Brokerages Set Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) PT at $45.74

Shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Reduce” from the thirty-seven brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-six have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $45.7364.

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on INTC shares. DZ Bank reiterated a “sell” rating on shares of Intel in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Intel from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. DA Davidson raised shares of Intel to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Susquehanna lifted their target price on Intel from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Intel from $38.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd.

Intel Price Performance

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $45.95 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $45.32 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $37.91. Intel has a 52 week low of $17.67 and a 52 week high of $54.60. The stock has a market cap of $229.52 billion, a PE ratio of -574.30, a P/E/G ratio of 16.89 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a quick ratio of 1.65, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The chip maker reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.07. Intel had a negative return on equity of 0.44% and a negative net margin of 0.51%.The firm had revenue of $13.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.37 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.13 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue 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, analysts forecast that Intel will post -0.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel news, EVP David Zinsner bought 5,882 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $42.50 per share, with a total value of $249,985.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the executive vice president owned 247,392 shares in the company, valued at $10,514,160. This trade represents a 2.44% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 owned 113,060 shares in the company, valued at $5,545,593. This represents a 15.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.04% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Bank of Nova Scotia increased its stake in Intel by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 2,332,433 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $52,246,000 after buying an additional 51,383 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Intel during the second quarter worth approximately $1,579,378,000. Engineers Gate Manager LP lifted its position in shares of Intel by 91.8% in the 2nd quarter. Engineers Gate Manager LP now owns 765,091 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $17,138,000 after purchasing an additional 366,092 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Intel by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 385,903,735 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $8,644,244,000 after buying an additional 8,513,298 shares during the period. Finally, Isthmus Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Intel by 100.1% in the second quarter. Isthmus Partners LLC now owns 247,660 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $5,548,000 after acquiring an additional 123,895 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel expanded telecom and AI partnerships at Mobile World Congress (AI‑native 6G work with Viettel High Tech and Ericsson) and broadened its alliance with Infosys to accelerate enterprise AI deployments — signals of new addressable markets and commercial traction. Intel’s AI Native 6G Alliances And New Chair Reshape Growth Story
• Positive Sentiment: Management comments (CFO David Zinsner and CEO Lip‑Bu Tan) suggested Intel is revisiting the role of its advanced 18A manufacturing node — including potential external customers — and highlighted strong server demand and capacity plans. Those remarks underpin a view of improving semiconductor revenue and margin leverage. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan reconsidering fate of chipmaker’s 18A manufacturing tech, CFO says
• Neutral Sentiment: Board leadership is shifting: longtime chair Frank Yeary is departing and Dr. Craig Barratt has been named chairman. Management change can be positive or neutral depending on execution; investors seem to have welcomed the transition given Barratt’s technical background. Intel names Dr. Craig Barratt as chairman / related reporting
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory and national‑security scrutiny: a bipartisan group of U.S. senators flagged concerns about Intel’s testing of tools tied to a Chinese‑linked vendor, creating potential compliance, reputational and supply‑chain risk that could draw oversight or restrictions. US lawmakers raise concerns over Intel’s testing of tools made by Chinese-linked firm

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.