target

~$117.79 (+28.3%)

P/E (TTM / Fwd)

n/a (loss) / 53.5x : rich

Revenue (TTM)

$57.0B (+7.5% YoY)

EPS (TTM)

-$2.30 (a loss)

Beta

2.23 (much more volatile than the market)

Next Earnings

Oct 29, 2026, after the close

Volatility snapshot (Options Swing Helper)

Expected Move (30d)

±$16.94 (±18.46%)

1 SD Range

$74.84 - $108.72

HV Rank (Ann. HV)

22.35% (53.5%)

Premium

Cheap

The expected move and 1 SD range come from the Options Swing Helper indicator on the chart; they describe how far the market is pricing the stock to move over 30 days, not where it will go.