Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC Sells 8,860 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC cut its position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 15.6% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 47,957 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 8,860 shares during the quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $6,696,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in INTC. Financially Speaking Inc increased its stake in Intel by 69.2% in the fourth quarter. Financially Speaking Inc now owns 682 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares during the last quarter. Financial Life Planners bought a new stake in Intel during the first quarter worth $25,000. Swiss RE Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Osbon Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Intel in the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Intel by 3,185.7% in the 2nd quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 230 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 223 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of INTC opened at $97.71 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $492.85 billion, a PE ratio of -46.31 and a beta of 2.22. Intel Corporation has a 12 month low of $20.76 and a 12 month high of $142.35. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $110.57 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $82.41. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.43 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.10) earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue 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, analysts anticipate that Intel Corporation will post 1.01 EPS for the current year.

Intel News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel priced 210.5 million shares at $95 each, raising approximately $20 billion before expenses, with an option for underwriters to purchase an additional 31.6 million shares. The capital should strengthen Intel’s balance sheet and help finance advanced manufacturing, packaging, purpose-built silicon and physical-AI opportunities. Intel Announces Upsize and Pricing of $20 Billion Common Stock Offering
• Positive Sentiment: Recent operating trends support management’s investment case: second-quarter revenue rose 25% year over year, while Intel Foundry revenue increased 31% to $5.8 billion and its operating loss narrowed to $2.1 billion from $3.2 billion. Data-center sales and AI-PC demand were also highlighted as growth drivers. Intel’s Foundry Grew 31% Last Quarter and Lost $2.1 Billion Doing It
• Neutral Sentiment: The offering reportedly attracted roughly $100 billion of demand, suggesting strong institutional interest, but that demand does not eliminate concerns about the price paid by existing shareholders. Analysts and investors remain divided between viewing the raise as funding for a turnaround and evidence that Intel’s valuation has become stretched. Intel Stock Sale Draws $100 Billion in Demand
• Negative Sentiment: Intel increased the offering from $15 billion to $20 billion, representing a larger-than-expected expansion of its share count. Pricing at $95—below recent trading levels—reinforced investor concerns that current holders are being diluted to fund expensive capacity expansion. Intel Stock Slips as $20 Billion Offering Expands Dilution
• Negative Sentiment: Intel Foundry remains deeply unprofitable, with most quarterly foundry revenue still coming from Intel’s internal chip business rather than external customers. Investors therefore face execution risk: the new capital must eventually produce meaningful third-party foundry revenue and improved margins to justify the dilution.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

INTC has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Moffett Nathanson cut Intel to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Intel in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Arete Research upped their target price on Intel from $20.40 to $99.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. DA Davidson lifted their price target on Intel from $77.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Seaport Research Partners restated a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 price target on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, July 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Intel has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $107.93.

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.