Pinkerton Wealth LLC Purchases New Position in Intel Corporation $INTC

Pinkerton Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 106,310 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $3,923,000.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Legacy Bridge LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 89.2% in the third quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 446 shares during the period. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the third quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, HighMark Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 177.7% in the fourth quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC now owns 886 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 567 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Intel

In other news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,458,313.81. This represents a 27.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel is benefiting from a broad chip-sector rebound ahead of Nvidia’s earnings, with traders betting the AI infrastructure boom will keep lifting semiconductor stocks. This helped Intel snap a recent losing streak and attract strong volume.
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Intel is in early-stage talks to acquire AI-chip startup Tenstorrent have boosted sentiment, as the move could strengthen Intel’s AI hardware roadmap and expand its talent pool.
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts turned more constructive, including Citi raising its price target, while other notes said Intel could have significant upside from the AI CPU market and growing demand for newer chips.
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s comments about building a “new Intel” with faster decision-making and flatter management reinforce the turnaround narrative, but they are more strategic than immediately financial.
• Neutral Sentiment: New product and design wins, including Samsung’s Galaxy Book6 Enterprise Edition using Intel Core Ultra processors, support the company’s PC and client business, though the direct stock impact is likely limited near term.
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary warns the chip rally may be getting crowded and vulnerable to pullbacks if AI enthusiasm cools or if investors rotate out of high-flying semiconductor names.

Intel Stock Up 7.4%

Intel stock opened at $118.96 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $71.57 and a two-hundred day moving average of $52.43. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The firm has a market cap of $597.89 billion, a P/E ratio of -191.87 and a beta of 2.18. Intel Corporation has a twelve month low of $18.97 and a twelve month high of $132.75.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted 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 company had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.32 billion. Intel had a positive return on equity of 0.39% and a negative net margin of 5.90%.Intel’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.13 earnings per share. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently issued reports on INTC shares. HSBC upgraded 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 report on Tuesday, April 21st. KGI Securities lowered Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $71.00 price target for the company. in a report on Monday, April 20th. Barclays boosted their price target on Intel from $45.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Raymond James Financial upgraded Intel from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Intel from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $81.52.

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.