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Intel stock plunges 20% as chipmaker blames PC slowdown for weak guidance

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Core Development: Intel stock plunges 20% as chipmaker blames PC slowdown for weak guidance
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Market & Financial Impact: Intel has been a Wall Street darling this year due to its emergence as a player in AI, but the company is being weighed down by a struggling PC market.
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Actionable Insight: 🔴 Bearish Risk: Regulatory scrutiny, profit decline, or sell-off risk may create near-term volatility.

Intel shares plummeted in extended trading on Thursday after the chipmaker issued a weak fourth-quarter forecast, citing continued softness in the global PC market.

Here's how the company did in the third quarter, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:

Revenue climbed 21% from $13.7 billion a year earlier, the company said in a press release.

However, revenue in Intel's client computing and physical AI group fell 5% from the same quarter a year ago to $8.1 billion, missing estimates, even as data center and AI revenue jumped 78% to $7.3 billion.

Global PC shipments declined 4% in the second quarter from a year earlier due to soaring costs for memory and other components, according to Counterpoint Research.

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