Autonomous-driving tech merger could take until end of the year to close, and Intel must protect its turf from AMD and Nvidia. After missing the mobile boom, Intel INTC, The companies said when the deal was announced in March that completion could take up to nine months, which would put it close to the end of the year. How Intel will try to avoid another acquisition fail with Mobileye. While Intel attempts to build for the future, though, competitors are looking to take a larger chunk of the areas Intel currently dominates.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. A larger battle is shaping up in the server market, where Nvidia has found growing acceptance and AMD is expected to release its newest offering this quarter.

Semiconductor stocks can be long-term winners too. While revenue gained for Intel in , net income took a hit as the company faced restructuring charges from a massive wave of layoffs a few months after the Altera deal closed. Intel projected earnings of 51 cents a share to 61 cents a share for the first quarter, with adjusted profit of 60 cents to 70 cents a share. The average analyst estimate calls for standard earnings of 57 cents a share, and adjusted earnings of 65 cents a share, according to FactSet.

Estimize contributors on average predict adjusted earnings of 67 cents a share.

Intel has suffered in the past three months, falling 2. Results are different in the past year, though, as Intel has gained The drops were much larger than the gains, however: What analysts are saying: AMD stock plummets after Goldman Sachs says rally is unsustainable. Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon also pointed out that year-over-year comparisons need to take into account a shorter quarter this year. While the increase in memory prices has hurt the profits of same major tech players, companies that sell memory chips have enjoyed stronger margins, as Micron Technology Inc.

Overall, analysts believe Intel is a largely predictable tech behemoth at the moment, with little near-term upside until, and unless, the big Mobileye bet pays off. FactSet reports that 24 of the 41 analysts covering Intel have the equivalent of a Buy or Overweight rating on Intel stock, while just three give it a Sell or Underweight rating.

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