Natixis Advisors LLC Buys 369,415 Shares of Intel Corporation $INTC

Natixis Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 40.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,290,658 shares of the chip maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 369,415 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $47,625,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in INTC. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Intel by 271.8% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,201 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $766,000 after acquiring an additional 25,001 shares in the last quarter. United Bank bought a new stake in shares of Intel during the second quarter worth $205,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL increased its position in shares of Intel by 12.3% during the second quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 13,737 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $308,000 after acquiring an additional 1,508 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Intel by 29.6% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 158,277 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,545,000 after acquiring an additional 36,116 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. increased its position in shares of Intel by 9.9% during the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 828,352 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $18,556,000 after acquiring an additional 74,838 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on INTC shares. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Intel from $95.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Scotiabank started coverage on shares of Intel in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. They set a “sector perform” rating for the company. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of Intel from $30.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Roth Mkm raised shares of Intel from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, April 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $83.35.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of INTC opened at $112.67 on Thursday. Intel Corporation has a 12 month low of $18.97 and a 12 month high of $132.75. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $85.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $57.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $566.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -181.73 and a beta of 2.21. The company has a current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28. Intel had a negative net margin of 5.90% and a positive return on equity of 0.39%. The business had revenue of $13.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.32 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.13 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel unveiled new AI infrastructure products at Computex, including Xeon 6 Plus processors, Ethernet E835 controllers, and the Crescent Island AI GPU, reinforcing its push into data-center, cloud, and edge AI markets. Intel Announces New AI Innovations at Computex
• Positive Sentiment: Intel said it is working with partners such as Phison to bring larger local AI workloads to Intel AI PC platforms, highlighting ecosystem support for its PC and AI strategy. Phison Collaborates with Intel to Bring Larger Local AI Workloads
• Positive Sentiment: Several reports say Intel is gaining on the back of stronger CPU demand, improving sentiment toward its turnaround, and investor optimism that its chips remain central to the broader AI buildout. Intel Calls Taiwan Semiconductor Trusted Partner, Not Rival
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel also launched a YieldMax option-income ETF tied to INTC, which may increase trading interest but does not directly change Intel’s fundamentals. YieldMax Introduces Option Income Strategy ETF on Intel Corp. (INTC)
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary notes that Nvidia’s new AI PC chip is pressuring Intel and rivals, reminding investors that competition in AI chips remains intense. Nvidia’s new PC chips represent CEO Huang’s bid to win at every layer of AI stack

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Intel news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total value of $4,006,679.68. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. This trade represents a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.05% of the company’s stock.

Intel Company Profile

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.