Lion Street Advisors LLC Boosts Holdings in Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC)

Lion Street Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) by 76.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 15,261 shares of the chip maker’s stock after buying an additional 6,634 shares during the quarter. Lion Street Advisors LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $306,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in INTC. Jericho Financial LLP purchased a new position in Intel during the fourth quarter worth about $2,045,000. Guidance Capital Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Intel by 37.5% in the 4th quarter. Guidance Capital Inc. now owns 29,354 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $611,000 after acquiring an additional 8,010 shares during the last quarter. RFG Holdings Inc. boosted its position in shares of Intel by 56.3% during the 4th quarter. RFG Holdings Inc. now owns 29,795 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $598,000 after purchasing an additional 10,737 shares during the period. E. Ohman J or Asset Management AB increased its holdings in Intel by 13.1% in the 4th quarter. E. Ohman J or Asset Management AB now owns 193,220 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $3,874,000 after purchasing an additional 22,320 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optas LLC raised its position in Intel by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Optas LLC now owns 24,852 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $498,000 after purchasing an additional 993 shares during the period. 64.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. UBS Group lowered their price target on Intel from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “sell” rating and set a $20.00 target price on shares of Intel in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of Intel from $28.00 to $25.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Intel in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-seven have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.60.

Intel Trading Up 1.9 %

NASDAQ:INTC opened at $19.65 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $84.75 billion, a PE ratio of -4.49, a P/E/G ratio of 9.49 and a beta of 1.08. Intel Co. has a 52-week low of $18.51 and a 52-week high of $46.63. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $20.58 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The chip maker reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.14). Intel had a negative net margin of 35.32% and a negative return on equity of 3.27%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Intel Co. will post 0.19 EPS for the current year.

Intel Company Profile

Intel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computing and related products and services worldwide. It operates through Client Computing Group, Data Center and AI, Network and Edge, Mobileye, and Intel Foundry Services segments. The company's products portfolio comprises central processing units and chipsets, system-on-chips (SoCs), and multichip packages; mobile and desktop processors; hardware products comprising graphics processing units (GPUs), domain-specific accelerators, and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); and memory and storage, connectivity and networking, and other semiconductor products.