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Roth MKM lowered the firm's price target on Intel to $35 from $45 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. The company's Q1 revenue exceeded estimates but its guidance was slightly below consensus growth at the midpoint, with revenue outlook reflecting significant non- core segment inventory digestion and worse than seasonal core segment declines, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Intel is poised to recover competitive product position and in-house manufacturing advantage over the next several quarters, but the financial benefit is expected to be measured in the near-term, the firm added.

Evercore ISI lowered the firm's price target on Intel to $36 from $40 and keeps an In Line rating on the shares following what the firm calls "a 1Q24 Beat/Miss print." However, the firm says Intel is "one of only three companies in the world that can manufacture leading edge transistors" and it sees high potential for Intel to take share if it executes given how the geopolitical climate has changed over the past three years. If Intel gets its foundry strategy right, there is "a blue-sky scenario where it could capture 2x-to-3x more than the 15% share of the leading edge foundry market it is targeting by 2030," the analyst added.

Cantor Fitzgerald lowered the firm's price target on Intel to $40 from $45 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. Intel's report was not "ideal," and 1H24 trends are coming in worse than expected on broad-based weakness, resulting in a miss on the Q2 guidance, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The good news is that management reiterated its view for year over year growth in calendar 2024, implying a meaningful inflection in the back half of the year, the firm says. While Cantor continues to pull for Intel as the National Champion, the firm remains on the sidelines awaiting greater conviction on the reclaiming of market leadership across the company's various offerings.

Citi lowered the firm's price target on Intel to $35 from $40 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. Intel reported decent results but guided below consensus as strength from the PC end market was throttled by an issue in wafer assembly, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Citi's checks indicate Intel is on track to draw even with TSMC in manufacturing sometime next year, which is a positive. However, the company is guiding for well above seasonal growth in the second half of 2024, adds the firm.

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Pre-earnings options volume in Intel is normal with calls leading puts 2:1. Implied volatility suggests the market is anticipating a move near 5.6%, or $1.96, after results are released. Median move over the past eight quarters is 7.8%.

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HSBC analyst Charlene Liu lowered the firm's price target on Baidu to $145 from $157 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares following the company's developer conference. The firm says Baidu's advertising outlook remains more challenging than it expected. It cut estimates on weaker a macro envinrment.