Tigress Financial Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock

Key Points

• Tigress Financial raised Intel’s price target to $145 from $118 and maintained a “buy” rating, implying 49.27% upside from the prior close.
• Analyst sentiment remains mixed: Intel has a consensus “hold” rating and an average price target of $108.49, despite several bullish ratings and target increases.
• Intel exceeded quarterly expectations with $0.42 in earnings per share versus $0.21 expected and $16.13 billion in revenue, while CEO Lip-Bu Tan purchased nearly $10 million of company stock.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) had its price objective upped by Tigress Financial from $118.00 to $145.00 in a report issued on Tuesday, Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a "buy" rating on the chip maker's stock. Tigress Financial's price objective would indicate a potential upside of 49.27% from the stock's previous close.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on INTC. Moffett Nathanson lowered shares of Intel to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. TD Cowen raised their price objective on Intel from $75.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, July 13th. New Street Research lifted their target price on Intel from $100.00 to $122.00 in a report on Friday, June 26th. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on Intel in a report on Thursday, June 11th. They set a "buy" rating for the company. Finally, Piper Sandler initiated coverage on Intel in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $110.00 price objective on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $108.49.

Intel Stock Down 0.1%

INTC traded down $0.05 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $97.14. 79,012,872 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 117,049,555. The stock has a market capitalization of $489.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -46.04, a PEG ratio of 11.00 and a beta of 2.22. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $97.36 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $90.57. Intel has a 12-month low of $24.45 and a 12-month high of $142.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.43 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.10) earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Analysts predict that Intel will post 1.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Lip Bu Tan acquired 105,263 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $95.00 per share, with a total value of $9,999,985.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at approximately $124,893,555. This trade represents a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.05% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Primecap Management Co. CA bought a new position in Intel in the second quarter valued at approximately $10,507,291,000. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Intel by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 208,536,784 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $7,695,007,000 after acquiring an additional 5,714,400 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of Intel by 35.7% during the second 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. Legal & General Group Plc acquired a new stake in shares of Intel during the second quarter worth $4,096,110,000. Finally, Capital World Investors raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 20.3% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 104,060,268 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $3,839,833,000 after acquiring an additional 17,557,147 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company's stock.

Key Stories Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Altera IPO could unlock value: Intel-backed Altera confidentially filed for a proposed initial public offering that could raise approximately $2 billion. Intel retains a 49% stake, giving investors a potential market-based valuation for the FPGA business and a possible source of capital for Intel’s foundry and restructuring efforts. The IPO does not, however, resolve Intel’s operating losses. Intel Rallies as Altera IPO Unlocks Its 49% Chip Stake
• Positive Sentiment: Turnaround and AI opportunities remain in focus: Bullish coverage points to Intel’s strongest revenue growth in more than 15 years, improving manufacturing prospects, potential CPU demand from inference and agentic AI, and expanding edge-AI applications. A partnership involving Atsign also highlights Intel’s security capabilities for autonomous edge computing. Prediction: Intel Could Be the Tech Comeback Story of the Decade
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst stance is mixed: Mizuho cited four potential tailwinds but cut its price target and maintained a “Neutral” rating, reflecting the stock’s sharp rally and limited room for execution disappointments. Other commentary describes Intel as fairly valued after a roughly 150%–plus surge and emphasizes that foundry customer wins and sustained profitability are still needed to validate the recovery. Intel Has 4 Major Tailwinds According to This Wall Street Analyst
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and AI-spending uncertainty remain risks: Analysts warn that AMD is gaining data-center customers and rack-scale AI opportunities while Nvidia is expanding into markets historically dominated by Intel CPUs. Separately, calls to slow the development of increasingly powerful AI models triggered broad semiconductor selling, raising concerns about the pace of infrastructure spending. AMD Is Eating Intel’s Lunch

About Intel

Intel Corporation NASDAQ: INTC is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and communications products. Its portfolio includes Intel Core processors for personal computers, Xeon processors for data centers and enterprise systems, and products for edge computing, networking, and other specialized applications.

Intel also develops graphics processing units under its Intel Arc and Intel Data Center GPU brands, Gaudi artificial intelligence accelerators, Ethernet products, software, and related platform technologies.

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