Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Keeps “Sell” Rating at Rosenblatt Securities

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)‘s stock had its “sell” rating reissued by stock analysts at Rosenblatt Securities in a report released on Tuesday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a $80.00 price objective on the chip maker’s stock. Rosenblatt Securities‘s target price would suggest a potential downside of 14.66% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on INTC. Roth Capital boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. KeyCorp set a $125.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Barclays upgraded shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 16th. Morgan Stanley set a $85.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research note on Monday, October 19th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $108.23.

Intel Trading Up 3.6%

Shares of Intel stock traded up $3.27 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $93.74. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 90,053,905 shares, compared to its average volume of 115,620,773. The stock has a market cap of $472.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -44.43, a P/E/G ratio of 9.23 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. Intel has a twelve month low of $32.89 and a twelve month high of $142.35. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $101.67 and a 200-day moving average of $85.75.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Institutional Trading of Intel

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vestor Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel during the 1st quarter worth $9,441,000. World Investment Advisors increased its holdings in Intel by 11.2% in the first quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 62,876 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,775,000 after buying an additional 6,326 shares during the last quarter. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. purchased a new position in Intel in the second quarter valued at $4,995,000. Western Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Intel by 57.7% in the first quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 21,223 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $937,000 after buying an additional 7,764 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tcfg Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Intel in the first quarter valued at $202,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel agreed to acquire Israeli quantum-software company Classiq for approximately $2.3 billion, aiming to build a full-stack quantum-computing platform. The deal strengthens Intel’s longer-term positioning in a new growth market, although it also adds execution and investment risk. Intel to buy quantum firm Classiq
• Positive Sentiment: New Street Research upgraded Intel to Buy with a reported $125 target, citing a shortage of server CPUs and improving demand. Wedbush maintained Neutral but raised its target to $98, describing the setup ahead of earnings as balanced with server performance the key issue.
• Positive Sentiment: Several earnings previews point to stronger data-center revenue, AI infrastructure demand, Xeon processor sales, and possible pricing benefits from constrained server-CPU supply. Investors are looking for evidence that server strength can offset weaker PC demand and support margins. Intel Q3 earnings preview
• Positive Sentiment: Intel’s Crescent Island GPU D-series and Xeon-based rack designs target memory-intensive agentic-AI inference, offering a potential avenue for growth beyond traditional CPUs. The company is also benefiting from broader semiconductor-sector momentum and optimism surrounding its turnaround.
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel, along with IBM, Oracle and IonQ, objected to having its shares listed in tokenized form on the proposed OKX-ICE exchange. The move has limited direct financial impact but signals that major issuers want greater control over how their shares are traded. Companies object to tokenized stocks
• Negative Sentiment: Rosenblatt reaffirmed its Sell rating and assigned an $80 price target, well below prevailing levels. The bearish view underscores concerns about Intel’s valuation, profitability, and the difficulty of executing its costly foundry turnaround.
• Negative Sentiment: Nvidia’s emerging Vera CPU business is already shipping to hyperscalers, creating a new competitive threat to Intel in data-center processors. Investors also face elevated volatility, with options markets implying a large move around Thursday’s earnings report.

About Intel

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and connectivity products. Its portfolio includes Intel Core processors for personal computers, Xeon processors for data centers and enterprise systems, and products for networking, edge computing, graphics, and artificial intelligence workloads.

Through Intel Foundry, the company also provides semiconductor manufacturing and technology-development services for external customers. Intel develops process technologies, advanced packaging, and other manufacturing capabilities intended to support its own products and third-party chip designs.

Founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, Intel helped establish the modern microprocessor industry and has historically supplied processors for PCs, servers, and other computing systems.