Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Increases Stock Position in Intel Corporation $INTC

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI boosted its stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 10.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 76,007 shares of the chip maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,260 shares during the quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s holdings in Intel were worth $2,805,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of INTC. Legacy Bridge LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Corundum Trust Company INC bought a new stake in shares of Intel in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 89.2% in the 3rd quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 446 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GoalVest Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of Intel in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $34,000. 64.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Intel

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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on INTC shares. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $50.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. TD Cowen boosted 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. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $70.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Scotiabank started coverage on shares of Intel in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. They issued a “sector perform” rating for the company. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $48.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report 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 given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $74.47.

Intel Stock Up 5.4%

Shares of Intel stock opened at $99.62 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $54.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $45.78. The company has a market cap of $500.68 billion, a P/E ratio of -160.67, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 2.18. Intel Corporation has a 12-month low of $18.97 and a 12-month high of $100.45.

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

Insider Transactions at Intel

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.05, for a total transaction of $981,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 113,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,545,593. The trade was a 15.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

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.