What To Expect From Intel's Earnings Call On Thursday

• Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is scheduled to report its fourth quarter fiscal 2015 financial results after the market closes on Thursday.
• Management guided for revenue in the $14.3 billion to $15.3 billion range. The midpoint, which stands at $14.8 billion, implies a small increase from the $14.721 billion in sales reported a year ago.
• The Street and the crowd also envision a slight surge in revenue. However, they are expecting a year-over-year decline in earnings of at least 13.5 percent.

In the same quarter last year, the tech behemoth delivered earnings of $0.74 per share on revenue of $14.721 billion. For the current quarter, management guided for revenue in the $14.3 billion to $15.3 billion range, but did not provide an earnings outlook.

Expectations for the quarter are quite low. The crowd is projecting sequentially flat consensus earnings of $0.64 per share on revenue of $14.817 billion, close to the midpoint of guidance. The Street is modeling consensus earnings of $0.63 per share on sales of $14.803 billion. These estimates imply almost flat year-over-year revenue and a decline in earnings of at least 13.5 percent.

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However, Intel has tended to beat estimates in the last eight quarters.

Disclosure: Javier Hasse holds no positions in any of the securities mentioned above.