Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC – Get Free Report)’s stock price was up 15% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $24.53 and last traded at $23.79. Approximately 129,260,778 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 30% from the average daily volume of 99,782,109 shares. The stock had previously closed at $20.68.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of equities research analysts have commented on INTC shares. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $21.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $20.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Intel from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-eight have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $27.04.
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Intel Trading Up 1.5 %
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The chip maker reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.14). Intel had a negative return on equity of 3.27% and a negative net margin of 35.32%. As a group, analysts predict that Intel Co. will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current year.
Institutional Trading of Intel
Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Intel by 4.6% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 92,510,098 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,162,891,000 after acquiring an additional 4,103,553 shares during the last quarter. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC raised its position in Intel by 211.6% during the fourth quarter. Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson LLC now owns 28,898 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $579,000 after acquiring an additional 19,625 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its position in Intel by 4.4% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 4,827,123 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $113,244,000 after acquiring an additional 204,200 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth about $276,000. Finally, Swiss National Bank raised its position in Intel by 0.3% during the third quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 12,635,400 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $296,426,000 after acquiring an additional 31,800 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.
Intel Company Profile
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.
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