21,174 Shares in Intel Corporation $INTC Acquired by Vertrix Wealth Management LLC

Vertrix Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 21,174 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $2,957,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of INTC. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in Intel by 271.7% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,201 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $766,000 after buying an additional 25,001 shares in the last quarter. United Bank acquired a new position in shares of Intel during the second quarter worth $205,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL increased its holdings in shares of Intel by 12.3% during the second quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 13,737 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $308,000 after buying an additional 1,508 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Intel by 29.6% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 158,277 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,545,000 after acquiring an additional 36,116 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. lifted its stake in shares of Intel by 9.9% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 828,352 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $18,556,000 after acquiring an additional 74,838 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

INTC has been the topic of a number of research reports. Roth Capital boosted their price objective on Intel from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Intel in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Oppenheimer started coverage on Intel in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. KGI Securities cut Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $71.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Monday, April 20th. Finally, DZ Bank raised Intel from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $107.93.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Progress toward HDMI 2.1 support is boosting optimism about Intel’s consumer-PC and graphics capabilities, potentially improving the appeal of its platforms in home-entertainment and gaming devices. Intel Stock Gains With Progress on HDMI 2.1
• Positive Sentiment: Intel appointed new leadership focused on customer engagement and growth. The move is intended to strengthen relationships with customers and support execution of the company’s turnaround strategy. Intel Announces Leadership Appointment
• Positive Sentiment: Recent coverage continues to highlight Intel’s strongest revenue growth in more than 15 years, narrowing Foundry losses, improving 18A manufacturing yields and demand-linked capital spending. Second-quarter revenue was about $16.1 billion, up roughly 25% year over year, with adjusted EPS of $0.42. Intel’s Turnaround Entered a New Phase
• Positive Sentiment: SoftBank’s earnings benefited substantially from gains on its Intel investment, providing a favorable external signal for INTC and reinforcing investor interest in Intel’s AI and semiconductor exposure. SoftBank Earnings Benefit From Intel Investment
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel is reportedly involved in a planned Texas chip-factory project with SpaceX and Tesla. If completed, the project could support domestic manufacturing and AI infrastructure, but its long-term financial impact is not yet clear. SpaceX and Tesla Chip Factory
• Negative Sentiment: Daiwa Securities Group downgraded Intel to Hold, signaling that valuation and execution risks may limit further gains after the stock’s substantial rebound. Intel Cut to Hold at Daiwa Securities
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of a new CPU-level security attack created concern about potential vulnerabilities in Intel processors and could increase reputational, remediation and customer-support costs. Intel Stock Slips on CPU-Level Attack Reports
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts continue to question whether Intel can compete with TSMC in leading-edge manufacturing. TSMC’s larger revenue base and stronger execution highlight the substantial challenge facing Intel Foundry.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $101.65 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $512.72 billion, a P/E ratio of -48.18 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a quick ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. Intel Corporation has a 12-month low of $19.61 and a 12-month high of $142.35. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $111.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $81.75.

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

Intel Company 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.