Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Increases Stock Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 5.7% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 255,261 shares of the chip maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,858 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in Intel were worth $9,419,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Moors & Cabot Inc. raised its position in Intel by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 43,630 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,610,000 after purchasing an additional 1,904 shares in the last quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in Intel by 12.3% in the 4th quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC now owns 22,709 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $838,000 after purchasing an additional 2,479 shares in the last quarter. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP raised its position in Intel by 73.9% in the 4th quarter. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP now owns 140,139 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $5,171,000 after purchasing an additional 59,555 shares in the last quarter. Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in Intel in the 4th quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, Swmg LLC acquired a new stake in Intel in the 4th quarter valued at about $167,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Intel Price Performance

INTC stock opened at $107.93 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $83.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $56.95. The stock has a market cap of $542.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -174.08 and a beta of 2.21. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $18.97 and a fifty-two week high of $132.75. 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 issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.28. Intel had a positive return on equity of 0.39% and a negative net margin of 5.90%.The company had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.32 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.13 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the business’s 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel used Computex to announce new AI infrastructure products, including Xeon 6+, rack-scale systems, and the Crescent Island GPU, signaling an effort to regain momentum in data center and AI chips.
• Positive Sentiment: Intel’s partnerships and product demos, including work with Perplexity AI and Phison, support the narrative that the company can participate in the AI PC and edge-AI buildout. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Several market commentary pieces focused on Intel’s huge stock run-up over the past year and how valuation questions are resurfacing after the recent rally.
• Negative Sentiment: Nvidia’s RTX Spark launch is seen as a direct assault on Intel’s Windows PC processor franchise, raising fears of share loss in a major end market.
• Negative Sentiment: Some traders appear to be taking profits after Intel’s sharp rally, with investors also questioning near-term earnings power while foundry spending remains heavy.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Truist Financial increased their price target on Intel from $49.00 to $81.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Northland Securities lowered Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $80.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a report on Monday, May 4th. Finally, HSBC upgraded Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $50.00 to $95.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $83.35.

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.