Why INTC fell 15.4% on Oct 29 2026: weak q4 guidance
INTC-15.4%on Thu Oct 29 2026
Intel Corp was down 15.4% on the day at $80.86, ranked #4 on 1.7× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this unexplained move at 16:02 ET during after hours. TapeRank recorded 2 events for INTC that day, between 16:02 and 16:03 ET, and each is in the timeline below.
THE DAY ON THE LIST · 2 EVENTS
- 16:02 ETUNEXPLAINED MOVE · AFTER-HOURS
$80.86 · ▼ 15.4% ON THE DAY · 1.7× 5M RVOL · RANK #4
JUSTIFIEDCONFIDENCE5/5Intel fell 21.3% after issuing Q4 adjusted EPS guidance of $0.25 versus $0.43 expected and sales guidance of $15.0-$16.0 billion versus $17.045 billion expected. The Q3 earnings beat was overshadowed by the sharply below-consensus outlook, which explains the heavy after-hours selling.
WHYA 21.3% decline is substantial, but it is proportionate to a roughly 42% EPS-guide miss and up to 12% revenue-guide shortfall for a mega-cap company.ANALYZED 16:03 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNATHE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 16:02 ET
LAST80.86DAY▼ 15.4%5 MIN▼ 12.28%5M RVOL1.7×5M $VOL$380.2MFLOAT*5.0BRANK#4SESSIONAFTER-HOURSVWAP92.00HOD93.50LOD78.11OR HIGH93.48OR LOW92.35PREV CLOSE95.53PM HIGH93.05PM LOW91.26GAP▼ 2.69%* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
- 16:03 ETMOVER · AFTER-HOURS
$75.99 · ▼ 20.5% ON THE DAY · 2.6× 5M RVOL · RANK #1
The same verdict as at 16:02 ET.
THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 16:03 ET
LAST75.99DAY▼ 20.5%5 MIN▼ 17.38%5M RVOL2.6×5M $VOL$397.7MFLOAT*5.0BRANK#1SESSIONAFTER-HOURSVWAP91.83HOD93.50LOD76.00OR HIGH93.48OR LOW92.35PREV CLOSE95.53PM HIGH93.05PM LOW91.26GAP▼ 2.69%* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
THE SESSION
- 09:30 ETOpened at $92.97, -2.7% on the previous close of $95.53
- 11:33 ETRegular-session high, $93.50
- 14:41 ETRegular-session low, $90.84
- 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $92.08, -3.6% on the previous close of $95.53
- Volume: 68.1M shares in regular hours, 2.7M before the open
Intel opened at $92.97, below the previous close, climbed to an early high of $93.50, then fell to $90.84 before recovering to finish the regular session at $92.08, down 3.6% from the prior close. After the close, TapeRank recorded the stock at $80.86 and then $75.99, with no halts; its read tied the sharp after-hours decline to weak fourth-quarter guidance, as Intel guided adjusted EPS to $0.25 versus $0.43 expected and sales to $15.0-$16.0 billion versus $17.045 billion expected, despite a third-quarter earnings beat.
WRITTEN THU OCT 29 2026 20:00 ET BY OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE
FILINGS AND NEWS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE
No SEC filings or wire news in the 24 hours before this was recorded. A move on news that never reached the wire shows nothing here, which is what UNEXPLAINED means.
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