Graham Capital Management L.P. Makes New $4.67 Million Investment in Intel Corporation $INTC

Key Points

• Graham Capital Management has invested approximately $4.67 million in Intel Corporation by purchasing 205,654 shares during the first quarter of the year.
• Intel's stock experienced a 2.3% decline, with the current trading price at $24.35, and analysts report the company has missed earnings expectations.
• Research ratings show a predominance of hold ratings for Intel, with one buy rating and five sell ratings, reflecting cautious investor sentiment.

Graham Capital Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 205,654 shares of the chip maker's stock, valued at approximately $4,670,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Intel during the first quarter valued at approximately $25,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Intel during the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA bought a new position in shares of Intel during the first quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Intel during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Finally, PrairieView Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Intel by 77.0% during the first quarter. PrairieView Partners LLC now owns 1,398 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 608 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company's stock.

Intel Stock Down 2.3%

Intel stock traded down $0.58 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $24.35. 63,398,527 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 137,706,432. The business has a fifty day moving average of $22.56 and a 200 day moving average of $21.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.24. The firm has a market cap of $106.58 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.10 and a beta of 1.23. Intel Corporation has a 12-month low of $17.67 and a 12-month high of $27.55.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The chip maker reported ($0.10) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.11). The company had revenue of $12.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.88 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 3.78% and a negative net margin of 38.64%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.02 EPS. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently commented on INTC shares. Mizuho upped their target price on Intel from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 3rd. Loop Capital began coverage on Intel in a research note on Monday, July 21st. They issued a "hold" rating and a $25.00 price objective on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Intel from $21.00 to $24.50 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. UBS Group increased their price objective on Intel from $21.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Intel from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-two have assigned a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Reduce" and a consensus target price of $22.17.

About Intel

Intel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computing and related products and services worldwide. It operates through Client Computing Group, Data Center and AI, Network and Edge, Mobileye, and Intel Foundry Services segments. The company's products portfolio comprises central processing units and chipsets, system-on-chips (SoCs), and multichip packages; mobile and desktop processors; hardware products comprising graphics processing units (GPUs), domain-specific accelerators, and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); and memory and storage, connectivity and networking, and other semiconductor products.