CenterBook Partners LP Invests $3.64 Million in Intel Corporation $INTC

CenterBook Partners LP purchased a new position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 108,380 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $3,636,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Investors Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna acquired a new stake in shares of Intel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Corundum Trust Company INC bought a new stake in Intel during the third quarter worth $29,000. Eukles Asset Management boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 55.6% in the 2nd quarter. Eukles Asset Management now owns 1,400 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC bought a new position in shares of Intel in the 3rd quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, GoalVest Advisory LLC acquired a new position in shares of Intel during the 3rd quarter worth $34,000. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA disclosed a huge Q4 13F holding in Intel (≈214 million shares, ~$7.9B), making Intel one of NVDA’s largest public equity positions — a signal that NVDA sees strategic value in Intel (and that NVDA may support Intel’s role in AI/CPU stacks). This institutional backing has been a material positive for sentiment and helped lift INTC earlier. NVIDIA’s 13F Bombshell: A New AI Power Trio Emerges
• Neutral Sentiment: Management access: Intel’s CFO is scheduled for a Morgan Stanley investor fireside chat — an opportunity for management to address foundry execution, guidance and partner strategy; investors should watch that for operational color. Intel to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA’s expanding partnership with Meta (multi‑year GPU + CPU deployment) raises the prospect that major hyperscalers will rely more on NVIDIA’s integrated stacks and third‑party Arm-based CPU suppliers — a potential loss of server CPU demand for Intel and AMD. Analysts called the deal a threat to Intel’s data‑center position. Nvidia pushes into Intel and AMD’s turf with a ‘multigenerational’ Meta deal
• Negative Sentiment: Execution and guidance concerns persist: recent coverage highlights weak foundry yields (well below peers), multi‑year foundry losses, and soft revenue guidance despite an EPS beat — factors that keep downside risk if Intel cannot prove improving yields and margin leverage. Intel stock falls as foundry struggles and weak guidance weigh on shares
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall‑street tone is mixed: some firms have reiterated neutral/show‑me views (DA Davidson, Bernstein reaffirmations), reflecting that the stock’s valuation already prices high hopes for a turnaround — so results and execution updates will be key catalysts. Intel faces ‘show-me’ reset as DA Davidson initiates neutral rating

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

INTC has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Raymond James Financial started coverage on Intel in a research note on Friday, November 21st. They issued a “market perform” rating on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $38.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Evercore boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $41.10 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Hold rating and six have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $45.74.

Intel Trading Down 1.6%

INTC opened at $45.46 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.65. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $17.67 and a fifty-two week high of $54.60. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $43.52 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $227.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -568.18, a PEG ratio of 16.68 and a beta of 1.38.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The chip maker reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.07. Intel had a negative net margin of 0.51% and a negative return on equity of 0.44%. The company had revenue of $13.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.37 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.13 earnings per share. Intel’s revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP David Zinsner bought 5,882 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $42.50 per share, with a total value of $249,985.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 247,392 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,514,160. This trade represents a 2.44% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.05, for a total transaction of $981,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 113,060 shares in the company, valued at $5,545,593. This trade represents a 15.03% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.04% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Intel

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.