Banco Santander S.A. Raises Stock Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Banco Santander S.A. lifted its holdings in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 46.7% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 497,431 shares of the chip maker’s stock after buying an additional 158,273 shares during the quarter. Banco Santander S.A.’s holdings in Intel were worth $18,355,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in INTC. Winch Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Intel by 28.3% during the fourth quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC now owns 966 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 213 shares during the last quarter. ROI Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Intel by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. ROI Financial Advisors LLC now owns 12,967 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $478,000 after buying an additional 217 shares during the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. boosted its stake in Intel by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 10,788 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $398,000 after buying an additional 223 shares during the last quarter. Successful Portfolios LLC boosted its stake in Intel by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Successful Portfolios LLC now owns 8,715 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $322,000 after buying an additional 223 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Providence Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Intel by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Providence Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,340 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $527,000 after buying an additional 225 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America double-upgraded Intel to Buy and lifted its price target, signaling renewed confidence in the company’s CPU and foundry growth outlook. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports highlighted Intel’s improving foundry story and its ability to benefit from AI-related semiconductor demand, which supported the stock’s move higher. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel’s recent gains have also been linked to broader sector rotation back into beaten-down chip stocks, as investors looked past near-term macro and geopolitical concerns. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary warned that Intel and other chip stocks could face downside if the AI trade proves overextended and the market starts pricing in a bubble-like scenario. Article Title

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

INTC has been the subject of a number of research reports. Northland Securities lowered Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. KeyCorp raised their price objective on Intel from $70.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Intel from $85.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a $100.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on Intel from $65.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, June 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $87.31.

Intel Trading Up 6.5%

INTC opened at $124.57 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $95.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $61.56. The company has a market capitalization of $626.09 billion, a P/E ratio of -200.92 and a beta of 2.21. Intel Corporation has a 52 week low of $18.97 and a 52 week high of $132.75. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28. The company had revenue of $13.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.32 billion. Intel had a positive return on equity of 0.39% and a negative net margin of 5.90%.Intel’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.13 EPS. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 0.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Intel Company 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.