Xponance LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC – Free Report) by 8.1% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 683,676 shares of the chip maker’s stock after buying an additional 51,482 shares during the quarter. Xponance LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $25,228,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Winch Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 28.3% during the 4th quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC now owns 966 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares in the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. raised its position in shares of Intel by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 10,788 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $398,000 after acquiring an additional 223 shares in the last quarter. Successful Portfolios LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Successful Portfolios LLC now owns 8,715 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $322,000 after acquiring an additional 223 shares in the last quarter. Providence Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Providence Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,340 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $527,000 after acquiring an additional 225 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Orca Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Orca Investment Management LLC now owns 50,697 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,871,000 after acquiring an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.
Key Stories Impacting Intel
Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America double-upgraded Intel (INTC) to Buy from Underperform and raised its price target to $135 from $96, citing stronger confidence in Intel’s CPU growth opportunity and its external foundry business. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts said Intel could benefit from a larger-than-expected server CPU market and growing demand tied to agentic AI, supporting the view that its foundry and data center recovery could drive further upside. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment was also helped by articles framing Intel’s AI foundry push as becoming more real, with new customer traction and national-security relevance adding to the long-term growth story. Article Title
- Neutral Sentiment: Separately, Nvidia hired former Intel government-affairs chief Bruce Andrews to lead Washington strategy, which highlights Intel’s influence in U.S. chip-policy circles but does not directly change Intel’s fundamentals. Article Title
- Negative Sentiment: Some coverage noted a recent insider sale at Intel, which can create a small overhang even as the stock has rallied sharply. Article Title
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Intel Trading Up 9.3%
Shares of INTC stock opened at $116.96 on Friday. 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 Corporation has a 1 year low of $18.97 and a 1 year high of $132.75. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $93.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of $61.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $587.84 billion, a PE ratio of -188.64 and a beta of 2.21.
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.28. Intel had a positive return on equity of 0.39% and a negative net margin of 5.90%.The company had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.32 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.13 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.
Insider Activity at Intel
In other news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total value of $4,006,679.68. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.
About Intel
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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