Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. grew its position in shares of Intel Co. (NASDAQ:INTC – Free Report) by 12.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 69,999 shares of the chip maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,501 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd.’s holdings in Intel were worth $2,168,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC boosted its position in Intel by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 98,320 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $4,764,000 after acquiring an additional 2,915 shares during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 65.2% during the first quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 69,096 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,052,000 after purchasing an additional 27,274 shares during the last quarter. Trexquant Investment LP boosted its holdings in shares of Intel by 69.0% during the fourth quarter. Trexquant Investment LP now owns 71,126 shares of the chip maker’s stock worth $3,574,000 after purchasing an additional 29,040 shares during the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. grew its position in shares of Intel by 2.6% in the first quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 16,681 shares of the chip maker’s stock valued at $736,000 after purchasing an additional 418 shares during the period. Finally, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new position in Intel in the fourth quarter valued at $501,000. 64.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Intel Trading Down 3.3 %
NASDAQ INTC opened at $20.77 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $88.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.64 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $24.17 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. Intel Co. has a 52 week low of $18.51 and a 52 week high of $51.28.
Intel Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Sunday, September 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 7th were issued a $0.125 dividend. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, August 7th. Intel’s dividend payout ratio is currently 52.08%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Intel
In other Intel news, CEO Patrick P. Gelsinger bought 12,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 5th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $20.16 per share, with a total value of $252,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 37,975 shares in the company, valued at approximately $765,576. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.04% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
INTC has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Hsbc Global Res lowered Intel from a “hold” rating to a “moderate sell” rating in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their target price on shares of Intel from $40.00 to $27.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. TD Cowen raised shares of Intel to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of Intel from $36.00 to $25.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Finally, New Street Research cut shares of Intel from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-four have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Intel has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $32.04.
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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.
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