63,206 Shares in Intel Corporation $INTC Purchased by Geneva Partners LLC

Geneva Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 63,206 shares of the chip maker's stock, valued at approximately $8,825,000. Intel comprises approximately 2.4% of Geneva Partners LLC's holdings, making the stock its 21st largest position.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Financially Speaking Inc raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 69.2% during the 4th quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Financial Life Planners purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the first quarter valued at $25,000. Glynn Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the second quarter valued at $29,000. Knuff & Co LLC bought a new stake in Intel in the second quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Swiss RE Ltd. bought a new stake in Intel in the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company's stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan reportedly purchased approximately $10 million of Intel stock at $95 per share earlier this month. The shares now trade below that level, making the purchase a potential signal of management’s confidence in Intel’s turnaround. Intel CEO insider purchase article
• Positive Sentiment: Fundstrat ETFs added Intel to a quarterly rebalance, which could provide incremental institutional demand and reflects improving sentiment toward the chipmaker. Fundstrat ETF rebalance article
• Positive Sentiment: Intel has gained attention from investors following reports of a new Advantech connection and its potential role in AI infrastructure. Strong Nvidia results also reinforced expectations that demand for data-center and AI-related hardware remains robust. Intel Advantech connection article
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports that investor Nancy Pelosi bought Intel shares and call options may support retail and political-investor interest, but the trade does not change Intel’s operating outlook. Nancy Pelosi Intel investment article
• Negative Sentiment: Intel’s manufacturing operations reportedly continue to lose money on wafers, much of which are sold internally. The stock’s elevated valuation appears to assume that the foundry business eventually becomes profitable, leaving substantial execution risk if losses persist. Intel manufacturing losses article
• Negative Sentiment: Intel is also being pressured by broad semiconductor profit-taking after Nvidia’s earnings-fueled rally. Raymond James reportedly prefers AMD over Intel among the two AI-exposed CPU companies, highlighting competitive concerns and uncertainty over Intel’s ability to convert AI demand into durable growth. Semiconductor profit-taking article

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Moffett Nathanson lowered shares of Intel to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $81.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Zacks Research cut shares of Intel from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Benchmark increased their price target on shares of Intel from $105.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price target on Intel from $121.00 to $112.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, thirty-one have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $107.46.

Intel Trading Down 2.8%

INTC stock opened at $89.47 on Friday. Intel Corporation has a twelve month low of $23.68 and a twelve month high of $142.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $451.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -42.40 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a quick ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $104.64 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $86.39.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.21. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. The firm had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.43 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned ($0.10) EPS. The business's revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post 1 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Bu Tan bought 105,263 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were purchased 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 owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at $124,893,555. This represents a 8.70% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.05% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.

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