Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) (market cap: $84.13 billion) reported its fourth-quarter 2024 earnings, surpassing analysts' expectations with an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.13, compared to the forecast of $0.

The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 13 cents per share, squeezing past Wall Street’s consensus estimate of 12 cents per share. Revenue for the quarter came to $14.26 billion, up 7% from a year ago and ahead of the Street’s target of $13.81 billion.

Intel is currently being led by co-CEOs David Zinsner, who also serves as CFO, and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, who is also CEO of Intel Products. The company is still searching for a permanent CEO to take the reins and attempt to revitalize the storied chipmaker.

A report last month said its 18A process, which was supposed to be a "turning point" for Intel Foundry, is only achieving 10% yield rates, which industry site wccftech says makes "it impossible for the semiconductor to reach mass-production stages."

Thank you for standing by and welcome to Intel Corporation's fourth quarter 2024 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator instructions] Again as a reminder, today's program is being recorded.

Intel shares rose 1.7% premarket on Friday as the chipmaker's quarterly revenue beat low expectations and investors focused on its search for a new CEO to steer the company through one of its most difficult periods.