Intel Corporation $INTC Position Boosted by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC – Free Report) by 6.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 806,675 shares of the chip maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 50,220 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $112,636,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in INTC. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Intel by 271.7% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,201 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $766,000 after buying an additional 25,001 shares in the last quarter. United Bank bought a new position in shares of Intel in the second quarter valued at $205,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL increased its holdings in shares of Intel by 12.3% in the second quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 13,737 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $308,000 after buying an additional 1,508 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Intel by 29.6% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 158,277 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,545,000 after buying an additional 36,116 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. lifted its position in shares of Intel by 9.9% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 828,352 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $18,556,000 after acquiring an additional 74,838 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Bu Tan purchased 105,263 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $95.00 per share, for a total transaction of $9,999,985.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer owned 1,314,669 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $124,893,555. This represents a 8.70% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently weighed in on INTC. Arete Research raised their price objective on Intel from $20.40 to $99.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. HC Wainwright set a $150.00 target price on Intel in a research report on Monday, June 29th. Wolfe Research began coverage on Intel in a report on Thursday, June 11th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Susquehanna increased their price target on Intel from $80.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, Pivotal Research started coverage on Intel in a research report on Tuesday. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $107.80.

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Intel Trading Down 5.6%

Intel stock opened at $100.32 on Friday. Intel Corporation has a 52 week low of $24.05 and a 52 week high of $142.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $506.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -47.54, a P/E/G ratio of 11.38 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $98.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $89.79.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $16.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.43 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. The company’s revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.10) EPS. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 1.04 EPS for the current year.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel-backed Altera is reportedly preparing an IPO that could raise more than $2 billion as early as 2026. A successful listing could highlight the value of Intel’s semiconductor assets and provide potential liquidity or valuation support. Reuters Altera IPO report
• Positive Sentiment: Intel and ASML are expanding work on High-NA EUV manufacturing, supporting the company’s argument that its foundry technology is progressing. Intel also continues to receive attention for possible memory-market opportunities and reported pricing power in enterprise CPUs.
• Neutral Sentiment: A partnership with Atsign reportedly delivered an approximately 88-fold improvement in encrypted Edge AI performance using Intel hardware. The announcement supports Intel’s AI and edge-computing positioning, but it does not yet indicate a material revenue contribution. Atsign and Intel Edge AI article
• Negative Sentiment: Piper Sandler initiated coverage with a Neutral rating, suggesting investors may have missed the better entry point after Intel’s major rally. The cautious stance reinforced valuation concerns. Piper Sandler Intel coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Mizuho reportedly reduced its price target to $92, citing valuation risk despite improving server demand and execution. Other commentary similarly argues that Intel’s recent gains have outpaced its current fundamentals. Mizuho Intel price target article
• Negative Sentiment: The broader semiconductor group also weakened as investors locked in profits, while Nvidia’s efforts to extend its AI-chip dominance raised competitive concerns for Intel and AMD. Intel’s shares had gained more than 20% over the prior five sessions, increasing selling pressure after the steep run-up. Intel profit-taking article

Intel Company Profile

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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and communications products. Its portfolio includes Intel Core processors for personal computers, Xeon processors for data centers and enterprise systems, and products for edge computing, networking, and other specialized applications.

Intel also develops graphics processing units under its Intel Arc and Intel Data Center GPU brands, Gaudi artificial intelligence accelerators, Ethernet products, software, and related platform technologies.

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