Mainsail Asset Management LLC Acquires Shares of 5,789 Intel Corporation $INTC

Mainsail Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 5,789 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $214,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of INTC. Sivia Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Intel by 271.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,201 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $766,000 after buying an additional 25,001 shares during the period. United Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $205,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL grew its stake in shares of Intel by 12.3% in the 2nd quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 13,737 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $308,000 after buying an additional 1,508 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Intel by 29.6% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 158,277 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,545,000 after buying an additional 36,116 shares during the period. Finally, Sei Investments Co. grew its stake in shares of Intel by 9.9% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 828,352 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $18,556,000 after buying an additional 74,838 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Stock Performance

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $120.29 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 2.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $604.58 billion, a P/E ratio of -194.01 and a beta of 2.18. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $64.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $49.88. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $18.97 and a fifty-two week high of $132.75.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.28. The firm 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.13 EPS. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total transaction of $4,006,679.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,458,313.81. This trade represents a 27.70% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

INTC has been the subject of several analyst reports. Northland Securities increased their price target on shares of Intel from $54.00 to $92.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $100.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Intel from $48.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Freedom Capital raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of Intel from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $48.00 to $95.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Intel presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $77.38.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Intel may be in early discussions with Apple about manufacturing processors in the U.S. continued to fuel optimism that Intel’s foundry business could land a major customer and add meaningful long-term revenue. Why Are Intel (INTC) Shares Soaring Today
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised expectations on Intel, with Mizuho lifting its price target and other commentary highlighting improving foundry momentum and growing demand tied to AI servers and “agentic AI” workloads. Intel Is ‘Still Undervalued:’ Why Dan Niles Sees Massive AI Opportunity Beyond Nvidia’s GPU Boom
• Neutral Sentiment: Media coverage repeatedly noted that Intel has had an exceptional run in 2026, with traders now debating whether the stock is due for a pause after such a fast move. Intel’s Run Has Gone From Strong to Surreal. Now, the Profit-Taking Debate Is Heating Up
• Negative Sentiment: Hot inflation data and a broader chip-sector pullback triggered profit-taking across semiconductors, with Intel among the names dragged lower as investors worried about valuations and future data-center spending. Why Intel’s stock is falling and guiding the chip sector toward its worst day of the year
• Negative Sentiment: Some analyst commentary remained cautious, arguing that despite the rally, Intel’s valuation may already reflect much of the turnaround story and AI enthusiasm. Intel, Other Chip Stocks Drop After Hitting Records

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.