Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Rating Reaffirmed as “Neutral” by Wedbush

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reissued by research analysts at Wedbush in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a $98.00 price objective on the chip maker’s stock. Wedbush‘s target price suggests a potential upside of 4.54% from the company’s previous close.

INTC has been the subject of several other reports. DA Davidson upped their price objective on Intel from $77.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Mizuho upped their price objective on Intel from $92.00 to $114.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 6th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Intel from $120.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their price target on Intel from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Pivotal Research assumed coverage on Intel in a research report on Tuesday, September 8th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $108.23.

Intel Stock Up 3.6%

Shares of INTC stock traded up $3.27 on Tuesday, hitting $93.74. 90,053,905 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 115,620,773. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $472.82 billion, a P/E ratio of -44.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.23 and a beta of 2.22. The business has a 50-day moving average of $101.67 and a 200 day moving average of $85.75. Intel has a fifty-two week low of $32.89 and a fifty-two week high of $142.35.

Insider Activity

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Bu Tan acquired 105,263 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $95.00 per share, with a total value of $9,999,985.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at approximately $124,893,555. This represents a 8.70% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Intel

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Intel by 1.2% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 216,849,675 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $30,278,720,000 after buying an additional 2,528,657 shares during the last quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the second quarter valued at approximately $10,507,291,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Intel by 35.7% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 31,724,362 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $4,429,673,000 after buying an additional 8,342,514 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the second quarter valued at approximately $4,096,110,000. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of Intel by 87.1% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 30,214,769 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,632,722,000 after purchasing an additional 14,063,302 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel agreed to acquire Israeli quantum-software company Classiq for approximately $2.3 billion, aiming to build a full-stack quantum-computing platform. The deal strengthens Intel’s longer-term positioning in a new growth market, although it also adds execution and investment risk. Intel to buy quantum firm Classiq
• Positive Sentiment: New Street Research upgraded Intel to Buy with a reported $125 target, citing a shortage of server CPUs and improving demand. Wedbush maintained Neutral but raised its target to $98, describing the setup ahead of earnings as balanced with server performance the key issue.
• Positive Sentiment: Several earnings previews point to stronger data-center revenue, AI infrastructure demand, Xeon processor sales, and possible pricing benefits from constrained server-CPU supply. Investors are looking for evidence that server strength can offset weaker PC demand and support margins. Intel Q3 earnings preview
• Positive Sentiment: Intel’s Crescent Island GPU D-series and Xeon-based rack designs target memory-intensive agentic-AI inference, offering a potential avenue for growth beyond traditional CPUs. The company is also benefiting from broader semiconductor-sector momentum and optimism surrounding its turnaround.
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel, along with IBM, Oracle and IonQ, objected to having its shares listed in tokenized form on the proposed OKX-ICE exchange. The move has limited direct financial impact but signals that major issuers want greater control over how their shares are traded. Companies object to tokenized stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Rosenblatt reaffirmed its Sell rating and assigned an $80 price target, well below prevailing levels. The bearish view underscores concerns about Intel’s valuation, profitability, and the difficulty of executing its costly foundry turnaround.
• Negative Sentiment: Nvidia’s emerging Vera CPU business is already shipping to hyperscalers, creating a new competitive threat to Intel in data-center processors. Investors also face elevated volatility, with options markets implying a large move around Thursday’s earnings report.

About Intel

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and connectivity products. Its portfolio includes Intel Core processors for personal computers, Xeon processors for data centers and enterprise systems, and products for networking, edge computing, graphics, and artificial intelligence workloads.

Through Intel Foundry, the company also provides semiconductor manufacturing and technology-development services for external customers. Intel develops process technologies, advanced packaging, and other manufacturing capabilities intended to support its own products and third-party chip designs.

Founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, Intel helped establish the modern microprocessor industry and has historically supplied processors for PCs, servers, and other computing systems.