Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA Trims Stock Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA decreased its position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 84.2% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 544,582 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 2,905,320 shares during the quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA’s holdings in Intel were worth $76,834,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in INTC. Southern Financial Group LLC grew its position in shares of Intel by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Southern Financial Group LLC now owns 14,313 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $632,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. Harrell Investment Partners LLC lifted its position in Intel by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC now owns 23,277 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,250,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. Wynn Capital LLC lifted its position in Intel by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Wynn Capital LLC now owns 27,162 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,793,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares during the period. Demars Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in Intel by 1.7% during the first quarter. Demars Financial Group LLC now owns 7,675 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $339,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Human Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 0.9% during the first quarter. Human Investing LLC now owns 14,525 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $641,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel is embarking on a roughly $15 billion stock offering aimed at expanding its ability to capitalize on demand for AI infrastructure. While the financing could support growth in processors, data centers and foundry operations, investors will also assess the potential dilution. Intel embarks on $15 billion stock offering to capitalize on AI demand
• Positive Sentiment: Tiger Global increased its Intel position during the second quarter, providing an additional institutional vote of confidence in the company’s AI, data-center and foundry prospects. Tiger Global Added to Its Position in Intel in Q2
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Lip-Bu Tan reportedly purchased another 105,000-plus Intel shares, following his roughly $10 million open-market investment earlier in August. The buying signals management confidence after second-quarter revenue grew 25% year over year. CEO Lip-Bu Tan Just Bought Another 105,000 Shares of Intel Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Demand for server CPUs is reportedly strengthening as agentic AI workloads expand, potentially creating a new growth opportunity for Intel while its turnaround progresses. Intel is also seeking to challenge TSMC in advanced AI chip packaging. The AI Boom Has a New Chip Shortage. Intel Is Ready
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel’s client-computing business is gaining momentum from AI PCs, edge AI, robotics and physical AI, but investors are looking for evidence that these opportunities can produce sustained growth beyond traditional PC demand. INTC’s Client Computing Business Gains Momentum
• Negative Sentiment: Stanley Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office exited its entire Intel position—about 411,400 shares—during the second quarter and redirected capital toward other AI infrastructure stocks. The sale adds pressure to sentiment despite Intel’s recent operating improvement. Druckenmiller Dumped Micron, Intel, and Broadcom
• Negative Sentiment: Intel is being pressured by a broader semiconductor selloff and concerns that Google’s reported $12.2 billion custom-chip deal with Marvell could intensify competition for AI hardware spending. Broadcom Holds Steady as ARK Buys the Dip, Intel Slips
• Negative Sentiment: The planned equity issuance raises dilution concerns, particularly after Intel’s recent secondary financing. Investors may be questioning whether the substantial capital requirements of Intel’s foundry and AI strategies will translate into profitable returns quickly.

Insider Buying and Selling at Intel

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Bu Tan acquired 105,263 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $95.00 per share, with a total value 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. The trade was a 8.70% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.05% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of INTC opened at $92.13 on Friday. Intel Corporation has a 1-year low of $22.77 and a 1-year high of $142.35. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $109.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $84.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The firm has a market cap of $464.70 billion, a PE ratio of -43.66 and a beta of 2.22.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on INTC shares. Seaport Research Partners reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $125.00 target price on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, July 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Intel from $45.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Evercore set a $95.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on shares of Intel from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Intel from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, thirty-one have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $107.46.

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.