12,900 Shares in Intel Corporation $INTC Bought by OPTIMAS CAPITAL Ltd

OPTIMAS CAPITAL Ltd acquired a new stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 12,900 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,551,000. Intel comprises 2.1% of OPTIMAS CAPITAL Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest position.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Primecap Management Co. CA purchased a new position in Intel in the second quarter valued at about $10,507,291,000. Legal & General Group Plc purchased a new position in Intel during the second quarter valued at approximately $4,096,110,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in Intel by 87.1% in the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 30,214,769 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,632,722,000 after purchasing an additional 14,063,302 shares in the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board bought a new position in Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,848,438,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in Intel by 35.7% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 31,724,362 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $4,429,673,000 after buying an additional 8,342,514 shares in the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Tan purchased 150,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 2nd. The shares were acquired at an average price of $64.73 per share, for a total transaction of $9,709,500.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,464,669 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $94,808,024.37. The trade was a 11.41% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel joined a broad recovery in semiconductor stocks as investors bought shares after Thursday’s steep AI-related selloff. The rebound lifted the Nasdaq, though worries about interest rates and AI spending persisted. Market and chip-stock rebound
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Lip-Bu Tan bought 150,000 shares for about $9.7 million, increasing his direct ownership by 11.4%. The insider purchase may signal confidence, although it does not resolve Intel’s operating challenges. Report on CEO share purchase
• Positive Sentiment: Intel technology is being used in Atsign’s EdgeAI platform, while a separate report highlighted Xeon processors for enterprise AI workloads. These developments support Intel’s effort to build AI-related demand beyond traditional PC chips. Intel EdgeAI and Xeon developments
• Negative Sentiment: The recovery follows pressure from Intel’s fourth-quarter revenue outlook of $15 billion to $16 billion and management’s warning that PC weakness could extend into 2027. A securities law firm has also announced an investigation into potential investor claims; this is an investigation notice, not a finding of wrongdoing. Investigation notice and outlook concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst estimate reductions and ongoing concerns about losses in Intel Foundry add to doubts about earnings momentum and the execution of its turnaround. Analysis of Intel Foundry risks

Intel Stock Up 7.7%

INTC traded up $4.03 during trading on Friday, hitting $56.28. 173,647,728 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 123,848,320. Intel Corporation has a 12-month low of $32.89 and a 12-month high of $142.35. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $97.95 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $86.60. The company has a current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $299.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -23.35, a PEG ratio of 6.25 and a beta of 2.42.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 29th. The chip maker reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $16.51 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.56 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 20.09% and a positive return on equity of 4.70%. The firm’s revenue was up 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.23 EPS. Analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 1.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on INTC. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research report on Sunday, October 25th. Freedom Broker downgraded shares of Intel from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $100.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Friday, October 30th. UBS Group cut Intel from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $90.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Friday, October 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on Intel from $125.00 to $90.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on Intel from $85.00 to $80.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 30th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $97.42.

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