Hantz Financial Services Inc. Lowers Stake in Intel Corporation $INTC

Key Points

• Hantz Financial Services cut its Intel stake by 11.9% in the fourth quarter, selling 5,730 shares and leaving it with 42,570 shares valued at about $1.57 million.
• Other institutions continue to actively trade Intel, and hedge funds and other institutional investors still own 64.53% of the company’s stock, showing ongoing market interest despite the trimming by some holders.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed: while some firms raised price targets, Northland Securities downgraded Intel, and MarketBeat says the consensus rating remains “Hold” with an average target price of $81.52.

Hantz Financial Services Inc. lowered its stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) by 11.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 42,570 shares of the chip maker's stock after selling 5,730 shares during the quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc.'s holdings in Intel were worth $1,571,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Legacy Bridge LLC bought a new stake in Intel in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Intel in the 4th quarter worth $29,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Intel by 177.7% in the 4th quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 567 shares during the last quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Intel by 89.2% in the 3rd quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 446 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Winch Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in Intel by 28.3% in the 4th quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC now owns 966 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on INTC. Evercore set a $95.00 price target on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, April 24th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Intel from $50.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Benchmark raised their price target on shares of Intel from $105.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Northland Securities lowered shares of Intel from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $55.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Intel has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $81.52.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total transaction of $4,006,679.68. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.05% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Intel News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel remains a major AI and semiconductor momentum name, with multiple articles pointing to AI demand, foundry opportunities, and upcoming COMPUTEX-related expectations as reasons investors are still optimistic about the long-term story.
• Positive Sentiment: Intel also received coverage tied to new AI-related product and ecosystem momentum, including Intel-branded confidential-compute and workload-security activity, which supports the bullish narrative around its expanding role in enterprise AI infrastructure.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several pieces frame Intel as a stock that has already rallied sharply, which keeps investor interest high but also makes valuation and execution the key questions going forward.
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel was included in broader “AI stocks” and “high-growth stock” discussions, reinforcing that the market still views INTC as part of the AI trade rather than just a legacy PC-chip story.
• Negative Sentiment: Northland downgraded Intel from outperform to market perform, citing valuation concerns after the stock’s outsized gains, which is likely pressuring sentiment and encouraging some profit-taking.
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage also highlighted competitive pressure from Nvidia, including concerns that Nvidia’s newer CPU efforts could challenge Intel’s data center and server business, adding to worries that the rally may not be easy to sustain.

Intel Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $121.77 on Thursday. Intel Corporation has a 1 year low of $18.97 and a 1 year high of $132.75. The stock has a market cap of $612.02 billion, a P/E ratio of -196.40 and a beta of 2.18. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $79.01 and a 200 day moving average of $55.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 1.85.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28. The business had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $12.32 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.13 earnings per share. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Intel Profile

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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