Sandy Cove Advisors LLC Takes Position in Intel Corporation $INTC

Sandy Cove Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor acquired 12,724 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $427,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Intel by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Lakeshore Capital Group Inc. now owns 20,906 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $701,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Investors Research Corp raised its position in shares of Intel by 0.7% in the third quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 40,597 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,362,000 after buying an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Sunflower Bank N.A. boosted its stake in Intel by 1.3% during the third quarter. Sunflower Bank N.A. now owns 25,252 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $847,000 after buying an additional 313 shares during the period. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. grew its position in Intel by 2.6% during the third quarter. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. now owns 13,503 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $453,000 after buying an additional 342 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hengehold Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Intel by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Hengehold Capital Management LLC now owns 10,323 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $346,000 after acquiring an additional 379 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on INTC. Hsbc Global Res downgraded Intel from a “hold” rating to a “moderate sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Northland Securities raised their target price on shares of Intel from $28.00 to $42.00 in a research note on Friday, September 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $21.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Bank of America reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and set a $34.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a report on Monday, October 13th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-four have given a Hold rating and eight have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $34.84.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia bought a large stake in Intel and media reported the move as a catalyst that lifted demand for INTC shares. The Nvidia tie (and coverage framing it as strategic) is the primary near-term bull driver. Nvidia Buys Intel Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Intel used CES to launch its new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, giving the company fresh product momentum and narrative around client CPU competitiveness (helpful for sentiment even if enterprise AI remains the bigger long-term driver). Intel CES Launch
• Positive Sentiment: Notable investors and advisors were reported adding INTC to portfolios (e.g., Kevin Simpson on CNBC), which supports short-term flows and buyer interest. Investor Buys
• Neutral Sentiment: Several outlets reiterate Intel as an AI and foundry play (long-term bullish thesis) but note it lost the lead in training chips — these articles boost the narrative but are more strategic than immediately price-moving. Long-term AI Thesis
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst caution: pieces from Seeking Alpha and Zacks question whether Intel can sustain 2025’s rally amid margin pressures, trade risks and legacy-business headwinds — these raise downside risk if earnings or margins disappoint. Seeking Alpha Critique Zacks Caution
• Negative Sentiment: Separately, reports about Nvidia possibly avoiding Intel’s upcoming 18A node for certain chips create uncertainty around foundry wins and roadmap timing — a technical/partner risk that could weigh on investor expectations for Intel’s IDM 2.0 upside. 18A Snub Report

Intel Trading Up 6.7%

INTC stock opened at $39.38 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $188.12 billion, a PE ratio of 3,941.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 25.06 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. Intel Corporation has a one year low of $17.67 and a one year high of $44.02. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $37.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $30.56.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $13.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.10 billion. Intel had a net margin of 0.37% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned ($0.46) EPS. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.