ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Buys Shares of 142,533 Intel Corporation $INTC

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. purchased a new position in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 142,533 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $4,776,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the second quarter valued at $1,579,378,000. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Intel by 210.9% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 15,498,219 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $346,230,000 after acquiring an additional 10,514,007 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Intel by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 385,903,735 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $8,644,244,000 after acquiring an additional 8,513,298 shares in the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC raised its position in Intel by 66.4% during the second quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 19,396,839 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $434,489,000 after acquiring an additional 7,736,635 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi raised its position in Intel by 16.2% during the second quarter. Amundi now owns 43,995,698 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $962,626,000 after acquiring an additional 6,117,601 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP David Zinsner purchased 5,882 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The shares were bought at an average price of $42.50 per share, for a total transaction of $249,985.00. Following the acquisition, the executive vice president directly owned 247,392 shares in the company, valued at $10,514,160. This trade represents a 2.44% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.05, for a total value of $981,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 113,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,545,593. The trade was a 15.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 0.04% of the company’s stock.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Lip‑Bu Tan reiterated Intel will build GPUs and the company hired Eric Demers to lead GPU development — a direct move into high‑growth AI accelerators that expands Intel’s TAM beyond CPUs and supports the bullish AI narrative. Intel taps Qualcomm senior engineer Eric Demers to lead GPU development
• Positive Sentiment: Intel announced a collaboration with SoftBank on next‑generation AI memory prototypes — a strategic partnership that could improve Intel’s memory roadmap for AI servers and help close gaps versus rivals in the data‑center stack. Intel and SoftBank partnering on AI memory
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support is rising — Daiwa and other shops have bumped price targets, signaling some sell‑side confidence in the turnaround and providing an incremental catalyst for sentiment. Daiwa raises Intel price target
• Positive Sentiment: Product cadence: Intel introduced Xeon 600 processors (core, AI and connectivity upgrades) that support its server/AI roadmap and could help mix and ASPs over time if adoption picks up. Intel Introduces XEON 600 Processors
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel presented at an AI summit (transcript available) — useful for tracking product timelines and messaging but not an immediate financial catalyst. Intel AI summit transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: an Intel EVP sold 20,000 shares (~$981k) in early February — routine but often viewed negatively by investors as it can signal near‑term profit taking. Form 4 Insider Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst caution / downgrade risk: some commentary highlights weak Q4 revenue, margin pressure and soft guidance — concerns that the turnaround’s momentum may be slowing and that foundry/competitive risks remain. Intel could face downgrade after Q4
• Negative Sentiment: Sector risk: a broader tech‑led selloff and investor concern about escalating AI capex is pressuring semiconductor names, which can amplify short‑term downside for Intel despite company‑specific positives. Global markets retreat on tech selloff

Intel Stock Performance

NASDAQ INTC opened at $48.24 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $42.39 and its 200 day moving average price is $34.45. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 1.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. Intel Corporation has a twelve month low of $17.67 and a twelve month high of $54.60. The company has a market capitalization of $240.96 billion, a PE ratio of -602.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 15.69 and a beta of 1.38.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 22nd. The chip maker reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.07. Intel had a negative net margin of 0.51% and a negative return on equity of 0.44%. The company had revenue of $13.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.37 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.13 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on INTC shares. Tigress Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $66.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Intel from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on Intel from $41.10 to $45.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane boosted their target price on shares of Intel from $19.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Hold rating and six have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $45.76.

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.