Overview
- Intel projected first-quarter 2026 revenue of $11.7 billion to $12.7 billion, targeting a gross margin near 32.3% and signaling a net loss around $2 billion.
- Shares fell about 6% in after-hours trading after the guidance was released.
- For the fourth quarter of 2025, Intel reported $13.7 billion in revenue and a net loss of $591 million, coming in less negative than expected.
- Full-year 2025 revenue totaled roughly $52.9 billion with a sharply smaller reported annual loss, while Intel Foundry logged about $10.3 billion in losses despite modest external sales in Q4.
- Analysts pointed to memory shortages driven by AI datacenter demand as a drag on shipments, and Intel remains behind Nvidia in accelerators even as leadership highlights the continuing importance of CPUs.