Worthington Financial Partners LLC Makes New $781,000 Investment in Intel Corporation $INTC

Worthington Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 21,152 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $781,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Winch Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in Intel by 28.3% during the fourth quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC now owns 966 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares during the last quarter. ROI Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Intel by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. ROI Financial Advisors LLC now owns 12,967 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $478,000 after purchasing an additional 217 shares during the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Intel by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 10,788 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $398,000 after purchasing an additional 223 shares during the last quarter. Successful Portfolios LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Successful Portfolios LLC now owns 8,715 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $322,000 after purchasing an additional 223 shares during the period. Finally, Providence Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Providence Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,340 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $527,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Intel News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Trump’s comments that Apple has agreed to work with Intel on U.S. chip design and production sparked a strong rally, with investors seeing the potential for a high-profile foundry win and a major endorsement of Intel’s turnaround. Reuters: Trump says Apple to work with Intel to manufacture chips in US
• Positive Sentiment: Intel appointed Seok-Hee Lee, a former SK Hynix executive, to lead advanced packaging and back-end foundry manufacturing, which could improve execution in a critical growth area. Reuters: Intel taps industry veteran Seok-Hee Lee
• Positive Sentiment: Intel Foundry said its 18A-P process entered risk production, a milestone that supports the company’s roadmap and strengthens the case for a manufacturing recovery. Yahoo Finance: Intel Foundry Advances Intel 18A-P Process to Risk Production
• Neutral Sentiment: Several opinion pieces and market commentary continue to debate whether Intel’s valuation has run ahead of fundamentals, suggesting expectations are now very high after the rally. 247WallSt: Analyst Warns Intel Valuation Doesn’t Make Sense
• Negative Sentiment: Some analysts remain cautious, arguing Intel’s recent price move may be pricing in too much too quickly and that execution risks remain before the turnaround is fully proven. Seeking Alpha: Intel the Re-Rating Has Gone Too Far

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Roth Mkm upgraded Intel from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, April 24th. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $70.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Intel from $65.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, June 13th. Finally, Moffett Nathanson cut shares of Intel to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $87.09.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total value of $4,006,679.68. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. This represents a 27.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.05% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Intel Stock Performance

INTC stock opened at $133.99 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $102.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $64.69. Intel Corporation has a twelve month low of $18.97 and a twelve month high of $135.48. The firm has a market cap of $673.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -216.11 and a beta of 2.21.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.28. The firm had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.32 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. The business’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.13 earnings per share. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Intel Company 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.