Bleakley Financial Group LLC Acquires 16,314 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 30.2% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 70,269 shares of the chip maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,314 shares during the quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $2,593,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Legacy Bridge LLC bought a new stake in Intel during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Intel during the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Intel by 89.2% during the 3rd quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 446 shares during the last quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC bought a new stake in Intel during the 3rd quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, HighMark Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Intel by 177.7% during the 4th quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 567 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel remains a major AI and semiconductor momentum name, with multiple articles pointing to AI demand, foundry opportunities, and upcoming COMPUTEX-related expectations as reasons investors are still optimistic about the long-term story.
• Positive Sentiment: Intel also received coverage tied to new AI-related product and ecosystem momentum, including Intel-branded confidential-compute and workload-security activity, which supports the bullish narrative around its expanding role in enterprise AI infrastructure.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several pieces frame Intel as a stock that has already rallied sharply, which keeps investor interest high but also makes valuation and execution the key questions going forward.
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel was included in broader “AI stocks” and “high-growth stock” discussions, reinforcing that the market still views INTC as part of the AI trade rather than just a legacy PC-chip story.
• Negative Sentiment: Northland downgraded Intel from outperform to market perform, citing valuation concerns after the stock’s outsized gains, which is likely pressuring sentiment and encouraging some profit-taking.
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage also highlighted competitive pressure from Nvidia, including concerns that Nvidia’s newer CPU efforts could challenge Intel’s data center and server business, adding to worries that the rally may not be easy to sustain.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of Intel from $45.00 to $77.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Raymond James Financial raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Benchmark boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $105.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, New Street Research boosted their price objective on shares of Intel from $50.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $81.52.

Intel Stock Down 1.4%

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $121.77 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $79.01 and its 200-day moving average price is $55.32. The company has a market capitalization of $612.02 billion, a PE ratio of -196.40 and a beta of 2.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 1.85. Intel Corporation has a 1-year low of $18.97 and a 1-year high of $132.75.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.28. The firm had revenue of $13.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.32 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. The company’s revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In other news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total value of $4,006,679.68. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 105,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,458,313.81. This represents a 27.70% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.05% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.