Handelsbanken Fonder AB Raises Holdings in Intel Corporation $INTC

Handelsbanken Fonder AB boosted its position in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 22.4% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,263,752 shares of the chip maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 413,671 shares during the quarter. Intel accounts for about 0.9% of Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in Intel were worth $316,088,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Southern Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Intel by 0.6% during the first quarter. Southern Financial Group LLC now owns 14,313 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $632,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Intel by 0.4% in the second quarter. Harrell Investment Partners LLC now owns 23,277 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,250,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Wynn Capital LLC boosted its position in Intel by 0.4% during the second quarter. Wynn Capital LLC now owns 27,162 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,793,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Demars Financial Group LLC grew its stake in Intel by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Demars Financial Group LLC now owns 7,675 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $339,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Human Investing LLC grew its stake in Intel by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Human Investing LLC now owns 14,525 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $641,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel plans to use the proceeds to pursue growth in contract chip manufacturing, physical AI, purpose-built silicon, advanced packaging and external wafer production. Management said the capital raise is intended to support rising AI-related demand while preserving its investment-grade balance sheet. Intel plans $15 billion stock offering as AI demand accelerates
• Positive Sentiment: The funding could accelerate Intel’s foundry turnaround and expand manufacturing capacity at a time when customer demand is outpacing available production. Data-center revenue reportedly grew strongly in the latest quarter, reinforcing the strategic rationale for investment. Intel launches $15 billion share sale as turnaround rally lifts stock
• Positive Sentiment: Intel also highlighted ecosystem traction: Nanox.AI optimized medical-imaging software for Intel Core Ultra processors and the OpenVINO toolkit, supporting on-premise healthcare AI inference. The announcement is strategically positive but likely has limited near-term financial impact. Nanox.AI Optimizes Medical Imaging AI Framework for Intel Core Ultra Processors
• Neutral Sentiment: The offering comes after Intel’s latest quarterly results beat expectations, with revenue up year over year. However, investors are weighing improving operating trends against the company’s substantial investment requirements and ongoing losses.
• Negative Sentiment: Issuing up to $17.25 billion of new equity would dilute existing shareholders and signals that Intel needs significant external funding for its capital-intensive expansion. Investors are also questioning whether AI infrastructure spending will generate adequate returns. Intel Slips After Chipmaker Announces $15 Billion Stock Sale
• Negative Sentiment: The stock’s decline reflects near-term dilution and valuation concerns after its powerful rally, rather than a deterioration in reported demand. Technical selling may intensify if shares remain below key moving-average support.

Intel Stock Down 4.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:INTC opened at $97.52 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 1.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $491.89 billion, a PE ratio of -46.22 and a beta of 2.22. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $110.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $82.10. Intel Corporation has a 1 year low of $20.44 and a 1 year high of $142.35.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $16.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.43 billion. Intel had a negative net margin of 19.79% and a positive return on equity of 2.62%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.10) earnings per share. Intel has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.380-0.380 EPS. Analysts predict that Intel Corporation will post 1.01 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Daiwa Securities Group lowered shares of Intel from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Roth Capital upped 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. Mizuho cut their price target on Intel from $135.00 to $109.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 24th. Northland Securities downgraded Intel from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, New Street Research lifted their price objective on Intel from $100.00 to $122.00 in a research report on Friday, June 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $107.93.

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.