Anchor Capital Advisors LLC Acquires 244,010 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 275.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 332,467 shares of the chip maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 244,010 shares during the period. Anchor Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $12,268,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Intel by 271.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,201 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $766,000 after buying an additional 25,001 shares during the last quarter. United Bank purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter worth about $205,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 12.3% in the 2nd quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 13,737 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $308,000 after purchasing an additional 1,508 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Intel by 29.6% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 158,277 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,545,000 after purchasing an additional 36,116 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. increased its position in shares of Intel by 9.9% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 828,352 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $18,556,000 after purchasing an additional 74,838 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on INTC shares. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their target price on Intel from $65.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. New Street Research lifted their price target on shares of Intel from $50.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $30.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Tigress Financial lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $66.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $48.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note 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 given a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Intel currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $83.35.

Trending Headlines about 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.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the company’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 transaction of $4,006,679.68. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,458,313.81. This represents a 27.70% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Intel Stock Performance

Intel stock opened at $107.93 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The firm has a market cap of $542.46 billion, a P/E ratio of -174.08 and a beta of 2.21. Intel Corporation has a 1-year low of $18.97 and a 1-year high of $132.75. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $83.20 and a 200-day moving average of $56.95.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 EPS 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 the consensus estimate of $12.32 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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. Sell-side analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.

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.