Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. Reduces Stock Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. reduced its stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 91.4% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 3,529 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 37,601 shares during the period. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.’s holdings in Intel were worth $130,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Legacy Bridge LLC purchased a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Corundum Trust Company INC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 89.2% in the third quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 446 shares during the period. Finally, Founders Capital Management boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 64.0% in the fourth quarter. Founders Capital Management now owns 1,025 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Apple is reportedly discussing using Intel to help produce chips in the U.S., a high‑profile potential customer/partner that helped spark the recent rally and supports Intel’s foundry narrative. Intel stock price: Why INTC hit an all-time high today—and how Apple is involved
• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Broker upgraded INTC to Buy and lifted its price target (citing the company’s Q1 beat, foundry momentum and improving outlook), which reinforces buy-side conviction. Freedom Broker Upgrades Intel Corporation (INTC) to Buy, Lifts PT
• Positive Sentiment: Tigress Financial reiterated a bullish stance and raised its PT to $118, signalling that some analysts see room for further upside tied to AI, foundry progress and margin improvement. Tigress Financial Remains Bullish on Intel Corporation (INTC)
• Positive Sentiment: Recent Q1 beats, the SambaNova clearance and other execution news have been central to the rally — investors are pricing improved revenue/margin trajectory and foundry momentum into INTC. Intel (INTC) Stock Soars 13% in One Day: Should Investors Buy the Dip or Sell the Spike?
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel announced a partnership with FPT for AI‑driven factory optimization — a constructive execution/efficiency move but not an immediate revenue catalyst. Intel (INTC) and FPT Partner on AI-Driven Factory Optimization
• Neutral Sentiment: Legislation to build a National AI research resource (CREATE AI Act) could boost U.S. AI infrastructure demand long‑term; positive for chipmakers broadly but not an immediate INTC revenue driver. New Bill: Senator Todd Young introduces S. 4441: CREATE AI Act
• Negative Sentiment: Chip stocks gave back gains today as investors took profits after the rally; Arm plunged on supply worries and the group‑wide pullback hit Intel too, pressuring the stock. Wall Street ends lower as chip stocks give up gains
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts and outlets warn Intel is being outpaced in some AI narratives by Nvidia and AMD (the “two‑horse race”) — that competitive backdrop is a downside risk to sustained share gains. Intel Stock Struggles To Keep Pace: NVIDIA and AMD Pull Ahead in AI ‘Two-Horse Race’
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentators are skeptical that Intel’s rally is overextended — valuation and momentum concerns (dot‑com comparisons) increase the risk of sharper pullbacks if execution or growth disappoints. Intel’s stock just had its most explosive growth ever. Why skeptics are piling on.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on INTC. Roth Mkm raised Intel from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price objective for the company in a report on Friday, April 24th. BNP Paribas Exane raised Intel from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $60.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, April 24th. New Street Research increased their price objective on Intel from $50.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Scotiabank began coverage on Intel in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. They issued a “sector perform” rating for the company. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $75.64.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $109.62 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 1.85. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $58.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $47.46. Intel Corporation has a 1-year low of $18.97 and a 1-year high of $114.51. The company has a market cap of $550.95 billion, a PE ratio of -176.80 and a beta of 2.18.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total transaction of $4,006,679.68. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 105,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,458,313.81. This trade represents a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.