Intel Corporation $INTC Shares Sold by Polianta Ltd

Key Points

• Polianta Ltd reduced its Intel stake by 53.7% in the second quarter, selling 17,300 shares and retaining 14,900 shares valued at approximately $2.08 million.
• Other major institutions, including Vanguard, State Street, Capital World Investors, Geode and Morgan Stanley, increased their Intel holdings; institutional investors collectively own 64.53% of the company.
• Intel reported strong quarterly results, with revenue up 25.2% year over year to $16.13 billion and EPS of $0.42 versus the $0.21 consensus estimate. Despite turnaround optimism, analysts’ consensus rating remains Hold, reflecting execution, valuation and competition risks.

Polianta Ltd cut its holdings in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - Free Report) by 53.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 14,900 shares of the chip maker's stock after selling 17,300 shares during the quarter. Intel comprises 0.3% of Polianta Ltd's holdings, making the stock its 19th largest position. Polianta Ltd's holdings in Intel were worth $2,080,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in INTC. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Intel by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 404,522,308 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $14,926,873,000 after buying an additional 13,692,624 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Intel by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 208,536,784 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $7,695,007,000 after acquiring an additional 5,714,400 shares during the period. Capital World Investors increased its position in shares of Intel by 20.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 104,060,268 shares of the chip maker's stock valued at $3,839,833,000 after acquiring an additional 17,557,147 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Intel by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 101,931,512 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $3,744,406,000 after acquiring an additional 3,124,798 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its stake in Intel by 20.4% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 65,249,269 shares of the chip maker's stock worth $2,407,698,000 after acquiring an additional 11,056,090 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company's stock.

Intel News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Progress toward HDMI 2.1 support is boosting optimism about Intel’s consumer-PC and graphics capabilities, potentially improving the appeal of its platforms in home-entertainment and gaming devices. Intel Stock Gains With Progress on HDMI 2.1
• Positive Sentiment: Intel appointed new leadership focused on customer engagement and growth. The move is intended to strengthen relationships with customers and support execution of the company’s turnaround strategy. Intel Announces Leadership Appointment
• Positive Sentiment: Recent coverage continues to highlight Intel’s strongest revenue growth in more than 15 years, narrowing Foundry losses, improving 18A manufacturing yields and demand-linked capital spending. Second-quarter revenue was about $16.1 billion, up roughly 25% year over year, with adjusted EPS of $0.42. Intel’s Turnaround Entered a New Phase
• Positive Sentiment: SoftBank’s earnings benefited substantially from gains on its Intel investment, providing a favorable external signal for INTC and reinforcing investor interest in Intel’s AI and semiconductor exposure. SoftBank Earnings Benefit From Intel Investment
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel is reportedly involved in a planned Texas chip-factory project with SpaceX and Tesla. If completed, the project could support domestic manufacturing and AI infrastructure, but its long-term financial impact is not yet clear. SpaceX and Tesla Chip Factory
• Negative Sentiment: Daiwa Securities Group downgraded Intel to Hold, signaling that valuation and execution risks may limit further gains after the stock’s substantial rebound. Intel Cut to Hold at Daiwa Securities
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of a new CPU-level security attack created concern about potential vulnerabilities in Intel processors and could increase reputational, remediation and customer-support costs. Intel Stock Slips on CPU-Level Attack Reports
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts continue to question whether Intel can compete with TSMC in leading-edge manufacturing. TSMC’s larger revenue base and stronger execution highlight the substantial challenge facing Intel Foundry.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

INTC has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Freedom Capital upgraded Intel from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Bank of America reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of Intel in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. KGI Securities lowered Intel from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $71.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on shares of Intel in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. They set an "outperform" rating for the company. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $80.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $107.93.

Intel Trading Up 1.8%

Intel stock opened at $101.65 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $512.72 billion, a PE ratio of -48.18 and a beta of 2.22. Intel Corporation has a 12 month low of $19.61 and a 12 month high of $142.35. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $111.01 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $81.51. 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 posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.10) EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post 1.01 earnings per share for the current 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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