Intel Calling For Seasonal Strength (INTC, SMH)
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) posted earnings, and the chip and processor giant made $0.18 in non-GAAP EPS and $8.02 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters estimates of $0.08 EPS on $7.27 billion in revenues. Gross margins were also ahead of plan…
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) posted earnings, and the chip and processor giant made $0.18 in non-GAAP EPS and $8.02 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters estimates of $0.08 EPS on $7.27 billion in revenues. Gross margins were also ahead of plan at 50.8%. This is even having an impact in the Semiconductor HOLDRs (NYSE: SMH) since Intel has a 23% weighting in that ETF.
Intel has been a bit muted on how much guidance it likes to give, but it projected revenue of $8.5 billion, plus or minus $400 million. It put gross margins at 53%, plus or minus 2%. The consensus estimates for the Q3 period ahead are $0.16 EPS and $7.79 billion in revenue. To keep a perspective on how wide the forward multiples are, the EPS target for 2009 is $0.56 EPS and the estimate for 2010 is $0.90 EPS.
After the charges from the EU case, Intel still would have been in-line. This quarter reflects improving conditions in the PC market segment “with our strongest first- to second-quarter growth since 1988 and a clear expectation for a seasonally stronger second half…”
Shares closed up 2% at $16.83 on an unofficial closing basis in regular trading today, and the shares are halted after-hours session has shares after the earnings report.
The Semiconductor HOLDRs (NYSE: SMH) closed up 1.7% at $21.81 on an unofficial closing price, and the after-hours reaction has shares trading at $22.50.
UPDATE AT 4:36 PM EST… INTC shares are trading right around $18.00 after closing at $16.83.
JON C. OGG
JULY 14, 2009
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