Intel Reports Q4 Earnings, Investors Unimpressed

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Intel Q4 increases year-over-year weren't enough to impress investors.

Intel was on a roll during latter half of 2007. During Q3 2007, Intel reported a 15 percent increase in revenue to $10.1 billion USD, a 64 percent increase in operating income to $2.2 billion USD and a 43 percent increase in net income to $1.9 billion USD.

Intel mirrored those gains again with some pretty competitive numbers during Q4 2007. Revenue, operating income and net income increased to $10.7 billion USD, $3 billion USD and $2.3 billion USD respectively. Intel's Q4 2007 earnings represented a 10.5 percent, 105 percent and 51 percent increase respectively over its Q4 2006 results.

"2007 was a breakthrough year for innovation at Intel. We realized the benefits of our investments in new products and our efforts to drive efficiencies," said Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini. "Our customers embraced the Intel Core microarchitecture, extending our competitive leadership and driving a significant gain in operating results. We enter 2008 with the best combination of products, silicon technology and manufacturing leadership in our history."

Despite Intel's gains from Q4 2007, investors still hammered the company for missing analysts' estimates for the company. Intel's revenues of $10.7 billion USD and earnings per share (EPS) of 38 cents were below analysts' estimates of $10.84 billion USD and 40 cents.

Investors also weren't encouraged by Intel's Q1 2008 forecast. Intel projects that revenue for the quarter will come in at between $9.4 billion USD and $10 billion USD with gross margins coming in at 56 percent plus or minus 2 points.

Source: DailyTech