Legal & General Group Plc Raises Stake in Intel Corporation $INTC

Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 0.9% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 33,589,413 shares of the chip maker’s stock after buying an additional 288,828 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in Intel were worth $1,126,925,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

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

Insider Activity at Intel

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 20,000 shares of Intel stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.05, for a total transaction of $981,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 113,060 shares in the company, valued at $5,545,593. The trade was a 15.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP David Zinsner purchased 5,882 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $42.50 per share, with a total value of $249,985.00. Following the purchase, the executive vice president owned 247,392 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,514,160. This represents a 2.44% increase in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.04% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Market optimism around Intel’s partnership with Infosys to scale enterprise AI deployments — investors see this as a route to convert AI trials into recurring, enterprise-scale revenue and better monetize Intel’s server and software stack. Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Gains as Optimism Around Infosys Partnership Rises
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/coverage notes and research pieces suggesting the Infosys deal could support long-term AI revenue growth helped sentiment, reinforcing the narrative that Intel can win enterprise AI workloads. Can Intel’s AI Push With Infosys Deal Drive Long-Term Growth?
• Positive Sentiment: Broader AI ecosystem strength (Nvidia and other AI infrastructure investing billions) fuels demand expectations for data-center CPUs, accelerators and services — a tailwind for Intel’s server and AI roadmap. Nvidia Is Investing Billions in These Two Artificial Intelligence (AI) Players. Now They’re Joining the S&P 500
• Positive Sentiment: Recent analyst upgrades and increased institutional interest have supported the rally — upgrades signal conviction that Intel’s execution and AI positioning are improving. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Upgraded at Wall Street Zen
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary questioning whether Intel’s run has peaked notes short-term cooling after recent gains; useful for traders but less decisive for long-term thesis. Has Intel’s Stock Peaked?
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/national-security pressure on an $8.9B U.S. government partnership tied to supplier ACM Research (concerns over China links) could delay or complicate government revenue and add headline risk. Investors may be pricing in potential program risk. Intel Is Quickly Learning Its Silent Partner Is Willing To Speak Up

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on INTC. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Intel from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. DZ Bank reiterated a “sell” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Mizuho set a $48.00 price target on shares of Intel in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of Intel from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Finally, Roth Mkm raised their price objective on shares of Intel from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Hold rating and six have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $45.74.

Intel Trading Up 5.0%

Intel stock opened at $45.58 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 1.65 and a current ratio of 2.02. Intel Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $17.67 and a fifty-two week high of $54.60. The stock has a market cap of $227.67 billion, a P/E ratio of -569.68, a PEG ratio of 16.09 and a beta of 1.37. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $45.65 and its 200-day moving average price is $38.39.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The chip maker reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $13.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $13.37 billion. Intel had a negative return on equity of 0.44% and a negative net margin of 0.51%.The firm’s revenue was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.13 earnings per share. Intel has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.000-0.000 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.