Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. Acquires 168,902 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. grew its stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 13.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 1,389,576 shares of the chip maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 168,902 shares during the quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s holdings in Intel were worth $51,718,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Financially Speaking Inc increased its position in shares of Intel by 69.2% during the 4th quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares during the last quarter. Legacy Bridge LLC bought a new position in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. Swiss RE Ltd. acquired a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Intel by 89.2% during the third quarter. Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 946 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 446 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Trading Up 3.5%

Shares of INTC stock opened at $121.10 on Thursday. Intel Corporation has a 12-month low of $18.97 and a 12-month high of $132.75. The company has a market capitalization of $608.65 billion, a PE ratio of -195.32 and a beta of 2.21. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $99.46 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $63.55. 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 posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, beating 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%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel said its next-generation 18A-P manufacturing process has entered risk production, a major milestone that suggests progress in its chipmaking comeback and improves the odds of winning external customers. Intel’s new manufacturing tech enters initial production
• Positive Sentiment: Several reports said the new node could help Intel attract customers such as Apple and Nvidia, reinforcing hopes that the company’s foundry strategy is gaining traction. Intel begins production of most-advanced chip, inching closer to possible Apple deal
• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein and Bank of America raised their views/price targets on Intel, citing stronger CPU demand from the agentic AI buildout and renewed interest in Intel’s foundry ambitions. Bernstein Boosts Price Targets for Arm, AMD, and Intel on Agentic AI Revolution
• Positive Sentiment: Media coverage framed the 18A-P announcement as a sign that Intel’s cash-burning manufacturing business may be turning a corner, which has added to momentum in the shares. Intel takes a major step toward turning around a business that’s bleeding cash
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary pieces and stock-screen articles are also highlighting Intel as a comeback and long-term AI/semiconductor play, which may be supporting sentiment but do not add new hard catalysts. Is Intel the Comeback Stock of the Decade?
• Negative Sentiment: Some analysts continue to warn that Intel’s valuation has run ahead of fundamentals after a huge rally, suggesting the stock could remain volatile if expectations get too high. Intel: The Re-Rating Has Gone Too Far

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel 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 transaction, the executive vice president 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on INTC. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $100.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Tigress Financial raised their target price on shares of Intel from $66.00 to $118.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Morgan Stanley cut Intel from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Northland Securities lowered Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Evercore set a $95.00 price objective on Intel in a research report on Friday, April 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $87.09.

Intel 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.