Shepherd Financial Partners LLC Buys New Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Shepherd Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 9,576 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,337,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Financially Speaking Inc raised its holdings in shares of Intel by 69.2% during the fourth quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares during the last quarter. Financial Life Planners acquired a new stake in Intel during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. Glynn Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel during the 2nd quarter valued at about $29,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new position in shares of Intel in the 2nd quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Swiss RE Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Intel Price Performance

Shares of Intel stock opened at $89.47 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $451.29 billion, a P/E ratio of -42.40 and a beta of 2.22. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $104.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $86.39. Intel Corporation has a 12 month low of $23.68 and a 12 month high of $142.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.25.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 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 firm had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.43 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.10) earnings per share. The firm’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. As a group, analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Intel News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan reportedly purchased approximately $10 million of Intel stock at $95 per share earlier this month. The shares now trade below that level, making the purchase a potential signal of management’s confidence in Intel’s turnaround. Intel CEO insider purchase article
• Positive Sentiment: Fundstrat ETFs added Intel to a quarterly rebalance, which could provide incremental institutional demand and reflects improving sentiment toward the chipmaker. Fundstrat ETF rebalance article
• Positive Sentiment: Intel has gained attention from investors following reports of a new Advantech connection and its potential role in AI infrastructure. Strong Nvidia results also reinforced expectations that demand for data-center and AI-related hardware remains robust. Intel Advantech connection article
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports that investor Nancy Pelosi bought Intel shares and call options may support retail and political-investor interest, but the trade does not change Intel’s operating outlook. Nancy Pelosi Intel investment article
• Negative Sentiment: Intel’s manufacturing operations reportedly continue to lose money on wafers, much of which are sold internally. The stock’s elevated valuation appears to assume that the foundry business eventually becomes profitable, leaving substantial execution risk if losses persist. Intel manufacturing losses article
• Negative Sentiment: Intel is also being pressured by broad semiconductor profit-taking after Nvidia’s earnings-fueled rally. Raymond James reportedly prefers AMD over Intel among the two AI-exposed CPU companies, highlighting competitive concerns and uncertainty over Intel’s ability to convert AI demand into durable growth. Semiconductor profit-taking article

Insider Activity

In other Intel news, CEO Lip Bu Tan bought 105,263 shares of Intel stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $95.00 per share, for a total transaction of $9,999,985.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,314,669 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $124,893,555. This represents a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.05% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Roth Capital lifted their price target on Intel from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. DA Davidson lifted their target price on shares of Intel from $77.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Intel from $65.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. New Street Research lifted their price objective on shares of Intel from $100.00 to $122.00 in a report on Friday, June 26th. Finally, Arete Research increased their target price on shares of Intel from $20.40 to $99.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, thirty-one have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target 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.