Udine Wealth Management Inc. Trims Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Udine Wealth Management Inc. trimmed its stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 34.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 70,147 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 36,349 shares during the quarter. Intel accounts for about 1.2% of Udine Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 23rd largest position. Udine Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Intel were worth $2,588,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Intel by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 390,829,684 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $13,112,336,000 after buying an additional 4,925,949 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Intel by 1.6% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 203,617,629 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $4,561,035,000 after acquiring an additional 3,168,824 shares during the period. Capital World Investors boosted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 21,230,715 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its stake in Intel by 18.3% during the third quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 55,521,741 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,862,755,000 after acquiring an additional 8,569,812 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Intel by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 47,658,924 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $1,598,957,000 after acquiring an additional 312,485 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Trading Up 4.9%

Shares of INTC opened at $50.38 on Friday. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $17.67 and a fifty-two week high of $54.60. The firm has a market cap of $251.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -629.67, a PEG ratio of 20.58 and a beta of 1.35. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $46.01 and a 200-day moving average price of $40.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 1.65 and a current ratio of 2.02.

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

Insider Transactions at Intel

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.05, for a total transaction of $981,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP David Zinsner purchased 5,882 shares of Intel stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The shares were bought at an average price of $42.50 per share, for a total transaction of $249,985.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 247,392 shares in the company, valued at $10,514,160. The trade was a 2.44% increase in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel agreed to repurchase Apollo’s 49% stake in its Fab 34 Ireland joint venture for about $14.2 billion, restoring full ownership of a factory targeted for advanced AI chips — the market viewed the deal as a vote of confidence in Intel’s foundry/AI strategy and a near-term catalyst. Intel shares jump after buying back Ireland chip fab
• Positive Sentiment: Performance gains in AI inference benchmarks (MLPerf v6.0) and product progress for Xeon 6 CPUs and Arc Pro GPUs reinforce Intel’s competitiveness in AI infrastructure, supporting longer-term revenue upside if sales follow performance. Intel AI inference progress analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel announced the appointment of Aparna Bawa as EVP & Chief Legal & People Officer — a governance/stability hire that can help execution but is not an immediate earnings driver. Intel appoints Aparna Bawa
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel plans to deepen its partnership with SambaNova (small follow-on investment reported) to bolster AI accelerator options — strategically positive for product breadth but modest in size and contingent on execution. Intel to increase investment in SambaNova
• Negative Sentiment: The Fab 34 buyback will be funded with cash and new debt (reports cite roughly $6.5B of new borrowings), which raises near-term leverage and interest-cost risk that could pressure free cash flow if execution or demand softens. WSJ: Intel to buy Apollo stake, fund with cash and debt
• Negative Sentiment: Reports flag potential governance/conflict concerns over repeated investments in SambaNova tied to CEO Lip‑Bu Tan’s outside interests — this has attracted media scrutiny and could create reputational or governance risk if not transparently handled. Reuters: Intel investment in SambaNova raises concerns

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on INTC. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Northland Securities set a $54.00 price objective on Intel in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. DA Davidson upgraded Intel to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on Intel from $38.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Hold rating and six have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $45.74.

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.