Was mir nicht recht einleuchtet, ist dieser Satz im Text unten:
"For 2007, J.P. Morgan now sees Intel earning $1.16 a share on $42.6 billion, down from its old estimates of $1.28 a share and $43 billion."
Wieso soll der Gewinn um 9,4 % fallen (von 1,28 auf 1,16 $), wenn der Umsatz nur um 0,3 % (von 43 auf 42,6 Mrd. $) nachgibt? Würde Intel von AMD in einen Preiskrieg getrieben, müssten Umsatz und Gewinn doch ungefähr in gleichem Maße fallen, oder?
Falls Intel auf dieses Downgrade hin fällt, ist das IMHO eine Kaufgelegenheit.
Dass AMD beim gestrigen Google-Sell-Off 4,8 % verlor, kann da schon fast zuversichtlich stimmen (Intel schloss 0,4 % im Plus).
Hardware & PCs J.P. Morgan Cuts Intel Estimate By TSC Staff 3/1/2006 7:50 AM EST
Shrinking market share at Dell (DELL:Nasdaq) is causing Intel's (INTC:Nasdaq) microprocessors to pile up and could cause the chipmaker to miss first-quarter revenue estimates, J.P. Morgan said in a research note Wednesday.
As a result, J.P. Morgan lowered its estimate of Intel's 2006 earnings to $1.03 a share and warned that "additional potential downside" exists. The brokerage also cited competition from Advanced Micro (AMD:NYSE) and slowing personal-computer growth.
J.P. Morgan's old 2006 earnings estimate was $1.13 a share, including stock-options expense. It also lowered its 2006 sales estimate to $39.1 billion from $39.5 billion. The Thomson First Call 2006 sales consensus is $41.05 billion.
For 2007, J.P. Morgan now sees Intel earning $1.16 a share on $42.6 billion, down from its old estimates of $1.28 a share and $43 billion. The Thomson First Call 2007 sales estimate is $44.9 billion.
"We believe Intel's inventory is increasing faster than expected while its largest customer, Dell (19% of calendar 2005 revenue), continues to lose market share," the note read. "As a result, we believe Intel could have almost $800.0 million of excess inventory in the first quarter, far above the $300.0 million excess in the fourth quarter of 2005, which adds risk to gross margins. As a result, we believe Intel's days of inventory should increase from 73 days in the fourth quarter to roughly 83 days by the first quarter, above a normal level 65-70 days."
The brokerage noted that Intel's overall market share fell to 77% in the fourth quarter from 81% in the third quarter due to AMD. "We believe AMD continues to gain traction at PC OEMs such as Hewlett-Packard (HPQ:NYSE) due to the superior price/performance of its products and we expect AMD to increase its overall market share in processors from 18% in calendar 2005 to 22% in calendar 2006," it wrote.
Intel closed Tuesday at $20.60, giving it a valuation that J.P. Morgan considers "troughy" given that it is only about 15 times its 2007 EPS estimate of $1.42 a share before options. The normal valuation range is 15 to 30 times earnings, the brokerage said. |