Anchor Capital Advisors LLC Decreases Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC reduced its position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) by 32.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 233,195 shares of the chip maker's stock after selling 114,401 shares during the period. Anchor Capital Advisors LLC's holdings in Intel were worth $32,561,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Southern Financial Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Intel by 0.6% during the 1st quarter. Southern Financial Group LLC now owns 14,313 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $632,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the period. Harrell Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 0.4% in the second quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC now owns 23,277 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $3,250,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. TFR Capital LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 0.4% in the second quarter. TFR Capital LLC. now owns 26,643 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $3,720,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Wynn Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 0.4% in the second quarter. Wynn Capital LLC now owns 27,162 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $3,793,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bell Investment Advisors Inc grew its position in Intel by 4.3% during the second quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 2,895 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $404,000 after buying an additional 119 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $75.00 to $84.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Northland Securities raised Intel from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $120.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Truist Financial boosted their price target on Intel from $81.00 to $108.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Bank of America reduced their price target on Intel from $160.00 to $145.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group downgraded Intel from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $107.80.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel-backed Altera is reportedly preparing an IPO that could raise more than $2 billion as early as 2026. A successful listing could highlight the value of Intel’s semiconductor assets and provide potential liquidity or valuation support. Reuters Altera IPO report
• Positive Sentiment: Intel and ASML are expanding work on High-NA EUV manufacturing, supporting the company’s argument that its foundry technology is progressing. Intel also continues to receive attention for possible memory-market opportunities and reported pricing power in enterprise CPUs.
• Neutral Sentiment: A partnership with Atsign reportedly delivered an approximately 88-fold improvement in encrypted Edge AI performance using Intel hardware. The announcement supports Intel’s AI and edge-computing positioning, but it does not yet indicate a material revenue contribution. Atsign and Intel Edge AI article
• Negative Sentiment: Piper Sandler initiated coverage with a Neutral rating, suggesting investors may have missed the better entry point after Intel’s major rally. The cautious stance reinforced valuation concerns. Piper Sandler Intel coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Mizuho reportedly reduced its price target to $92, citing valuation risk despite improving server demand and execution. Other commentary similarly argues that Intel’s recent gains have outpaced its current fundamentals. Mizuho Intel price target article
• Negative Sentiment: The broader semiconductor group also weakened as investors locked in profits, while Nvidia’s efforts to extend its AI-chip dominance raised competitive concerns for Intel and AMD. Intel’s shares had gained more than 20% over the prior five sessions, increasing selling pressure after the steep run-up. Intel profit-taking article

Insider Activity

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Bu Tan acquired 105,263 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was bought at an average price of $95.00 per share, for a total transaction of $9,999,985.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at $124,893,555. The trade was a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.05% of the company's stock.

Intel Trading Down 5.6%

Shares of INTC stock opened at $100.32 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $506.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -47.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 11.38 and a beta of 2.22. Intel Corporation has a 12-month low of $24.05 and a 12-month high of $142.35. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $98.21 and its 200-day moving average price is $89.79.

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

Intel Profile

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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