Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC Trims Stake in Intel Corporation $INTC

Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC lowered its position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 16.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 67,053 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 13,030 shares during the quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $2,474,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Legacy Bridge LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Intel in the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Intel by 177.7% in the 4th quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 567 shares during the period. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Intel by 89.2% in the 3rd quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 446 shares during the period. Finally, Winch Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in Intel by 28.3% in the 4th quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC now owns 966 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 213 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Intel

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total transaction of $4,006,679.68. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly 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 legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on INTC shares. HSBC raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $50.00 to $95.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Intel from $56.00 to $73.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $80.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Seaport Research Partners raised their price target on shares of Intel from $65.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Northland Securities downgraded shares of Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $81.52.

Intel Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of Intel stock 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. Intel Corporation has a 1 year low of $18.97 and a 1 year high of $132.75. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $79.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is $55.32. The stock has a market cap of $612.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -196.40 and a beta of 2.18.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued 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. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. The company had revenue of $13.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.32 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.13 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Intel News Roundup

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.

Intel Company 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.