INTC hasn't had 'solid consistent performance' lately and GS make a lot of profit. Your expectations are unrealistic, INTC currently has a trailing P/E of 47 and is relying on an expected forward P/E of 13 to sustain its current price so it is expected to make 3 times as much going forward as it has in the last year so optimism is baked into the pps not pessimism.
I think that wallstreet wants to see explosive potential in a stock.
All investors do and I think the potential for INTC to become one of those has never been greater than now. Continued processs and design leadership, more realistic capacity sizing, diversification, all the pieces are in place they just have to come together over the next few quarters and they should.
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