Vega Investment Solutions Purchases New Stake in Intel Corporation $INTC

Vega Investment Solutions acquired a new position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 7,411 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,035,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,233,159,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised its stake in shares of Intel by 285.9% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 26,619,928 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $982,279,000 after buying an additional 19,722,010 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its stake in shares of Intel by 20.3% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 104,060,268 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,839,833,000 after buying an additional 17,557,147 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings 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 buying an additional 11,056,090 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Intel by 61.3% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 25,001,621 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $838,804,000 after buying an additional 9,503,402 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Intel

In other news, CEO Lip Bu Tan acquired 105,263 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $95.00 per share, for a total transaction of $9,999,985.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,314,669 shares in the company, valued at approximately $124,893,555. This represents a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan reportedly purchased approximately $10 million of company stock, a transaction investors may view as a sign of management confidence in the foundry recovery and long-term strategy. CEO Lip-Bu Tan Just Gave 12 Million Reasons to Buy Intel Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Commentary continues to highlight potential foundry contracts, advanced packaging and high-bandwidth-memory opportunities. A possible relationship with SK Hynix had fueled optimism that Intel could attract a major external customer, although the report was subsequently denied by SK Hynix. Intel Stock Notches Up as SK Hynix Considers New Deal
• Positive Sentiment: A partnership expansion with Kasm Technologies supports private, on-premises AI inference using Intel Xeon 6 processors, reinforcing Intel’s opportunity in regulated markets where customers want data to remain within corporate networks. Intel’s Privacy-Focused AI and Foundry Momentum

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have commented on INTC shares. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Intel from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $110.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research note on Monday, July 27th. TD Cowen increased their price target on Intel from $75.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. Northland Securities lowered Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Intel from $75.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, thirty-one have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $107.46.

Intel Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ INTC opened at $88.97 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $448.76 billion, a P/E ratio of -42.17, a P/E/G ratio of 9.88 and a beta of 2.22. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $102.74 and a 200 day moving average price of $87.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. Intel Corporation has a 52-week low of $23.68 and a 52-week high of $142.35.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $16.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.43 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.10) earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 1.01 EPS for the current year.

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.