Intel's Weak Outlook Pressures Stock Futures Lower
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 6d ago
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Stock futures are modestly lower, pressured in part by Intel's sharp pre-market slide following a weak outlook from the chipmaker and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. Markets are trading mixed and cautiously softer on Friday after a volatile week that has reflected shifting investor sentiment around geopolitics, earnings, and economic data.Early Friday softness underscores that markets have yet to fully shake off the risk-off behavior seen earlier in the week. Gold continues to draw strong demand, trading near record levels as the silver spot price has surpassed $100 per ounce.In pre-market trading, S&P 500 futures fell 0.19%, Nasdaq futures fell 0.23% and Dow futures fell 0.43%.Check out this morning's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER -Life360up 23% after FY25 pre-announcementNvidiaup 1% after BloombergChinese regulators have signaled that major tech firms, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance, can begin preparing orders for Nvidia's H200 AI chips, indicating Beijing is close to formally approving these AI componentsUP AFTER EARNINGS -SLMup 8%Booz Allenup 6%Intuitive Surgicalup 3%CSXup 2%DOWN AFTER EARNINGS -Inteldown 12%Capital Onedown 4%
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Analyst Views on NVDA
Wall Street analysts forecast NVDA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for NVDA is 264.97 USD with a low forecast of 200.00 USD and a high forecast of 352.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
41 Analyst Rating
39 Buy
1 Hold
1 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 191.520
Low
200.00
Averages
264.97
High
352.00
Current: 191.520
Low
200.00
Averages
264.97
High
352.00
About NVDA
NVIDIA Corporation is a full-stack computing infrastructure company. The Company is engaged in accelerated computing to help solve the challenging computational problems. The Company’s segments include Compute & Networking and Graphics. The Compute & Networking segment includes its Data Center accelerated computing platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and software; networking; automotive platforms and autonomous and electric vehicle solutions; Jetson for robotics and other embedded platforms, and DGX Cloud computing services. The Graphics segment includes GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems, and Omniverse Enterprise software for building and operating industrial AI and digital twin applications.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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