August 1st, 2024

Intel Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Intel's Q2 2024 revenue was $12.8 billion, down 1% year-over-year. The company plans a $10 billion cost reduction, including layoffs and dividend suspension, while advancing AI PC initiatives and product development.

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Intel Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Intel Corporation reported its second-quarter 2024 financial results, revealing a revenue of $12.8 billion, a slight decline of 1% year-over-year. The company experienced a GAAP loss per share of $(0.38) and a non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.02. For the upcoming third quarter, Intel forecasts revenue between $12.5 billion and $13.5 billion, with expected GAAP EPS of $(0.24) and non-GAAP EPS of $(0.03). In response to financial challenges, Intel announced a $10 billion cost reduction plan, which includes a headcount reduction of over 15% and a suspension of dividends starting in Q4 2024. The plan aims to enhance operational efficiency and support long-term strategic investments. Key milestones were achieved in product development, including the release of the 1.0 Process Design Kit for Intel 18A technology. The company reported a cash generation of $2.3 billion from operations in Q2. Intel's business units showed varied performance, with the Client Computing Group revenue increasing by 9%, while the Data Center and AI segment saw a 3% decline. The company is also advancing its AI PC initiatives, having shipped over 15 million AI PCs since December 2023. Intel's ongoing transformation strategy focuses on reducing operating expenses, capital expenditures, and costs of sales while maintaining core investments in technology and manufacturing. The company aims to improve liquidity and reduce debt to support its long-term goals.

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By @softfalcon - 4 months
This sounds worryingly like “sales are down, cut costs to maintain profitability to spike our stock numbers” and not enough focus on what I believe is actually wrong, which is that they can’t seem to reliably make competitive processors in a stiff market.

Anyone else feel like this is bean counters at Intel playing the wrong game? I personally feel like leadership at Intel lost the plot almost a decade ago.

By @llmblockchain - 4 months
I live near Intel HQ and I know many Intel employees. Everyone I know has been interviewing at other companies for the last 8-12 months. I haven't met a single person that had a positive thing to say about Intel and its future.
By @hylaride - 4 months
Suspending the dividend is poetic in a sense. They'd been taken over by bean counters decades ago and slowly pissed away their privileged position at the top of computing.

They essentially ended up where Boeing did, but at least didn't kill anybody.

By @dredmorbius - 4 months
Additional coverage from:

The Register: "Intel to dump 15 percent of staff to save costs" <https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/01/intel_to_ax_headcount...>

CNBC: "Intel to cut 15% of headcount, reports quarterly guidance miss" <https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/01/intel-intc-q2-earnings-repor...>

By @StringyBob - 4 months
Intel had over 130,000 employees as of a couple of months ago.

15% layoffs is nearly 20,000 people.

By @honkycat - 4 months
$152 billion in stock buybacks. We don't have an economy anymore, we are just handing money to the ultra-wealthy.

US. Total economic collapse. Hard landing.

This is the beginning of the end. We really had the chance to make something beautiful with this country, but the 1% bought and sold it into the ground.

Half our politicians aren't even trying to keep it running anymore.

By @myth_drannon - 4 months
Intel stock is down -24% in pre-market trading. That's going to be a "fun" Friday for sure.
By @bluedino - 4 months
Reducing Operating Expenses: The company will streamline its operations and meaningfully cut spending and headcount, reducing non-GAAP R&D and marketing, general and administrative (MG&A) to approximately $20 billion in 2024 and approximately $17.5 billion in 2025, with further reductions expected in 2026. Intel expects to reduce headcount by greater than 15% with the majority completed by the end of 2024.
By @fire-them-all - 4 months
INTC and its subsidiaries should consider a comprehensive reorganization. The company is struggling, and it seems they're making poor decisions regarding staffing and leadership. Mediocre and ineffective leadership persists at all levels, and the business and sales departments are likely contributing to the issues as much as HR.

If you want to help turn things around, contact the board members and CEOs directly. Make it clear that they should not receive any compensation until they have successfully revitalized INTC, MBLY, and other related companies. For reference, these are the KPIs for them: INTC's market cap should be currently around $250 billion and MBLY's is about $35 billion.

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Jensen Huang, please buy INTC!!!! PLEASE BUY IT AND MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!