Intel Corporation $INTC Stock: Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. Increases Holdings

Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 127.4% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 15,852 shares of the chip maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,882 shares during the quarter. Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Intel were worth $1,906,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Primecap Management Co. CA acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the second quarter valued at about $10,507,291,000. Legal & General Group Plc purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the 2nd quarter valued at about $4,096,110,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 87.1% during the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 30,214,769 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,632,722,000 after buying an additional 14,063,302 shares during the period. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquired a new position in Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,848,438,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Intel by 35.7% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 31,724,362 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $4,429,673,000 after acquiring an additional 8,342,514 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Lip Bu Tan purchased 105,263 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $95.00 per share, for a total transaction of $9,999,985.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at approximately $124,893,555. This represents a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $93.74 on Wednesday. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $32.89 and a fifty-two week high of $142.35. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $101.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $85.75.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on INTC shares. TD Cowen decreased their price target on Intel from $115.00 to $95.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 19th. Daiwa Securities Group lowered shares of Intel from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Seaport Research Partners reissued a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Intel from $110.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Northland Securities upgraded shares of Intel from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $120.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Intel currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $108.23.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel agreed to acquire Israeli quantum-software company Classiq for approximately $2.3 billion, aiming to build a full-stack quantum-computing platform. The deal strengthens Intel’s longer-term positioning in a new growth market, although it also adds execution and investment risk. Intel to buy quantum firm Classiq
• Positive Sentiment: New Street Research upgraded Intel to Buy with a reported $125 target, citing a shortage of server CPUs and improving demand. Wedbush maintained Neutral but raised its target to $98, describing the setup ahead of earnings as balanced with server performance the key issue.
• Positive Sentiment: Several earnings previews point to stronger data-center revenue, AI infrastructure demand, Xeon processor sales, and possible pricing benefits from constrained server-CPU supply. Investors are looking for evidence that server strength can offset weaker PC demand and support margins. Intel Q3 earnings preview
• Positive Sentiment: Intel’s Crescent Island GPU D-series and Xeon-based rack designs target memory-intensive agentic-AI inference, offering a potential avenue for growth beyond traditional CPUs. The company is also benefiting from broader semiconductor-sector momentum and optimism surrounding its turnaround.
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel, along with IBM, Oracle and IonQ, objected to having its shares listed in tokenized form on the proposed OKX-ICE exchange. The move has limited direct financial impact but signals that major issuers want greater control over how their shares are traded. Companies object to tokenized stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Rosenblatt reaffirmed its Sell rating and assigned an $80 price target, well below prevailing levels. The bearish view underscores concerns about Intel’s valuation, profitability, and the difficulty of executing its costly foundry turnaround.
• Negative Sentiment: Nvidia’s emerging Vera CPU business is already shipping to hyperscalers, creating a new competitive threat to Intel in data-center processors. Investors also face elevated volatility, with options markets implying a large move around Thursday’s earnings report.

Intel Company Profile

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and connectivity products. Its portfolio includes Intel Core processors for personal computers, Xeon processors for data centers and enterprise systems, and products for networking, edge computing, graphics, and artificial intelligence workloads.

Through Intel Foundry, the company also provides semiconductor manufacturing and technology-development services for external customers. Intel develops process technologies, advanced packaging, and other manufacturing capabilities intended to support its own products and third-party chip designs.

Founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, Intel helped establish the modern microprocessor industry and has historically supplied processors for PCs, servers, and other computing systems.