Longbow Finance SA Sells 125,598 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Longbow Finance SA lowered its holdings in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 65.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 66,771 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 125,598 shares during the quarter. Longbow Finance SA’s holdings in Intel were worth $9,323,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in INTC. Financially Speaking Inc raised its position in shares of Intel by 69.2% during the 4th quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Financial Life Planners purchased a new position in Intel in the first quarter worth about $25,000. Swiss RE Ltd. purchased a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Intel during the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,000. Finally, Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Intel by 3,185.7% during the second quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 230 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 223 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Intel Stock Up 1.0%

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $103.49 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $522.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -49.05 and a beta of 2.22. Intel Corporation has a twelve month low of $22.77 and a twelve month high of $142.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $110.12 and a 200-day simple moving average of $83.99.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $16.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.43 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.10) earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post 1.01 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on INTC. Moffett Nathanson downgraded Intel to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Intel in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, July 24th. Daiwa Securities Group downgraded Intel from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Arete Research lifted their price objective on shares of Intel from $20.40 to $99.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Intel has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $107.46.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Lip-Bu Tan disclosed a purchase of 105,263 Intel shares at $95 each, worth approximately $10 million. His investment is being viewed as a strong vote of confidence in Intel’s recovery strategy. Intel CEO insider purchase
• Positive Sentiment: Intel’s recently upsized equity offering is expected to provide roughly $20 billion to $23 billion for investments in manufacturing, AI and the foundry business. Reports of improving yields at GlobalFoundries and broader customer interest support the possibility of progress in Intel Foundry. Intel’s capital raise and foundry progress
• Positive Sentiment: SoftBank Group reportedly allocated 66.81% of its disclosed U.S. equity portfolio to Intel, potentially reinforcing the view that the chipmaker could benefit from the long-term AI infrastructure buildout. SoftBank’s Intel investment
• Positive Sentiment: Intel participated in a broader rally across chip and memory stocks as investors continued to favor companies exposed to strong AI spending and semiconductor infrastructure demand. Semiconductor stock market moves
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Tan said Intel is exploring new memory architectures that bring memory and processors closer together. The initiative could expand Intel’s AI opportunity, but it is still exploratory and offers no near-term revenue assurance. Intel explores memory architectures
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional signals are mixed: some reports describe new or enlarged semiconductor positions, while Stanley Druckenmiller’s fund was reported to have sold Intel in the second quarter. Druckenmiller’s Intel position
• Negative Sentiment: The equity raise strengthens Intel’s balance sheet but dilutes existing shareholders and raises the execution burden for the turnaround. Intel’s secondary share sale
• Negative Sentiment: At roughly 62 times expected next year’s earnings, Intel’s valuation assumes substantial future profitability even though the company reportedly lost about $11 billion over the past year, much of it noncash. Intel valuation and recent losses

Insider Transactions at Intel

In related news, CEO Lip Bu Tan bought 105,263 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $95.00 per share, for a total transaction of $9,999,985.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,314,669 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $124,893,555. The trade was a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.