Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Trading 12.1% Higher After Analyst Upgrade

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shares traded up 12.1% during mid-day trading on Wednesday after Tigress Financial raised their price target on the stock from $66.00 to $118.00. Tigress Financial currently has a buy rating on the stock. Intel traded as high as $94.95 and last traded at $94.75. 227,285,385 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 99% from the average session volume of 114,263,547 shares. The stock had previously closed at $84.52.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on INTC. Northland Securities upped their price target on Intel from $54.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Daiwa Securities Group upped their price target on Intel from $41.00 to $50.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Barclays upped their price target on Intel from $45.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Freedom Capital upgraded Intel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Intel from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $74.47.

Insider Activity at Intel

In other news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.05, for a total value of $981,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 113,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,545,593. This represents a 15.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. antitrust authorities cleared Intel’s investment in SambaNova, removing a major regulatory overhang tied to the deal and validating Intel’s push deeper into AI infrastructure; that clearance is a clear near?term positive for sentiment. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Strong Q1 operational beat: Intel reported a sizable EPS and revenue beat and issued stable Q2 guidance, which lifted the investment thesis that Intel is converting AI infrastructure demand into durable revenue growth. Investors are treating the quarter as confirmation that Intel can compete for large data?center spend. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Momentum, liquidity and positioning: April was Intel’s best month ever on Nasdaq with massive inflows (including outsized moves in leveraged ETFs), drawing new retail and institutional attention and reinforcing momentum?driven buying. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst revisions and upgrades are supporting the re?rating: some firms hiked FY estimates and moved coverage to stronger ratings — this helps the fundamental narrative but may already be priced into the rally.
• Negative Sentiment: Elevated volatility and dispersion in expectations: options markets imply large moves and traders are pricing sharply divergent outcomes for INTC through the summer — that raises the risk of sharp pullbacks if momentum stalls. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Profit?taking / overbought warnings: Several analysts and market commentators say the rally may be overextended in the short term and that every incremental bit of good news is being bought — investors should expect higher intraday swings and potential pullbacks. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Sector sensitivity: short?term chip sector moves are still being influenced by cloud/AI spend signals (for example, OpenAI growth outlooks), which can weigh on chip names if cloud customers temper guidance. Read More.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Summit Financial Strategies Inc. purchased a new position in Intel during the 1st quarter worth approximately $201,000. Sachetta LLC grew its stake in Intel by 39.7% during the 1st quarter. Sachetta LLC now owns 1,390 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $61,000 after buying an additional 395 shares during the last quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC grew its stake in Intel by 26.2% during the 1st quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC now owns 19,357 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $854,000 after buying an additional 4,017 shares during the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. grew its stake in Intel by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 363,368 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $16,035,000 after buying an additional 9,948 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in Intel by 12.9% during the 1st quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 147,668 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $6,517,000 after acquiring an additional 16,867 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Stock Up 5.4%

The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $54.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $45.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 2.31. The company has a market capitalization of $500.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -160.67, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 2.18.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share 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 analysts’ expectations of $12.32 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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, equities analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.

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.