Paragon Capital Management LLC Trims Stock Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Paragon Capital Management LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 6.7% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 57,305 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 4,102 shares during the period. Paragon Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $1,284,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Meridian Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Intel by 4.6% in the second quarter. Meridian Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,983 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $273,000 after acquiring an additional 526 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS increased its position in shares of Intel by 8.0% in the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 1,069,805 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $23,964,000 after purchasing an additional 79,590 shares during the last quarter. CFO4Life Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Intel by 6.9% in the 2nd quarter. CFO4Life Group LLC now owns 16,609 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $372,000 after purchasing an additional 1,073 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Intel by 5.9% during the second quarter. Advisors Capital Management LLC now owns 9,809 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $220,000 after purchasing an additional 547 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sittner & Nelson LLC increased its holdings in Intel by 3.1% in the second quarter. Sittner & Nelson LLC now owns 23,365 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $523,000 after buying an additional 701 shares during the last quarter. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on INTC. Loop Capital increased their target price on Intel from $25.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Roth Capital raised their price objective on Intel from $30.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. DZ Bank reaffirmed a “sell” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, October 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on shares of Intel from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Susquehanna raised their price target on shares of Intel from $31.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Hold rating and eight have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $34.84.

Intel Stock Performance

INTC stock opened at $35.52 on Friday. Intel Corporation has a 1 year low of $17.67 and a 1 year high of $42.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $169.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,555.56 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.60. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $34.63 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.29.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $13.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.10 billion. Intel had a net margin of 0.37% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.46) earnings per share. Intel has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.080-0.080 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 EPS for the current year.

Intel Profile

Intel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computing and related products and services worldwide. It operates through Client Computing Group, Data Center and AI, Network and Edge, Mobileye, and Intel Foundry Services segments. The company's products portfolio comprises central processing units and chipsets, system-on-chips (SoCs), and multichip packages; mobile and desktop processors; hardware products comprising graphics processing units (GPUs), domain-specific accelerators, and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); and memory and storage, connectivity and networking, and other semiconductor products.