West Branch Capital LLC Makes New Investment in Intel Corporation $INTC

West Branch Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund acquired 1,245 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $28,000.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. ORG Partners LLC raised its stake in Intel by 31.3% during the 2nd quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 2,918 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $67,000 after acquiring an additional 696 shares during the period. Old Port Advisors boosted its position in shares of Intel by 23.4% in the second quarter. Old Port Advisors now owns 91,894 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,058,000 after purchasing an additional 17,437 shares during the period. Patton Fund Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the second quarter worth $246,000. BOS Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the 2nd quarter valued at $294,000. Finally, Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL boosted its holdings in Intel by 31.9% in the 2nd quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 2,995 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $67,000 after buying an additional 725 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Intel Trading Up 4.4%

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $35.50 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $155.38 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.44 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The business’s 50 day moving average is $24.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $22.40. Intel Corporation has a 1-year low of $17.67 and a 1-year high of $36.30.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The chip maker reported ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.11). The company had revenue of $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.02 earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on INTC shares. Seaport Res Ptn raised Intel from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho lifted 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. Barclays upped their price target on Intel from $19.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 19th. Loop Capital assumed coverage on shares of Intel in a research report on Monday, July 21st. They set a “hold” rating and a $25.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have issued a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $25.90.

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.