Intel Corporation $INTC Stock: TB Alternative Assets Ltd. Cuts Holdings

TB Alternative Assets Ltd. cut its holdings in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by 9.8% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 529,505 shares of the chip maker’s stock after selling 57,441 shares during the period. Intel makes up 13.2% of TB Alternative Assets Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. TB Alternative Assets Ltd.’s holdings in Intel were worth $63,662,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in INTC. Primecap Management Co. CA purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the second quarter valued at $10,507,291,000. Legal & General Group Plc acquired a new position in Intel in the second quarter valued at $4,096,110,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in Intel by 87.1% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 30,214,769 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,632,722,000 after buying an additional 14,063,302 shares during the period. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new position in Intel during the second quarter worth about $1,848,438,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Intel by 35.7% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 31,724,362 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $4,429,673,000 after buying an additional 8,342,514 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Monday, September 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada assumed coverage on shares of Intel in a research note on Tuesday, September 8th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Roth Capital upped their price objective on shares of Intel from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Intel from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Intel from $45.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $109.06.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Lip Bu Tan bought 105,263 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was bought at an average price of $95.00 per share, with a total value of $9,999,985.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,314,669 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $124,893,555. This trade represents a 8.70% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting Intel

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Intel’s Crescent Island D-Series inference GPU has reached customer testing, offering a potential foothold in lower-cost AI inference workloads as the company expands beyond CPUs. Intel Stocks Fall Although Its Inference GPU Reaches Customer Testing
• Positive Sentiment: Recent results showed strong momentum: quarterly revenue rose roughly 25% year over year to $16.13 billion and adjusted earnings exceeded analyst expectations. Analysts also point to rising computing-infrastructure demand and Intel’s October 29 earnings date as potential catalysts. Intel Earnings Preview
• Positive Sentiment: Thirty-four exchange-traded funds reportedly added Intel holdings on October 13, while CEO Lip-Bu Tan previously disclosed a roughly $10 million open-market purchase—signals that some institutional and insider investors remain constructive. 34 ETFs Add Intel Holdings
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel is positioning itself as a major foundry and advanced-packaging provider, but the strategy remains dependent on successfully ramping production and winning external customers. TSMC’s comments that it could support customers if Intel’s packaging rollout falls short highlight the competitive pressure. TSMC Comments on Intel Packaging
• Negative Sentiment: An explosion and fire at Intel’s Kiryat Gat manufacturing site in Israel, with serious injuries and reported fatalities, raised concerns about operational disruption, safety and potential costs. Intel Plant Blast in Israel
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor stocks sold off broadly after hotter inflation data increased interest-rate concerns and investors questioned whether AI infrastructure spending and financing can sustain current valuations. Reported progress by Chinese memory rival CXMT added another competitive concern for Intel. What Is Driving Attention on Intel Stock
• Negative Sentiment: TSMC’s record quarterly performance failed to lift the sector, reinforcing fears that Intel must execute its foundry and AI roadmap while competing against stronger established rivals. TSMC Challenge to Intel

Intel Trading Down 2.8%

INTC stock opened at $95.37 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $481.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -45.20, a PEG ratio of 10.47 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a quick ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $103.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $101.39. Intel Corporation has a 52 week low of $32.89 and a 52 week high of $142.35.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $16.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.43 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.10) EPS. 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, equities research analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 1.04 EPS for the current year.

Intel Company Profile

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures computing and connectivity products. Its portfolio includes central processing units (CPUs), graphics and accelerator products, chipsets, networking components, and other semiconductor solutions used in personal computers, servers, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence systems, and embedded applications.

The company serves a broad range of customers, including original equipment manufacturers, cloud service providers, enterprise businesses, telecommunications companies, government organizations, and other technology firms.