Hantz Financial Services Inc. Buys 24,770 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 105.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 48,300 shares of the chip maker’s stock after buying an additional 24,770 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Intel were worth $1,620,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in INTC. Hoya Capital Real Estate LLC purchased a new position in Intel during the third quarter valued at $259,000. Premier Path Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in Intel by 12.8% during the 3rd quarter. Premier Path Wealth Partners LLC now owns 24,353 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $817,000 after acquiring an additional 2,759 shares during the period. Penserra Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Intel by 42.5% in the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 1,397,368 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $46,880,000 after purchasing an additional 416,444 shares during the period. Westside Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Intel by 25.4% during the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,166 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $211,000 after purchasing an additional 1,250 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Strengthening Families & Communities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel during the third quarter valued at approximately $33,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have issued reports on INTC shares. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on Intel from $60.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Citic Securities upgraded shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $38.90 to $60.30 in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Bank of America reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $34.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of Intel from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Hold rating and six have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $45.76.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat notes Intel’s “AI offensive” — re-entry into discrete GPUs (Project Crescent Island), a SoftBank memory partnership and hiring of top GPU talent — framing a credible long-term growth story tied to AI inference demand. Intel Stock Is Priced for Ruin, But the AI Offensive Is Here
• Positive Sentiment: Reuters reports Vista Equity Partners and Intel will lead a >$350M funding round in AI-chip startup SambaNova — a sign Intel is actively investing in the AI ecosystem, which can accelerate partnerships, IP access and market positioning. Exclusive: Vista Equity Partners and Intel to lead investment in AI chip startup Samba Nova, sources say
• Positive Sentiment: Fool reports the rally was supported by large capex orders (notably from cloud customers) and talks of CPU price hikes — both signal robust demand and pricing power for server chips. Strong demand can lift near-term revenue and margins. Why Intel Was Rallying Today
• Neutral Sentiment: Retail and analyst attention is elevated (trending on Zacks/market pages) — higher visibility can amplify moves in either direction but doesn’t change fundamentals by itself. Here is What to Know Beyond Why Intel Corporation (INTC) is a Trending Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple outlets (Reuters/Benzinga) say Intel notified Chinese customers of lengthy server-CPU waits (reports of up to ~6 months). These supply constraints can depress near-term sales and produce weaker guidance even as demand remains high. Exclusive: Intel, AMD notify customers in China of lengthy waits for CPUs
• Negative Sentiment: There are small insider / director share sales reported (Amer. Banking News / filings). While single instances aren’t decisive, they add to near-term sentiment risk for traders focused on leaves of ownership. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Stock Price Down 1.3% After Insider Selling
• Negative Sentiment: Commentary (Forbes) highlights INTC’s history of sharp corrections and execution risk — a reminder valuation and execution remain important risks despite the strategic pivot. How Intel Stock Can Drop From $50 Levels

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel news, EVP David Zinsner purchased 5,882 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $42.50 per share, with a total value of $249,985.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the executive vice president directly owned 247,392 shares in the company, valued at $10,514,160. The trade was a 2.44% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.05, for a total value of $981,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 113,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,545,593. This trade represents a 15.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

Intel Trading Up 4.9%

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $50.59 on Friday. Intel Corporation has a one year low of $17.67 and a one year high of $54.60. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $42.58 and a 200-day moving average price of $34.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $252.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -632.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 15.58 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.65.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The chip maker reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.07. Intel had a negative return on equity of 0.44% and a negative net margin of 0.51%.The business had revenue of $13.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.37 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.13 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current 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.