NFJ Investment Group LLC Makes New $20.99 Million Investment in Intel Corporation $INTC

NFJ Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 150,351 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $20,994,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of INTC. Financially Speaking Inc increased its position in Intel by 69.2% in the fourth quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Financial Life Planners bought a new position in shares of Intel during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Glynn Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Intel during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Knuff & Co LLC purchased a new stake in Intel in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Swiss RE Ltd. bought a new stake in Intel during the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan reportedly purchased approximately $10 million of Intel stock at $95 per share earlier this month. The shares now trade below that level, making the purchase a potential signal of management’s confidence in Intel’s turnaround. Intel CEO insider purchase article
• Positive Sentiment: Fundstrat ETFs added Intel to a quarterly rebalance, which could provide incremental institutional demand and reflects improving sentiment toward the chipmaker. Fundstrat ETF rebalance article
• Positive Sentiment: Intel has gained attention from investors following reports of a new Advantech connection and its potential role in AI infrastructure. Strong Nvidia results also reinforced expectations that demand for data-center and AI-related hardware remains robust. Intel Advantech connection article
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports that investor Nancy Pelosi bought Intel shares and call options may support retail and political-investor interest, but the trade does not change Intel’s operating outlook. Nancy Pelosi Intel investment article
• Negative Sentiment: Intel’s manufacturing operations reportedly continue to lose money on wafers, much of which are sold internally. The stock’s elevated valuation appears to assume that the foundry business eventually becomes profitable, leaving substantial execution risk if losses persist. Intel manufacturing losses article
• Negative Sentiment: Intel is also being pressured by broad semiconductor profit-taking after Nvidia’s earnings-fueled rally. Raymond James reportedly prefers AMD over Intel among the two AI-exposed CPU companies, highlighting competitive concerns and uncertainty over Intel’s ability to convert AI demand into durable growth. Semiconductor profit-taking article

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

INTC has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Piper Sandler started coverage on shares of Intel in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. They issued a “neutral” rating for the company. New Street Research boosted their price objective on Intel from $100.00 to $122.00 in a research report on Friday, June 26th. KeyCorp set a $125.00 price objective on Intel in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on Intel from $120.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Intel from $45.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, thirty-one have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Intel presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $107.46.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Bu Tan purchased 105,263 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $95.00 per share, with a total value of $9,999,985.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at approximately $124,893,555. This trade represents a 8.70% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of Intel stock opened at $89.47 on Monday. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $23.68 and a fifty-two week high of $142.35. The company has a market cap of $451.29 billion, a P/E ratio of -42.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.89 and a beta of 2.22. 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 firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $104.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $86.65.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.43 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.10) EPS. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.