Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Hits New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s share price reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $110.48 and last traded at $108.1960, with a volume of 193723664 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $95.78.

Intel News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Apple is reportedly discussing using Intel to help produce chips in the U.S., a high‑profile potential customer/partner that helped spark the recent rally and supports Intel’s foundry narrative. Intel stock price: Why INTC hit an all-time high today—and how Apple is involved
• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Broker upgraded INTC to Buy and lifted its price target (citing the company’s Q1 beat, foundry momentum and improving outlook), which reinforces buy-side conviction. Freedom Broker Upgrades Intel Corporation (INTC) to Buy, Lifts PT
• Positive Sentiment: Tigress Financial reiterated a bullish stance and raised its PT to $118, signalling that some analysts see room for further upside tied to AI, foundry progress and margin improvement. Tigress Financial Remains Bullish on Intel Corporation (INTC)
• Positive Sentiment: Recent Q1 beats, the SambaNova clearance and other execution news have been central to the rally — investors are pricing improved revenue/margin trajectory and foundry momentum into INTC. Intel (INTC) Stock Soars 13% in One Day: Should Investors Buy the Dip or Sell the Spike?
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel announced a partnership with FPT for AI‑driven factory optimization — a constructive execution/efficiency move but not an immediate revenue catalyst. Intel (INTC) and FPT Partner on AI-Driven Factory Optimization
• Neutral Sentiment: Legislation to build a National AI research resource (CREATE AI Act) could boost U.S. AI infrastructure demand long‑term; positive for chipmakers broadly but not an immediate INTC revenue driver. New Bill: Senator Todd Young introduces S. 4441: CREATE AI Act
• Negative Sentiment: Chip stocks gave back gains today as investors took profits after the rally; Arm plunged on supply worries and the group‑wide pullback hit Intel too, pressuring the stock. Wall Street ends lower as chip stocks give up gains
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts and outlets warn Intel is being outpaced in some AI narratives by Nvidia and AMD (the “two‑horse race”) — that competitive backdrop is a downside risk to sustained share gains. Intel Stock Struggles To Keep Pace: NVIDIA and AMD Pull Ahead in AI ‘Two-Horse Race’
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentators are skeptical that Intel’s rally is overextended — valuation and momentum concerns (dot‑com comparisons) increase the risk of sharper pullbacks if execution or growth disappoints. Intel’s stock just had its most explosive growth ever. Why skeptics are piling on.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $45.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Mizuho set a $100.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research report on Wednesday. Roth Mkm upgraded shares of Intel from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Melius Research set a $75.00 price target on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, April 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $75.64.

Intel Stock Performance

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 market capitalization of $550.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -176.80 and a beta of 2.18. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $58.56 and its 200 day moving average is $47.46.

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

Insider Transactions at Intel

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of Intel stock in a transaction that occurred 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 in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.05% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Intel

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted 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 acquiring an additional 13,692,624 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Intel by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 208,536,784 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $7,695,007,000 after acquiring an additional 5,714,400 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors lifted its stake in Intel by 20.3% in the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 104,060,268 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,839,833,000 after acquiring an additional 17,557,147 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Intel by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 101,931,512 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,744,406,000 after acquiring an additional 3,124,798 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted 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 acquiring an additional 11,056,090 shares during the last quarter. 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.