Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Receives $77.38 Consensus PT from Analysts

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the forty-one analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have issued a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $77.38.

INTC has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. TD Cowen upped their price target on Intel from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. UBS Group set a $51.00 price target on Intel in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Evercore set a $95.00 price target on Intel in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Tigress Financial upped their price target on Intel from $66.00 to $118.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Seaport Research Partners upped their price target on Intel from $65.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th.

Insider Activity at Intel

In other news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total value of $4,006,679.68. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,458,313.81. This represents a 27.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Intel

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of INTC. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co raised its position in Intel by 33.3% in the 3rd quarter. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co now owns 120,000 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $4,026,000 after purchasing an additional 30,000 shares in the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. raised its position in Intel by 17.0% in the 4th quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 593,043 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $21,883,000 after purchasing an additional 86,189 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its position in Intel by 18.3% in the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 55,521,741 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $1,862,755,000 after purchasing an additional 8,569,812 shares in the last quarter. Heritage Investment Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Intel in the 4th quarter valued at about $219,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Intel by 3.5% in the 4th 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. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $108.77 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The business has a fifty day moving average of $67.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of $50.91. The stock has a market cap of $546.68 billion, a P/E ratio of -175.43 and a beta of 2.18. Intel has a 52-week low of $18.97 and a 52-week high of $132.75.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28. The company had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.13 EPS. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Intel will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel announced it is the official compute partner of McLaren Racing, adding another visible partnership that showcases its chips in high-performance, real-world workloads. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Erste Group Bank raised its FY2026 and FY2027 earnings estimates for Intel, suggesting some analysts see the turnaround improving. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel continues to be featured in bullish AI and infrastructure narratives, including reports tied to Apple, Tesla’s Terafab project, and Intel’s role in AI compute builds, which support the long-term thesis but do not offset near-term caution. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple reports say Intel is being hit by a broad semiconductor pullback as Treasury yields rise and investors rotate out of high-flying AI stocks. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts and market commentary continue to warn that Intel is losing server CPU market share to AMD and Arm, raising concerns about its competitive position in AI data centers. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Several articles framed Intel’s rally as overextended, with profit-taking and “AI bubble” worries triggering a sharp reversal in chip stocks. Article Title

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.