US Bancorp DE Lowers Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

US Bancorp DE decreased its stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 1.8% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,065,996 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 37,915 shares during the quarter. US Bancorp DE’s holdings in Intel were worth $76,235,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Intel by 3.5% during 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. Capital World Investors raised its stake in Intel by 32.5% during 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. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its stake in Intel by 18.3% during 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. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in Intel by 0.7% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 47,658,924 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,598,957,000 after buying an additional 312,485 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in Intel by 0.9% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 33,589,413 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,126,925,000 after buying an additional 288,828 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

INTC has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Evercore set a $95.00 price target on Intel in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Intel from $65.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Northland Securities boosted their price target on Intel from $54.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on Intel from $60.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $74.47.

Intel Stock Down 0.3%

INTC stock opened at $94.48 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $474.86 billion, a P/E ratio of -152.38, a P/E/G ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 1.35. 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 1-year low of $18.97 and a 1-year high of $95.69. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $54.62 and a 200-day moving average price of $45.78.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.05, for a total transaction of $981,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 113,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,545,593. This represents a 15.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat expectations: Intel reported a Q1 earnings and revenue beat and gave an upbeat outlook for servers and AI workloads, which investors interpreted as validation that Intel is finally capturing meaningful AI infrastructure spend. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: AI demand narrative broadened beyond GPUs: Analysts and market pieces are framing Intel CPUs as a growing and necessary layer for agentic/enterprise AI, shifting some infrastructure spend toward CPUs and helping re-rate Intel. This is a primary bullish driver behind recent buying. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Fresh analyst upgrades and estimate hikes: Several shops have raised earnings forecasts and ratings after the quarter (examples include Northland, Erste and some boutique brokers), which amplifies buy-side conviction and supports higher price targets. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Historic rally context — record month and valuation spotlight: Intel’s April rally was one of the largest in its history, drawing attention from both momentum traders and longer-term investors; that volume can accelerate moves in either direction. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Options market is pricing big swings: Traders are positioning for more than ~23% moves into summer (wide implied vol), reflecting increased uncertainty despite the bullish narrative. That raises trading volatility even as fundamentals improve. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns and profit?taking risk: Intel’s market cap hit record levels and some outlets warn the rally may have outpaced fundamentals, prompting caution among value investors and potential selling if growth disappoints. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Leadership churn and operational risks: A recent departure in the accounting/finance team and ongoing supply/competition issues (AMD/TSMC) are cited as execution risks that could cap upside if they resurface. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Hype and short?term consolidation: Commentators note the excitement may be “overdone” in the near term, meaning any small miss or rotation out of megacap semiconductors could pressure the stock. Article Title

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.