Intel (INTC) closed at $65.76 on Oct 30, 2026, down 28.6% on the day. The stock is down 45.2% over the past month, down 27.7% over three months, up 78.2% year to date and up 63.7% over the past year (since Oct 30, 2025). It trades 53.8% below its 52-week high of $142.35 and 99.9% above its 52-week low of $32.89. The close sits below its 50-day moving average ($101.11) and below its 200-day moving average ($86.86).
NextPick tracks INTC in its Foundry/OSAT basket alongside TSM, ASX, UMC, GFS and AMKR. As of Oct 30, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is -11 (weak outflow), and the basket is down 7.0% over five sessions. Over the past month INTC ranks 6th of 6 basket members by price change.
Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 11.9% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 5 of 8.
INTC options were pricing 66% at-the-money implied volatility on Oct 23, 2026, an IV rank of 36 over the past year. Form 4 filings over the last 90 days show 1 open-market purchase and no open-market sales by insiders. Short interest was 2.8% of float (1.4 days to cover) as of Oct 15, 2026.
Surpassing expectations but falling 28.58%—where did Intel go wrong?
Q3 earnings beat expectations, but guidance and cash flow warnings broke through the stock price; Recovery remains to be verified, and a 5.83x price-to-sales ratio is not cheap.
Oct 30, 2026
Over the last 8 reports, INTC moved an average of 11.9% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 5 of 8 reports.
No — the Oct 30, 2026 close of $65.76 is 24.3% below the 200-day average of $86.86.
INTC closed 53.8% below its 52-week high of $142.35.
NextPick groups INTC with TSM, ASX, UMC, GFS and AMKR in its Foundry/OSAT basket.
Intel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and services computing and related end products and services in the United States, Ireland, Israel, and internationally. It operates through three segments: CCG, DCAI, and Intel Foundry. The company offers client computing group products, including client and commercial CPUs, discrete client GPUs, edge computing, and connectivity products; data center and AI products, such as server CPUs, discrete GPUs, and networking products; and semiconductors comprising wafer fabrication, substrates, and other related products and services. It also provides driving assistance and self-driving solutions; and develops and manufactures multi-beam mask writing tools. The company sells its products through sales organizations, distributors, resellers, retailers, and OEM partners. It serves original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, cloud service providers, and other manufacturers and service providers. Intel Corporation has a strategic collaboration with Infosys Limited to develop a multi-layer AI fabric that unifies infrastructure, models, data, applications, and workflows into a composable and agent-ready ecosystem. The company was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
