Sanford C. Bernstein Reaffirms “Neutral” Rating for Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating restated by Sanford C. Bernstein in a research note issued on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Roth Mkm boosted their price target on Intel from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Wedbush reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $30.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Northland Securities set a $54.00 target price on Intel in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $66.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Citic Securities raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $38.90 to $60.30 in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Hold rating and six have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $45.74.

Intel Stock Down 1.6%

INTC opened at $45.46 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $43.52 and its 200 day simple moving average is $36.19. Intel has a 52 week low of $17.67 and a 52 week high of $54.60. The firm has a market cap of $227.07 billion, a P/E ratio of -568.18, a PEG ratio of 16.68 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a quick ratio of 1.65, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The chip maker reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $13.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.37 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 0.51% and a negative return on equity of 0.44%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. Intel has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Intel will post -0.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Institutional Trading of Intel

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter worth $44,000. Virtue Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter worth about $210,000. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury grew its position in shares of Intel by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 1,694,188 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $62,516,000 after buying an additional 161,625 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter worth about $3,396,000. Finally, Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Intel by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC now owns 16,560 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $611,000 after purchasing an additional 326 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA disclosed a huge Q4 13F holding in Intel (≈214 million shares, ~$7.9B), making Intel one of NVDA’s largest public equity positions — a signal that NVDA sees strategic value in Intel (and that NVDA may support Intel’s role in AI/CPU stacks). This institutional backing has been a material positive for sentiment and helped lift INTC earlier. NVIDIA’s 13F Bombshell: A New AI Power Trio Emerges
• Neutral Sentiment: Management access: Intel’s CFO is scheduled for a Morgan Stanley investor fireside chat — an opportunity for management to address foundry execution, guidance and partner strategy; investors should watch that for operational color. Intel to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA’s expanding partnership with Meta (multi‑year GPU + CPU deployment) raises the prospect that major hyperscalers will rely more on NVIDIA’s integrated stacks and third‑party Arm-based CPU suppliers — a potential loss of server CPU demand for Intel and AMD. Analysts called the deal a threat to Intel’s data‑center position. Nvidia pushes into Intel and AMD’s turf with a ‘multigenerational’ Meta deal
• Negative Sentiment: Execution and guidance concerns persist: recent coverage highlights weak foundry yields (well below peers), multi‑year foundry losses, and soft revenue guidance despite an EPS beat — factors that keep downside risk if Intel cannot prove improving yields and margin leverage. Intel stock falls as foundry struggles and weak guidance weigh on shares
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall‑street tone is mixed: some firms have reiterated neutral/show‑me views (DA Davidson, Bernstein reaffirmations), reflecting that the stock’s valuation already prices high hopes for a turnaround — so results and execution updates will be key catalysts. Intel faces ‘show-me’ reset as DA Davidson initiates neutral rating

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.