Dow Today: Intel (INTC) Lower

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is trading up 61 points (+0.5%) at 12,565 as of Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 10:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 196.3 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 727.1 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,241 issues advancing vs. 637 declining with 94 unchanged.

Holding back the Dow today is Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 14-cent decline (-0.5%) bringing the stock to $26.01. Volume for Intel currently sits at 16.6 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 36.7 million shares.

Intel has a market cap of $131.76 billion and is part of the technology sector and electronics industry. Shares are up 7.8% year to date as of Monday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.2%.

Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells integrated digital technology platforms primarily in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, and Japan. The company has a P/E ratio of 11, equal to the average electronics industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Intel as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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