Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund Grows Stock Position in Intel Corporation $INTC

Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund raised its position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 8.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 580,816 shares of the chip maker’s stock after buying an additional 43,154 shares during the quarter. Intel comprises about 0.9% of Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s holdings, making the stock its 16th largest position. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s holdings in Intel were worth $81,099,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in INTC. Financially Speaking Inc increased its holdings in Intel by 69.2% in the 4th quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares during the last quarter. Financial Life Planners purchased a new stake in Intel during the first quarter valued at about $25,000. Swiss RE Ltd. bought a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Finally, Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Intel by 3,185.7% in the second quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 230 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 223 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on the stock. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Intel from $75.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. DA Davidson raised their target price on Intel from $77.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Raymond James Financial raised Intel from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Wedbush upped their price target on Intel from $60.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $107.85.

Intel Trading Down 2.0%

Intel stock opened at $102.50 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $22.77 and a fifty-two week high of $142.35. The stock has a market cap of $517.01 billion, a P/E ratio of -48.58 and a beta of 2.22. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $110.26 and its 200-day moving average price is $83.29.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 company 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 firm’s quarterly revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned ($0.10) earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 1.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Lip-Bu Tan purchased 105,263 Intel shares at $95 each, investing approximately $10 million and increasing his direct stake by 8.7%. The purchase is viewed as a vote of confidence in Intel’s recovery strategy. Intel insider purchase filing
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and media coverage highlighted Intel’s approximately $20 billion equity raise as potential funding for expanded foundry capacity, production growth and new customer wins. Some analysts believe demand for Intel’s server processors is currently exceeding its manufacturing capacity. Intel foundry capital raise article
• Positive Sentiment: Intel’s second-quarter results showed strong momentum: revenue rose roughly 25% year over year to $16.1 billion, with Data Center and AI revenue reportedly increasing 59%. The results exceeded analyst expectations and reinforced the AI-related CPU growth narrative. Intel revenue growth article
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel is considering a return to the memory-chip market, supported by the capital raise and the appointment of former SK Hynix CEO Seok-Hee Lee to Intel Foundry. The opportunity could expand Intel’s addressable market, but the plan remains exploratory and would require substantial investment. Intel memory market article
• Negative Sentiment: The $20 billion common-stock offering creates significant dilution for existing shareholders and has encouraged profit-taking after Intel’s substantial rally. Investors are also focused on whether management can convert the new capital into profitable foundry growth and sustained free cash flow. Intel stock offering discussion

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.