Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the forty-one brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-six have issued a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $83.3514.

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. HSBC raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $50.00 to $95.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Evercore set a $95.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, April 24th. KeyCorp boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $70.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Seaport Research Partners boosted their price target on shares of Intel from $65.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, New Street Research boosted their price target 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.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel announced strategic collaborations with Foxconn and Hitachi to accelerate next-generation AI infrastructure, industrial AI, and intelligent computing platforms, which could expand its role in the AI buildout over time. Reuters: Foxconn announces strategic collaboration with Intel on next-gen AI infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Intel continues to benefit from investor enthusiasm around AI inference and CPU demand, with recent reports noting strong options activity and a sharp rally earlier in the week. Motley Fool: Why Intel Stock Rallied Today
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles highlighted that Intel’s stock has had a huge run over the past year, suggesting traders may be weighing valuation after the recent surge rather than treating the AI deals as immediate earnings drivers.
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA’s launch of a new PC chip is being seen as a direct challenge to Intel’s most important businesses, increasing fears of longer-term competitive pressure in personal computers and CPUs. 24/7 Wall St.: Nvidia Launches PC Chip in a Direct Challenge Against Intel
• Negative Sentiment: Intel was also caught up in a broad semiconductor and tech selloff tied to Broadcom’s weak AI outlook, which pressured chip stocks across the group. Invezz: Intel, AMD stocks slide again in aftermath of Broadcom’s weak outlook

Intel Price Performance

Shares of INTC opened at $99.17 on Friday. Intel has a 1-year low of $18.97 and a 1-year high of $132.75. The stock has a market cap of $498.43 billion, a PE ratio of -159.95 and a beta of 2.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 2.31 and a quick ratio of 1.85. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $88.25 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.80.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.28. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. The firm had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.32 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.13 earnings per share. Intel’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Intel will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 105,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of INTC. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $2,233,159,000. Capital World Investors increased its stake in Intel by 32.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 86,503,121 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,902,180,000 after purchasing an additional 21,230,715 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors increased its stake in Intel by 285.9% in the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 26,619,928 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $982,279,000 after purchasing an additional 19,722,010 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Intel by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 404,522,308 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $14,926,873,000 after purchasing an additional 13,692,624 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased its stake in Intel by 20.4% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 65,249,269 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,407,698,000 after purchasing an additional 11,056,090 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.