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Intel Tries Moderating Targets Ahead (INTC)
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) posted third quarter earnings of $0.35 per share on $10.22 billion in revenue. Analysts expected the company to earn $0.34 EPS with $10.26 in revenue. Gross margins were 58.9%, up from Q2 and up from projections as its tax rate was 28.9% rather than the 33% projected. It also spent $2.1 billion to buy back 93 million shares.
As we expected, it is talking down expectations somewhat despite thislast quarter being its third best quarter ever:
Intel expects revenue for the current quarter of $10.1 billion to $10.9 billion, whichis lighter than the mid-point and more in-line with what we thoughtthey would report if you look at our preview. Many on Wall Street willbe upset though because the lower-end is even lower than what weexpected. The company put gross margins guidance of 59% plus or minus a couple points and sees a lower tax ratethan before at 29%.
Intel was pounded down over 6% at $15.93 in regular trading and shareshave lost more than one-third of their value since the August highs.Its stock is currently up almost 4% at $16.55 in after-hours trading asmuch of this bad news was factored in and wasn’t as bad as somesensible traders might have been expecting.
Jon C. Ogg
October 14, 2008
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