CNN brengt ons op de hoogte van wat negatieve publiciteit rond chipbakker Intel. In tegenstelling de door analysten verwachte 6 tot 8 procent verwacht Intel dat de winst voor het derde kwartaal maar 3 tot 5 procent is gestegen. Op een bedrag van 8,3 miljard dollar scheelt dit uiteraard een heleboel, zodat beleggers niet blij waren met het nieuws. Het aandeel daalde prompt met 21%:
Intel shares, which have been choppy in recent weeks amid growing investor uncertainty about the company's third-quarter results, were hammered in after-hours trading. After falling $1.59 to $61.47 in Nasdaq trade ahead of the news, the stock tumbled another 21 percent to $48.56 in extremely heavy volume trading after hours.
[...] After Thursday's closing bell, Intel, world's largest supplier of PC microprocessors, said it expects its revenue for the quarter to be up 3 to 5 percent from the $8.3 billion the company reported in the second quarter, well below previous expectations.
Analysts had generally expected Intel to post between 6 and 8 percent revenue growth during the quarter. Merrill Lynch's Joe Osha had most recently said he was expecting Intel's top line to come in at $8.9 billion. SG Cowen's Drew Peck had pegged a third quarter revenue forecast of $8.8 billion.[break]Intel schrijft de tegenvallende winst toe aan de slechte verkoop in Europa. Of verwacht wordt dat deze afzet in de loop van de tijd weer zal toenemen wordt niet vermeld:[/break]In a statement, the company blamed weak demand in Europe for the shortfall. It did not provide any guidance on third-quarter earnings. The most recent forecast of analysts polled by First Call was for Intel to earn 41 cents per share during the third quarter.
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