Intel Corporation $INTC Shares Purchased by Geode Capital Management LLC

Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 3.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 101,931,512 shares of the chip maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,124,798 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $3,744,406,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Legacy Bridge LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Intel during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 89.2% during the third quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 446 shares during the period. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel during the third quarter worth $33,000. Finally, HighMark Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Intel by 177.7% in the fourth quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 567 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have commented on INTC. Truist Financial raised their target price on Intel from $49.00 to $81.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, April 24th. Seaport Research Partners raised their target price on Intel from $65.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Daiwa Securities Group raised their target price on Intel from $41.00 to $50.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price target on Intel from $65.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $81.52.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of Intel stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.05% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Intel Stock Down 1.4%

INTC opened at $121.77 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 1.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $612.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -196.40 and a beta of 2.18. The business has a 50-day moving average of $79.01 and a two-hundred day moving average of $55.32. Intel Corporation has a 12 month low of $18.97 and a 12 month high of $132.75.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28. The company had revenue of $13.58 billion during 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 revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.13 EPS. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel remains a major AI and semiconductor momentum name, with multiple articles pointing to AI demand, foundry opportunities, and upcoming COMPUTEX-related expectations as reasons investors are still optimistic about the long-term story.
• Positive Sentiment: Intel also received coverage tied to new AI-related product and ecosystem momentum, including Intel-branded confidential-compute and workload-security activity, which supports the bullish narrative around its expanding role in enterprise AI infrastructure.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several pieces frame Intel as a stock that has already rallied sharply, which keeps investor interest high but also makes valuation and execution the key questions going forward.
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel was included in broader “AI stocks” and “high-growth stock” discussions, reinforcing that the market still views INTC as part of the AI trade rather than just a legacy PC-chip story.
• Negative Sentiment: Northland downgraded Intel from outperform to market perform, citing valuation concerns after the stock’s outsized gains, which is likely pressuring sentiment and encouraging some profit-taking.
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage also highlighted competitive pressure from Nvidia, including concerns that Nvidia’s newer CPU efforts could challenge Intel’s data center and server business, adding to worries that the rally may not be easy to sustain.

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.