Strs Ohio Boosts Stake in Intel Corporation $INTC

Strs Ohio lifted its holdings in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 7.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,834,186 shares of the chip maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 126,860 shares during the period. Strs Ohio’s holdings in Intel were worth $61,537,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of Nova Scotia increased its stake in shares of Intel by 2.3% during the second quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 2,332,433 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $52,246,000 after purchasing an additional 51,383 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,579,378,000. Engineers Gate Manager LP increased its holdings in shares of Intel by 91.8% in the second quarter. Engineers Gate Manager LP now owns 765,091 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $17,138,000 after purchasing an additional 366,092 shares during the last quarter. Isthmus Partners LLC lifted its position in Intel by 100.1% during the second quarter. Isthmus Partners LLC now owns 247,660 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $5,548,000 after buying an additional 123,895 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Intel by 2.3% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 385,903,735 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $8,644,244,000 after buying an additional 8,513,298 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel beat Q4 top? and bottom?line Street estimates (EPS $0.15; revenue $13.67B), showing demand momentum across key businesses. Intel (INTC) Beats Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum and AI/server tailwinds lifted the stock into a multi?year high before results; several brokers upgraded price targets ahead of the report. Intel’s stock jumps 10% to highest since early 2022 ahead of earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Company published the full Q4 press release and slide deck providing detailed segment and outlook data for investors to model. Intel Q4 Press Release / Slide Deck
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentators note the beat was “in the right places” but stress the importance of guidance and supply dynamics for forward performance. Intel (INTC) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
• Negative Sentiment: Management guided Q1 revenue and EPS below consensus (Q1 revenue $11.7B–$12.7B vs. consensus ~$12.6B; EPS guidance effectively flat/zero), a primary driver of the after?hours decline. Intel forecasts first-quarter sales and profit below estimates
• Negative Sentiment: Management and coverage point to a supply crunch — Intel says demand is strong but it can’t fully meet orders for certain server chips, pressuring near?term revenue and margins. Intel’s Stock Sinks After a Disappointing Outlook. The Chipmaker Has a Supply Problem
• Negative Sentiment: After?hours selling picked up as investors re?priced the stock for weaker near?term profitability and margin pressure despite the operational beat. Coverage and market commentary highlight the guidance miss as the key catalyst. Intel Misses Q4, Warns Worse Ahead on Supply Crunch — Stock Drops 7% After Hours

Intel Stock Performance

NASDAQ INTC opened at $54.32 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $259.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 5,437.44, a P/E/G ratio of 34.51 and a beta of 1.35. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $40.04 and a two-hundred day moving average of $32.79. Intel Corporation has a 1-year low of $17.67 and a 1-year high of $54.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.25.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The chip maker reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.07. Intel had a net margin of 0.37% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. The company had revenue of $13.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.37 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.13 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on INTC. Bank of America reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and issued a $34.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research note on Monday, October 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $14.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Citigroup raised shares of Intel from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price target for the company from $29.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of Intel from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Hold rating and six have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $41.89.

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.