Fox Hill Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC – Free Report) by 61.6% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 33,421 shares of the chip maker’s stock after buying an additional 12,738 shares during the period. Fox Hill Wealth Management’s holdings in Intel were worth $1,233,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Intel by 17.0% in the 4th quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 593,043 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $21,883,000 after buying an additional 86,189 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its holdings in Intel by 18.3% in the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 55,521,741 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,862,755,000 after buying an additional 8,569,812 shares in the last quarter. Heritage Investment Group Inc. acquired a new position in Intel in the 4th quarter worth $219,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in Intel by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 255,261 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $9,419,000 after buying an additional 13,858 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in Intel by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 34,012,894 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,255,076,000 after buying an additional 423,481 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of brokerages have commented on INTC. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $45.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, April 24th. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Seaport Research Partners boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $65.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, KeyCorp upped their target price on shares of Intel from $70.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $87.31.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total transaction of $4,006,679.68. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. This represents a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Intel News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America’s double upgrade and higher target are the main catalyst, reinforcing the view that Intel’s CPU and foundry businesses could drive meaningful longer-term growth. Intel rallies as BofA double-upgrades stock on increased CPU, foundry visibility
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts also lifted earnings estimates, suggesting the market is becoming more optimistic about Intel’s profitability outlook over the next couple of years.
- Positive Sentiment: Broader semiconductor stocks are rebounding as investors return to beaten-down AI and chip names, adding support to Intel’s advance.
- Neutral Sentiment: Intel’s recent rally has been amplified by growing enthusiasm around its foundry turnaround and possible AI-related opportunities, but these remain longer-term execution stories rather than near-term fundamentals.
- Negative Sentiment: One item investors may watch closely is an insider sale reported today, which can sometimes temper sentiment even when the stock is rallying.
Intel Stock Performance
Shares of Intel stock opened at $116.96 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $587.84 billion, a PE ratio of -188.64 and a beta of 2.21. Intel Corporation has a 1 year low of $18.97 and a 1 year high of $132.75. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $93.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $61.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 2.31.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28. The firm had revenue of $13.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.32 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. Intel’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.13 earnings per share. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Intel Profile
Intel Corporation, founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon E. Moore and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a leading global designer and manufacturer of semiconductor products. The company is historically notable for introducing the first commercial microprocessor and for driving the x86 architecture that underpins many personal computers and servers. Intel’s core business spans the design, fabrication and marketing of processors, chipsets and related components for a wide range of computing applications.
Intel’s product portfolio includes client and mobile processors marketed under brands such as Intel Core and Pentium, as well as high-performance Xeon processors for data centers and cloud infrastructure.
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