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Intel stock jumps 8% with big revenue beat in earnings (INTC)

Intel reported revenues of $16.1 billion and EPS of $0.87 in the first quarter, beating expectations.

Intel delivered a classic "beat and raise" earnings report on Thursday, sending the chipmaker's shares flying and giving investors confidence that a rash of bad news is not taking a big toll on the company's business.

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Intel's data center business helped drive the company's strong revenue growth during the first three months of the year. But even Intel's PC business, which is contending with an industry shift from computers to mobile devices, managed to grow 3% from the prior year.

Intel's business outlook for the current quarter and the rest of the year were also above Wall Street targets.

Shares of Intel increased roughly 8% in after hours trading on Thursday.

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Here's what Intel reported:

  • Revenue (GAAP)
  • Earnings per share (adjusted)
  • Q2 revenue guidance (GAAP)
  • Q2 earnings per share guidance (adjusted)
  • 2018 revenue guidance (GAAP)
  • 2018 earnings per share guidance (adjusted)

Intel's earnings report comes amid industry-wide concerns over the impact of recently-discovered security vulnerabilities in chips. News reports that Apple is considering designing its own laptop microprocessors, potentially replacing Intel's chips, have also raised concerns.

Intel's Q1 results were released during a busy day of tech earnings reports including:

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Intel's data products grew 25% from the year before, and ultimately made up a full 49% of the company's quarterly revenue. Intel's PC business brought in $8.2 billion in revenue during the first three months of the year, up 3% from the year before. Intel's flash memory business grew 20% as strong demand for storage continued.

"The strength of Intel’s business underscores my confidence in our strategy and the unrelenting demand for compute performance fueled by the growth of data," CEO Brian Krzanich said in a statement.

The chipmaker said it would begin rolling out improvements to its manufacturing operations at the 14 nanomenter node later this year, and that it expects to shift to volume production at the 10 nanometer node in 2019.

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