4,708 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC Bought by Echo45 Advisors LLC

Echo45 Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 4,708 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $566,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of INTC. Financially Speaking Inc boosted its stake in Intel by 69.2% in the 4th quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Financial Life Planners acquired a new position in Intel during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Montgomery Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in Intel during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Glynn Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the second quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Knuff & Co LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the second quarter worth $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $81.00 to $108.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. KeyCorp set a $125.00 target price on Intel in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Intel from $120.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on Intel in a report on Thursday, June 11th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Intel from $110.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $109.06.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Lip Bu Tan purchased 105,263 shares of Intel stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $95.00 per share, for a total transaction of $9,999,985.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at $124,893,555. The trade was a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Intel will continue working with Musk on Terafab, while Musk indicated that TSMC may only sublease part of the facility rather than replace Intel or own the fab. The clarification eased concerns that Intel would lose a potentially important advanced-manufacturing opportunity. Intel to keep working on Musk’s Terafab chipmaking venture
• Positive Sentiment: The Terafab update helped Intel outperform some semiconductor peers as investors focused on potential demand for AI chips and U.S.-based manufacturing capacity. Elon Musk and Intel CEO shore up chipmaker’s role in Terafab
• Positive Sentiment: Applied Materials and Intel announced expanded collaboration on next-generation transistors, interconnects and advanced packaging for AI-driven computing. The partnership could support Intel’s process-technology and foundry ambitions, although it does not provide near-term financial guidance. Applied Materials and Intel Collaborate to Accelerate Chipmaking Innovations
• Positive Sentiment: Optimism around a CPU recovery and Intel’s recent run of beating its own expectations is supporting the turnaround narrative. Jim Cramer also highlighted the company’s CPU opportunity, though these views are opinion-based rather than new company results. Why Jim Cramer Is All-In on Intel’s CPU Comeback
• Neutral Sentiment: Research forecasts project strong growth in visual-computing and computer-vision markets, areas that could benefit Intel’s CPUs, accelerators and manufacturing services. However, the reports are broad industry studies and do not establish Intel’s market share or expected revenue. Visual Computing Global Strategic Business Report
• Neutral Sentiment: Mizuho raised its Intel price target to $114 while maintaining a neutral rating, indicating limited near-term upside at the cited valuation. Intel Stock Price Target Raised at Mizuho
• Negative Sentiment: TSMC’s potential involvement in Terafab remains a competitive risk: even without replacing Intel, it could reduce Intel’s role or bargaining power. Intel’s elevated valuation and continuing questions about foundry execution also leave the stock vulnerable if the project or turnaround disappoints.

Intel Stock Performance

NASDAQ:INTC traded up $0.56 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $113.06. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 82,425,870 shares, compared to its average volume of 116,816,797. The business’s fifty day moving average is $101.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $98.51. The stock has a market cap of $570.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -53.58, a PEG ratio of 12.40 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.25. Intel Corporation has a 1 year low of $32.89 and a 1 year high of $142.35.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.43 billion. Intel had a positive return on equity of 2.62% and a negative net margin of 19.79%.The company’s revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted ($0.10) EPS. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post 1.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Intel Profile

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and connectivity products. Its portfolio includes central processing units (CPUs), graphics and accelerator products, chipsets, networking components, and other semiconductor solutions used in personal computers, servers, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence systems, and embedded applications.

The company serves a broad range of customers, including original equipment manufacturers, cloud service providers, enterprise businesses, telecommunications companies, government organizations, and other technology firms.