Intel stock price inched up, reflecting optimism tied to ongoing secular trends in semiconductor demand. With supply chain bottlenecks easing, institutional research desks project incremental margin expansion over the next three quarters. Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 1,058 % — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 191% for the S&P 500. Don’t miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor . And while Nvidia dominates AI servers, Intel, despite having lost its near-monopoly from a decade ago, still commands over 76% of the consumer PC market. Nvidia already sells discrete RTX graphics chips to the high-end gaming PC market, but has been somewhat left out of a large part of the PC market that demands close integration of graphics and central processing units on the same system-on-chip (SOC). The intel stock price saw mild profit-taking after touching $43.25, yet remained well above its monthly low. Earnings season trends indicate consensus beats in the chip sector, suggesting Intel could follow suit if operational efficiency meets targets.