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

Lion Street Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC) by 76.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 15,261 shares of the chip maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,634 shares during the quarter. Lion Street Advisors LLC’s holdings in Intel were worth $306,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of INTC. Finley Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Quest Partners LLC grew its stake in Intel by 7,370.6% in the 3rd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 1,270 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 1,253 shares during the last quarter. West Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Intel during the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000. Groupama Asset Managment raised its position in Intel by 6.3% during the third quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 137,181 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 8,084 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sawyer & Company Inc purchased a new stake in shares of Intel in the fourth quarter valued at about $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.53% of the company’s stock.

Intel Price Performance

INTC stock opened at $19.65 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.33. Intel Co. has a 1 year low of $18.51 and a 1 year high of $46.63. The firm has a market cap of $84.75 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.49 and a beta of 1.08. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $20.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.14.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The chip maker reported ($0.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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, equities analysts predict that Intel Co. will post 0.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on INTC shares. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $22.00 target price on shares of Intel in a report on Friday, January 31st. HSBC raised Intel from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Intel from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of Intel from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Intel from $28.00 to $25.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-seven have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.60.

About Intel

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.