Intel Corporation $INTC Shares Sold by Courier Capital LLC

Courier Capital LLC lessened its holdings in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 60.3% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 18,000 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 27,351 shares during the period. Courier Capital LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $2,164,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 15.9% in the 3rd quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. now owns 16,284 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,958,000 after acquiring an additional 2,228 shares during the last quarter. First County Bank CT grew its position in Intel by 34.4% in the third quarter. First County Bank CT now owns 5,699 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $685,000 after acquiring an additional 1,458 shares in the last quarter. Sax Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Intel by 27.1% during the third quarter. Sax Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 27,107 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,259,000 after acquiring an additional 5,779 shares during the last quarter. Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc increased its stake in Intel by 64.8% during the third quarter. Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc now owns 19,793 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,380,000 after acquiring an additional 7,786 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fermata Advisors LLC increased its stake in Intel by 12.3% during the third quarter. Fermata Advisors LLC now owns 9,497 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,142,000 after acquiring an additional 1,042 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Citigroup assumed coverage on Intel in a research report on Tuesday, September 8th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. UBS Group upgraded Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 8th. Wedbush boosted their target price on Intel from $60.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Piper Sandler initiated coverage on Intel in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $110.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price target on Intel from $81.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Intel currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $109.06.

Insider Activity

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Bu Tan acquired 105,263 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was bought at an average price of $95.00 per share, for a total transaction of $9,999,985.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at $124,893,555. The trade was a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Intel Trading Up 1.4%

NASDAQ INTC traded up $1.46 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $102.81. The stock had a trading volume of 87,573,836 shares, compared to its average volume of 116,256,070. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $518.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -48.72, a P/E/G ratio of 11.17 and a beta of 2.22. Intel Corporation has a one year low of $32.89 and a one year high of $142.35. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $103.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $100.25.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.43 billion. Intel had a positive return on equity of 2.62% and a negative net margin of 19.79%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.10) earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 1.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel unveiled additional details about its GPU D-Series, code-named Crescent Island, designed for AI inference workloads. The accelerator offers up to 480GB of memory, operates within a 350-watt power envelope and uses standard air cooling, potentially making it easier and less expensive for enterprises to deploy than high-end training systems. Intel Stock Notches Up with New Hardware Reveals
• Positive Sentiment: The company is also promoting Xeon systems exceeding 46,000 cores per rack, open software and compatibility with emerging AI models. The strategy targets cost-conscious, agentic-AI and inference customers while reducing dependence on a single proprietary ecosystem. Can Intel’s New GPU and Xeon Technologies Enhance Its AI Capabilities?
• Positive Sentiment: Erste Group raised its Intel earnings forecasts modestly to $1.08 per share for fiscal 2026 and $1.56 for fiscal 2027, above the current consensus estimates. CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s reported open-market purchase of approximately 105,000 shares also provides a potential confidence signal. Intel Analyst Estimates
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are looking ahead to Intel’s late-October earnings report, with attention focused on whether improving chip supply can support fourth-quarter growth and whether the foundry division can attract major external customers. What to Watch Before Intel Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Intel and other semiconductor stocks remain under pressure after executives warned that limited access to capital and uncertain returns on AI investment could slow data-center expansion. Intensifying Chinese competition and profit-taking across the chip sector are adding to volatility. Why Intel and AMD Stocks Are Falling
• Negative Sentiment: Intel’s AI opportunity must offset substantial execution risks: foundry revenue has grown, but the division reportedly posted an operating loss of about $2.1 billion. The stock’s elevated valuation leaves limited room for disappointment if new products or foundry customer wins are delayed.

Intel Company Profile

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and connectivity products. Its portfolio includes central processing units (CPUs), graphics and accelerator products, chipsets, networking components, and other semiconductor solutions used in personal computers, servers, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence systems, and embedded applications.

The company serves a broad range of customers, including original equipment manufacturers, cloud service providers, enterprise businesses, telecommunications companies, government organizations, and other technology firms.