The world of microprocessors confirmed Thursday after-hours trade, in a statement, the resumption of its activities, with net income nearly tenfold in the fourth quarter, which allowed him to limit to 17% decline in annual net profit , to 4.369 billion dollars.
The results of the last quarter of the year have exceeded expectations: the group of Santa Clara (California, western United States) posted a net profit of 2.282 billion dollars during the three months ended December 26.
Based on the number of shares and excluding special items (ie without taking into account the $ 1.25 billion paid to settle the prosecution of rival AMD), the benefit amounts to 55 cents, where analysts' s until 30.
Earnings per share annually, to $ 1.17, also exceeded expectations (67 cents expected), as the turnover quarterly and annual: respectively 10.569 billion dollars (+28%, 10.17 billion dollars were expected) and 35.127 billion dollars (-7%, against 34.73 billion expected).
Finally, forecasting sales of the current quarter, between 9.3 and 10.1 billion dollars, should be higher than predicted by analysts (9.35 billion dollars).
The way Intel has won, Thursday, 2.34% at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, after rising nearly 2% Wednesday ..
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