Capital International Ltd. CA Purchases New Shares in Intel Corporation $INTC

Capital International Ltd. CA purchased a new stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 141,492 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $5,221,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in INTC. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,233,159,000. Capital World Investors raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 32.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 86,503,121 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,902,180,000 after buying an additional 21,230,715 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 404,522,308 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $14,926,873,000 after buying an additional 13,692,624 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 61.3% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 25,001,621 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $838,804,000 after buying an additional 9,503,402 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 18.3% in the third quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 55,521,741 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,862,755,000 after buying an additional 8,569,812 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently issued reports on INTC. Freedom Capital raised Intel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Scotiabank started coverage on Intel in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. They set a “sector perform” rating for the company. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Intel from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on Intel from $65.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Tigress Financial boosted their price objective on Intel from $66.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Intel has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $83.35.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel announced strategic collaborations with Foxconn and Hitachi to accelerate next-generation AI infrastructure, industrial AI, and intelligent computing platforms, which could expand its role in the AI buildout over time. Reuters: Foxconn announces strategic collaboration with Intel on next-gen AI infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Intel continues to benefit from investor enthusiasm around AI inference and CPU demand, with recent reports noting strong options activity and a sharp rally earlier in the week. Motley Fool: Why Intel Stock Rallied Today
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles highlighted that Intel’s stock has had a huge run over the past year, suggesting traders may be weighing valuation after the recent surge rather than treating the AI deals as immediate earnings drivers.
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA’s launch of a new PC chip is being seen as a direct challenge to Intel’s most important businesses, increasing fears of longer-term competitive pressure in personal computers and CPUs. 24/7 Wall St.: Nvidia Launches PC Chip in a Direct Challenge Against Intel
• Negative Sentiment: Intel was also caught up in a broad semiconductor and tech selloff tied to Broadcom’s weak AI outlook, which pressured chip stocks across the group. Invezz: Intel, AMD stocks slide again in aftermath of Broadcom’s weak outlook

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $99.17 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $498.43 billion, a P/E ratio of -159.95 and a beta of 2.21. Intel Corporation has a 1-year low of $18.97 and a 1-year high of $132.75. The company has a current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $88.25 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.80.

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

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.