Sapient Capital LLC Trims Stake in Intel Corporation $INTC

Sapient Capital LLC cut its position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 27.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,313 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 7,009 shares during the quarter. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $2,557,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake 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 last quarter. Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Intel in the second quarter valued at $68,000. Financial Life Planners purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the first quarter valued at about $25,000. Arlington Trust Co LLC boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 62.2% during the second quarter. Arlington Trust Co LLC now owns 678 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $95,000 after buying an additional 260 shares during the period. Finally, Financially Speaking Inc boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 279 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Trading Down 4.1%

Shares of INTC opened at $97.52 on Tuesday. Intel Corporation has a 12 month low of $20.44 and a 12 month high of $142.35. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $110.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $82.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.25. The stock has a market cap of $491.89 billion, a PE ratio of -46.22 and a beta of 2.22.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.43 billion. Intel had a positive return on equity of 2.62% and a negative net margin of 19.79%.The business’s revenue was up 25.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.10) earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 1.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded Intel from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $60.00 price target for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. KGI Securities downgraded shares of Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $71.00 target price for the company. in a report on Monday, April 20th. Oppenheimer began coverage on shares of Intel in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, Freedom Capital raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $107.93.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel plans to use the proceeds to pursue growth in contract chip manufacturing, physical AI, purpose-built silicon, advanced packaging and external wafer production. Management said the capital raise is intended to support rising AI-related demand while preserving its investment-grade balance sheet. Intel plans $15 billion stock offering as AI demand accelerates
• Positive Sentiment: The funding could accelerate Intel’s foundry turnaround and expand manufacturing capacity at a time when customer demand is outpacing available production. Data-center revenue reportedly grew strongly in the latest quarter, reinforcing the strategic rationale for investment. Intel launches $15 billion share sale as turnaround rally lifts stock
• Positive Sentiment: Intel also highlighted ecosystem traction: Nanox.AI optimized medical-imaging software for Intel Core Ultra processors and the OpenVINO toolkit, supporting on-premise healthcare AI inference. The announcement is strategically positive but likely has limited near-term financial impact. Nanox.AI Optimizes Medical Imaging AI Framework for Intel Core Ultra Processors
• Neutral Sentiment: The offering comes after Intel’s latest quarterly results beat expectations, with revenue up year over year. However, investors are weighing improving operating trends against the company’s substantial investment requirements and ongoing losses.
• Negative Sentiment: Issuing up to $17.25 billion of new equity would dilute existing shareholders and signals that Intel needs significant external funding for its capital-intensive expansion. Investors are also questioning whether AI infrastructure spending will generate adequate returns. Intel Slips After Chipmaker Announces $15 Billion Stock Sale
• Negative Sentiment: The stock’s decline reflects near-term dilution and valuation concerns after its powerful rally, rather than a deterioration in reported demand. Technical selling may intensify if shares remain below key moving-average support.

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.