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Intel's stock drops 30% overnight —company sheds $39 billion in market cap | As of now, Intel's market value is a fraction of Nvidia's worth and less than half of AMD's (www.tomshardware.com)

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Intel's stock dropped around 30% overnight, shaving some $39 billion from the company's market capitalization since rumors of a pending layoff first emerged. The devastating results come after the chip giant reported a loss for the second quarter, complained about yield issues with the Meteor Lake CPU, provided a modest business outlook for the next few quarters, and announced plans to lay off 15,000 people worldwide.

When the NYSE closed on July 31, Intel's market capitalization was $130.86 billion. Then, a report about Intel's massive layoffs was published, and the company's market capitalization dropped sharply to $123.96 billion on August 1. Following Intel's financial report yesterday, the company's capitalization dropped to $91.86 billion. Essentially, Intel has lost half of its capitalization since January. As of now, Intel's market value is a fraction of Nvidia's worth and less than half of AMD's.

As Intel's actions look rather desperate, analysts believe that Intel's challenges are existential. "Intel's issues are now approaching the existential," Stacy Rasgon, an analyst with Bernstein, told Reuters.

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[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago (3 children)

And to think I grew up at a time when Intel reigned supreme. My my.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I grew up in an era where IBM reign supreme.

A decade ago, it dipped to 1990s level but now it's pretty up there in value again.

I don't understand tech company stocks at all.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you consider inflation, it makes more sense. IBM is nowhere near it was before

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, it seems like people always forget about inflation. Okay yes your one milion will be two millions in 14 years at 5% yearly but it will be worth only 1.25 million corrected for inflation so you just made 25% over 14 years. And that’s for just 3% year to year inflation.

So companies must at least grow by inflation rate to stay afloat.

Inflation is a word that haunts me to be honest. It is 8% here right now. Which means value of money will be halved in 9 years

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

IBM went through a huge transformation. More than one probably. Most if not all giant firms have had to reinvent themselves many times over. I remember the pivot from a technology company to services and consulting, which was hugely controversial, as I got to see that relatively up close. I won’t forgive them for giving up thinkpad though.

[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first pc I bought had a Cyrix processor cause I couldn’t afford Intel.

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Exactly, everything was measured by how well Intel did, they were the undisputed standard bearer.

[–] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh how the mighty have fallen

I can still recall my first PC, I used to love smashing the turbo button. No fucking clue what it did, but it sure was fun to press!

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Best button ever!

It slowed down the CPU.