Fourier Capital Management Ltd Acquires New Position in Intel Corporation $INTC

Fourier Capital Management Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 93,300 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $3,443,000. Intel accounts for about 3.7% of Fourier Capital Management Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of INTC. Capital World Investors grew its position in Intel by 32.5% during the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 86,503,121 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,902,180,000 after purchasing an additional 21,230,715 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Intel by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 404,522,308 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $14,926,873,000 after purchasing an additional 13,692,624 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in Intel by 61.3% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 25,001,621 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $838,804,000 after purchasing an additional 9,503,402 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its position in Intel by 18.3% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 55,521,741 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,862,755,000 after purchasing an additional 8,569,812 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its position in Intel by 66.4% during the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 19,396,839 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $434,489,000 after purchasing an additional 7,736,635 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Intel may be in early discussions with Apple about manufacturing processors in the U.S. continued to fuel optimism that Intel’s foundry business could land a major customer and add meaningful long-term revenue. Why Are Intel (INTC) Shares Soaring Today
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised expectations on Intel, with Mizuho lifting its price target and other commentary highlighting improving foundry momentum and growing demand tied to AI servers and “agentic AI” workloads. Intel Is ‘Still Undervalued:’ Why Dan Niles Sees Massive AI Opportunity Beyond Nvidia’s GPU Boom
• Neutral Sentiment: Media coverage repeatedly noted that Intel has had an exceptional run in 2026, with traders now debating whether the stock is due for a pause after such a fast move. Intel’s Run Has Gone From Strong to Surreal. Now, the Profit-Taking Debate Is Heating Up
• Negative Sentiment: Hot inflation data and a broader chip-sector pullback triggered profit-taking across semiconductors, with Intel among the names dragged lower as investors worried about valuations and future data-center spending. Why Intel’s stock is falling and guiding the chip sector toward its worst day of the year
• Negative Sentiment: Some analyst commentary remained cautious, arguing that despite the rally, Intel’s valuation may already reflect much of the turnaround story and AI enthusiasm. Intel, Other Chip Stocks Drop After Hitting Records

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In other news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total value of $4,006,679.68. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. This represents a 27.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.05% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $120.29 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $64.79 and its 200-day moving average price is $49.88. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The company has a market cap of $604.58 billion, a PE ratio of -194.01 and a beta of 2.18. Intel Corporation has a 52-week low of $18.97 and a 52-week high of $132.75.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on INTC. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Intel from $60.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Intel from $45.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Scotiabank began coverage on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. They set a “sector perform” rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, HSBC raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the company from $50.00 to $95.00 in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $77.38.

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.