Horizon Investments LLC Sells 135,054 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Horizon Investments LLC trimmed its holdings in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 49.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 137,084 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 135,054 shares during the period. Horizon Investments LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $5,058,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in INTC. Capital World Investors grew its position in Intel by 32.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 86,503,121 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,902,180,000 after acquiring an additional 21,230,715 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Intel by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 404,522,308 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $14,926,873,000 after acquiring an additional 13,692,624 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in Intel by 61.3% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 25,001,621 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $838,804,000 after acquiring an additional 9,503,402 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 18.3% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 55,521,741 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,862,755,000 after buying an additional 8,569,812 shares during the period. Finally, Rafferty Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 66.4% during the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 19,396,839 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $434,489,000 after buying an additional 7,736,635 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of Intel stock opened at $99.62 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 1.85. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $18.97 and a fifty-two week high of $100.45. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $54.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $45.91. The company has a market cap of $500.68 billion, a PE ratio of -160.67 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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.28. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. The firm had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.32 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.

Intel News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. antitrust authorities cleared Intel’s investment in SambaNova, removing a major regulatory overhang tied to the deal and validating Intel’s push deeper into AI infrastructure; that clearance is a clear near‑term positive for sentiment. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Strong Q1 operational beat: Intel reported a sizable EPS and revenue beat and issued stable Q2 guidance, which lifted the investment thesis that Intel is converting AI infrastructure demand into durable revenue growth. Investors are treating the quarter as confirmation that Intel can compete for large data‑center spend. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Momentum, liquidity and positioning: April was Intel’s best month ever on Nasdaq with massive inflows (including outsized moves in leveraged ETFs), drawing new retail and institutional attention and reinforcing momentum‑driven buying. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst revisions and upgrades are supporting the re‑rating: some firms hiked FY estimates and moved coverage to stronger ratings — this helps the fundamental narrative but may already be priced into the rally.
• Negative Sentiment: Elevated volatility and dispersion in expectations: options markets imply large moves and traders are pricing sharply divergent outcomes for INTC through the summer — that raises the risk of sharp pullbacks if momentum stalls. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Profit‑taking / overbought warnings: Several analysts and market commentators say the rally may be overextended in the short term and that every incremental bit of good news is being bought — investors should expect higher intraday swings and potential pullbacks. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Sector sensitivity: short‑term chip sector moves are still being influenced by cloud/AI spend signals (for example, OpenAI growth outlooks), which can weigh on chip names if cloud customers temper guidance. Read More.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently issued reports on INTC. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $55.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, January 23rd. TD Cowen upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. UBS Group set a $51.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Seaport Research Partners upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $65.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $74.47.

About Intel

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.