Wealth Science Advisors LLC Acquires 8,795 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Wealth Science Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 179.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 13,695 shares of the chip maker’s stock after buying an additional 8,795 shares during the period. Intel makes up about 0.8% of Wealth Science Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position. Wealth Science Advisors LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $1,912,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Exchange Bank acquired a new position in shares of Intel during the second quarter valued at about $324,000. Arista Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Intel by 57.0% during the second quarter. Arista Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,935 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,387,000 after acquiring an additional 3,607 shares in the last quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 135.3% in the 2nd quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC now owns 1,501 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $210,000 after acquiring an additional 863 shares during the last quarter. Aletheian Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter worth about $415,000. Finally, Tactive Advisors LLC lifted its position in Intel by 41.3% in the 2nd quarter. Tactive Advisors LLC now owns 7,544 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,053,000 after acquiring an additional 2,204 shares in the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Progress toward HDMI 2.1 support is boosting optimism about Intel’s consumer-PC and graphics capabilities, potentially improving the appeal of its platforms in home-entertainment and gaming devices. Intel Stock Gains With Progress on HDMI 2.1
• Positive Sentiment: Intel appointed new leadership focused on customer engagement and growth. The move is intended to strengthen relationships with customers and support execution of the company’s turnaround strategy. Intel Announces Leadership Appointment
• Positive Sentiment: Recent coverage continues to highlight Intel’s strongest revenue growth in more than 15 years, narrowing Foundry losses, improving 18A manufacturing yields and demand-linked capital spending. Second-quarter revenue was about $16.1 billion, up roughly 25% year over year, with adjusted EPS of $0.42. Intel’s Turnaround Entered a New Phase
• Positive Sentiment: SoftBank’s earnings benefited substantially from gains on its Intel investment, providing a favorable external signal for INTC and reinforcing investor interest in Intel’s AI and semiconductor exposure. SoftBank Earnings Benefit From Intel Investment
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel is reportedly involved in a planned Texas chip-factory project with SpaceX and Tesla. If completed, the project could support domestic manufacturing and AI infrastructure, but its long-term financial impact is not yet clear. SpaceX and Tesla Chip Factory
• Negative Sentiment: Daiwa Securities Group downgraded Intel to Hold, signaling that valuation and execution risks may limit further gains after the stock’s substantial rebound. Intel Cut to Hold at Daiwa Securities
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of a new CPU-level security attack created concern about potential vulnerabilities in Intel processors and could increase reputational, remediation and customer-support costs. Intel Stock Slips on CPU-Level Attack Reports
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts continue to question whether Intel can compete with TSMC in leading-edge manufacturing. TSMC’s larger revenue base and stronger execution highlight the substantial challenge facing Intel Foundry.

Intel Trading Up 1.8%

Shares of INTC opened at $101.65 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $111.01 and a 200 day moving average of $81.51. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $19.61 and a fifty-two week high of $142.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. The firm has a market cap of $512.72 billion, a P/E ratio of -48.18 and a beta of 2.22.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $16.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.43 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. Intel’s revenue was up 25.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.10) EPS. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 1.01 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have issued reports on INTC. BTIG Research upgraded Intel from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $160.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Melius Research set a $150.00 target price on Intel in a report on Monday, May 18th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $110.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a report on Monday, July 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $107.93.

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.