Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Trading Up 6% – Should You Buy?

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s stock price traded up 6% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $142.35 and last traded at $139.63. 115,035,396 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 6% from the average daily volume of 122,145,578 shares. The stock had previously closed at $131.72.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: HSBC raised its price target on Intel to $200 from $100 and kept a Buy rating, saying Intel’s server and foundry businesses offer more value. Intel in spotlight as HSBC ups price target, sees more value from servers, foundry
• Positive Sentiment: TPIsoftware said it is adopting Intel Xeon 6 processors and Intel Arc Pro B60 GPUs for enterprise AI solutions, adding another customer win for Intel’s AI hardware push. Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Sinks as AMD Discovers Low-Power Cores
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel’s ongoing turnaround narrative remains in focus, with articles highlighting its foundry buildout, AI PC momentum, and strong earnings expectations ahead of the next report. Earnings Preview: What To Expect From Intel’s Report
• Negative Sentiment: Chip stocks are seeing broad profit-taking after a record rally, with Intel falling alongside Micron, AMD, and the SOXX semiconductor ETF as investors rotate out of overheated AI names. US Stocks: Micron, Intel and other chip stocks fall up to 11% after record-breaking rally
• Negative Sentiment: Bank of America’s warning about “bubble risk” in semiconductors also hurt sentiment across the group, adding to pressure on Intel after its huge year-to-date run. Intel Drops 7%, AMD Slides 5%, Taiwan Semiconductor Falls 6% as BoA Flags “Bubble Risk”
• Negative Sentiment: Another catalyst for the selloff is concern that Meta’s AI cloud expansion could increase competition and change the market’s expectations for chip demand. Meta AI Cloud Push Sends Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Micron Stocks Sinking

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on INTC shares. Moffett Nathanson lowered Intel to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Intel in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Morgan Stanley cut shares of Intel from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. New Street Research lifted their price objective on shares of Intel from $100.00 to $122.00 in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $70.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $96.69.

Intel Price Performance

The business has a fifty day moving average price of $113.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $70.04. 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 company has a market capitalization of $602.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -192.52 and a beta of 2.18.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28. The business had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.32 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.13 earnings per share. 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 fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. This trade represents a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.05% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Intel

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $2,233,159,000. Capital World Investors raised its position in Intel by 32.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 86,503,121 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,902,180,000 after acquiring an additional 21,230,715 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors raised its position in Intel by 285.9% in the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 26,619,928 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $982,279,000 after acquiring an additional 19,722,010 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Intel by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 404,522,308 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $14,926,873,000 after acquiring an additional 13,692,624 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in Intel by 20.4% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 65,249,269 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,407,698,000 after acquiring an additional 11,056,090 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.