Calamos Advisors LLC Has $43.02 Million Stake in Intel Corporation $INTC

Calamos Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 4.2% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 974,948 shares of the chip maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 39,056 shares during the quarter. Calamos Advisors LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $43,024,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. AMG National Trust Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 11.9% during the first quarter. AMG National Trust Bank now owns 38,051 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,679,000 after buying an additional 4,050 shares during the last quarter. NBZ Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Intel during the 1st quarter worth about $220,000. Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in Intel by 14.0% during the first quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 80,132 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,536,000 after purchasing an additional 9,863 shares during the period. HBW Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Intel by 13.0% during the 1st quarter. HBW Advisory Services LLC now owns 8,425 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $372,000 after buying an additional 969 shares during the period. Finally, State of Michigan Retirement System boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 3.5% in the 1st quarter. State of Michigan Retirement System now owns 1,546,983 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $68,268,000 after purchasing an additional 52,700 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel announced a major €5 billion investment to expand its Irish manufacturing campus, a move aimed at boosting production of Xeon server processors and adding capacity for AI, cloud, and foundry demand. The expansion signals long-term commitment to growth in high-demand chip markets. Reuters: Intel announces $5.7 billion capital investment at Irish manufacturing hub
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary turned more constructive, with one report saying Wall Street sees Intel’s turnaround taking hold and that a major price target was lifted for 2027. That suggests some firms expect improving execution and longer-term upside. Yahoo Finance: Intel Deepens Its European Chip Push
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel’s latest earnings were solid, beating estimates on both EPS and revenue, but the company still guided cautiously and remains unprofitable on a net-margin basis. Investors may see this as evidence of progress, but not a clean turnaround yet.
• Negative Sentiment: Shares are also being hit by a broader selloff in semiconductor stocks, with reports citing weakness across Nvidia, AMD, Micron, and SanDisk as risk appetite for AI-chip names cooled. Intel is being pulled down with the group. Barron’s: Intel, AMD, Sandisk, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s Market
• Negative Sentiment: Some traders are also focused on concerns about Intel’s foundry execution, including questions about yields and how it will compete with stronger rivals such as SK Hynix and AMD in memory and data-center markets. Those worries are weighing on sentiment ahead of earnings. TipRanks: Intel Stock Sinks as Trump’s Involvement Emerges

Intel Price Performance

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $103.12 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $518.28 billion, a P/E ratio of -166.32 and a beta of 2.18. Intel Corporation has a 52-week low of $18.97 and a 52-week high of $142.35. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $118.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $74.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 2.31.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.32 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.13 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 0.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently commented on INTC. New Street Research boosted their target price on Intel from $100.00 to $122.00 in a report on Friday, June 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Intel in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Roth Capital upgraded shares of 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. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, April 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Intel has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $100.77.

Insider Transactions at Intel

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

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.