Mustard Seed Financial LLC Takes $234,000 Position in Intel Corporation $INTC

Mustard Seed Financial LLC bought a new stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 5,310 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $234,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Financial Life Planners acquired a new position in Intel during the first quarter worth approximately $25,000. Financially Speaking Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 69.2% in the fourth quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares during the period. Legacy Bridge LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Swiss RE Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Intel during the fourth quarter worth approximately $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

INTC has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $90.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Intel from $85.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, June 1st. HC Wainwright set a $150.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research report on Monday. KeyCorp lifted their price objective 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. Finally, TD Cowen upped their target price on shares of Intel from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $96.69.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of Intel stock in a transaction that occurred 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 directly owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: HSBC raised its price target on Intel to $200 and kept a Buy rating, citing progress in the foundry business and potential partnerships with Apple, Nvidia, and Amazon. Intel (INTC) Stock Could Surge 100%: HSBC Analyst Raises Target to $200
• Positive Sentiment: Jim Cramer highlighted Intel as his favorite stock and said CEO Lip-Bu Tan has turned the company around, calling out multiple growth opportunities. Jim Cramer Highlights Intel’s “Three Major Growth Opportunities”
• Positive Sentiment: Intel continues to benefit from improving views on its AI PC, networking, and foundry businesses, which are supporting rising earnings estimates and investor optimism. INTC Outpaces Industry in a Year: How to Play the Stock?
• Neutral Sentiment: TPIsoftware said it is using Intel Xeon 6 processors and Intel Arc Pro B60 GPUs for enterprise AI solutions, which adds a modest demand signal for Intel’s hardware. TPIsoftware Adopts Intel (INTC) Processors and GPUs to Power Enterprise AI Solutions
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles noted that Intel has recently seen volatility after a huge run-up, with chip stocks also pressured by broader profit-taking and fears of an AI demand cooldown. Intel, Marvell Technology, and AMD Stocks Trade Down, What You Need To Know
• Negative Sentiment: Intel also faced broad semiconductor-sector selling as investors rotated out of high-flying chip names amid concerns that AI-driven chip demand may be cooling. US Stocks: Micron, Intel and other chip stocks fall up to 11% after record-breaking rally

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $120.35 on Friday. Intel Corporation has a 52 week low of $18.97 and a 52 week high of $142.35. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $115.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $70.96. The company has a market cap of $604.88 billion, a P/E ratio of -194.11 and a beta of 2.18. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28. The company had revenue of $13.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.32 billion. Intel had a positive return on equity of 0.39% and a negative net margin of 5.90%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.13 EPS. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Research analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current 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.