Riverstone Advisors LLC Invests $285,000 in Intel Corporation $INTC

Riverstone Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 6,460 shares of the chip maker’s stock, valued at approximately $285,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new position in Intel during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,233,159,000. Capital World Investors lifted its position in Intel by 32.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 86,503,121 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $2,902,180,000 after purchasing an additional 21,230,715 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in shares of Intel by 285.9% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 26,619,928 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $982,279,000 after purchasing an additional 19,722,010 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Intel by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 404,522,308 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $14,926,873,000 after purchasing an additional 13,692,624 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of Intel by 20.4% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 65,249,269 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $2,407,698,000 after purchasing an additional 11,056,090 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

More Intel News

Here are the key news stories impacting Intel this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Goldman Sachs began coverage of Intel with a neutral rating and a $150 price target, reinforcing the view that the stock still has upside after its big run. Goldman Sachs coverage on Intel
• Positive Sentiment: Micron’s blockbuster earnings and upbeat outlook for smartphones and PCs helped boost sentiment across semiconductors, including Intel, AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm. Micron article
• Positive Sentiment: Articles highlighting Intel’s turnaround, foundry push, and diversification away from Taiwan-based manufacturing are supporting the bullish narrative that Intel could gain share in advanced chips over time.
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel remains one of the most heavily watched stocks, with multiple articles focused on whether the recent rally is justified after the shares have already surged sharply this year.
• Neutral Sentiment: Congressional-trading and political headlines, including references to Intel-linked holdings and U.S. chip policy, are adding visibility but do not directly change near-term fundamentals.
• Negative Sentiment: Some market commentary says the valuation has run ahead of fundamentals, and broader chip stocks have also seen periods of renewed selling pressure, which could limit further upside if sentiment cools.

Intel Stock Performance

Shares of INTC stock opened at $128.32 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $644.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -206.96 and a beta of 2.21. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $109.54 and a 200 day moving average of $67.89. Intel Corporation has a 52 week low of $18.97 and a 52 week high of $141.45. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The chip maker reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.32 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Intel has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.200 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Intel Corporation will post 0.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

INTC has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded shares of Intel from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $60.00 price target for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Zacks Research raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Roth Mkm upgraded shares of Intel from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Mizuho set a $135.00 price objective on shares of Intel in a research report on Sunday, June 21st. Finally, Freedom Capital raised shares of Intel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Intel has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $89.66.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Boise April Miller sold 40,256 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total transaction of $4,006,679.68. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 105,077 shares in the company, valued at $10,458,313.81. The trade was a 27.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.05% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.