Diversified Management Inc. cut its stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC – Free Report) by 97.6% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,437 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 100,206 shares during the quarter. Diversified Management Inc.’s holdings in Intel were worth $340,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Financially Speaking Inc raised its position in shares of Intel by 69.2% during the fourth quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares during the last quarter. Financial Life Planners bought a new stake in shares of Intel in the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. Swiss RE Ltd. bought a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Intel by 3,185.7% in the second quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 230 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 223 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.
Intel Trading Up 0.2%
INTC opened at $97.71 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $110.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $82.41. Intel Corporation has a 1-year low of $20.76 and a 1-year high of $142.35. The company has a market cap of $492.85 billion, a P/E ratio of -46.31 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.
Intel News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Intel priced 210.5 million shares at $95 each, raising approximately $20 billion before expenses, with an option for underwriters to purchase an additional 31.6 million shares. The capital should strengthen Intel’s balance sheet and help finance advanced manufacturing, packaging, purpose-built silicon and physical-AI opportunities. Intel Announces Upsize and Pricing of $20 Billion Common Stock Offering
- Positive Sentiment: Recent operating trends support management’s investment case: second-quarter revenue rose 25% year over year, while Intel Foundry revenue increased 31% to $5.8 billion and its operating loss narrowed to $2.1 billion from $3.2 billion. Data-center sales and AI-PC demand were also highlighted as growth drivers. Intel’s Foundry Grew 31% Last Quarter and Lost $2.1 Billion Doing It
- Neutral Sentiment: The offering reportedly attracted roughly $100 billion of demand, suggesting strong institutional interest, but that demand does not eliminate concerns about the price paid by existing shareholders. Analysts and investors remain divided between viewing the raise as funding for a turnaround and evidence that Intel’s valuation has become stretched. Intel Stock Sale Draws $100 Billion in Demand
- Negative Sentiment: Intel increased the offering from $15 billion to $20 billion, representing a larger-than-expected expansion of its share count. Pricing at $95—below recent trading levels—reinforced investor concerns that current holders are being diluted to fund expensive capacity expansion. Intel Stock Slips as $20 Billion Offering Expands Dilution
- Negative Sentiment: Intel Foundry remains deeply unprofitable, with most quarterly foundry revenue still coming from Intel’s internal chip business rather than external customers. Investors therefore face execution risk: the new capital must eventually produce meaningful third-party foundry revenue and improved margins to justify the dilution.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on Intel from $65.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st. Roth Capital raised their target price on Intel from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. BTIG Research upgraded Intel from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, New Street Research lifted their target price on Intel from $100.00 to $122.00 in a report on Friday, June 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $107.93.
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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.
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