Intel's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan is committed to the long term and putting his money where his mouth is: he bought about $10M of stock at $95 a share, per an SEC filing reported by @wallstengine, lifting his holdings to about 1.33M shares. x.com 

Intel's CEO just bought $10M of stock at $95, a whale worth following. x.com 

Intel looks priced for too much good news before it has actually delivered on anything. Its CPU story was carrying the share price. x.com 

Intel shares now cost less than its CEO paid when he bought $10M of his own stock, a vote of confidence with shares more than 25% below all-time highs. x.com 

Intel shows clear, continued institutional buying that points to further gains. After earnings it gapped to highs not seen in nearly 30 years on its largest daily dollar buy volume ever, then set new records for buy volume last week and again this week. Following that smart money, another 15% move would be no surprise. x.com 

Intel's weak guidance undermines the turnaround bet. The whole turnaround now looks like a scam, though the view will be reassessed later. x.com  x.com 

Intel's data-center and foundry growth could outlast its PC-driven weak guidance. Data-center revenue rose 78% to $7.3bn and foundry revenue rose 58%, but PCs still account for about half the business and management expects their slowdown through at least the first half of next year. Q4 revenue and margin guidance disappointed, and $0.17 of quarterly EPS came from a mark-to-market gain. The selloff prices in the PC problem, not the turnaround. Overweight; $130 target. x.com  x.com 

Intel has a consummate dealmaker in CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and the market is still sleeping on it. As a venture investor he backed more IPOs than any VC ever. Tan says Intel is now a partner on Elon Musk's Terafab project, a step change in how logic, memory and packaging will be built, and he is the demanding leader that effort needs. x.com  x.com 

Intel's turnaround is real, but its valuation already assumes a lot goes right while Foundry has much to prove. Revenue grew 25% to $16.1 billion, data center revenue jumped 59%, and the CEO says Intel can meet only about half of CPU demand, with ASPs up 48%. But Foundry lost $2.1 billion on $5.8 billion of revenue, only $293 million of it external, with no high-volume marquee customer. After a roughly 225% run to $120, Intel is worth about $634 billion, already paying for much of the comeback. … Show more

Intel's near-term growth is constrained by a Kiryat Gat factory blast and memory-driven PC weakness. The weak Q4 outlook calls for answers: the blast looks set to cut roughly $300 million of revenue in Q4 and could have a similar impact in Q1, limiting data-center growth. Fab ownership gives Intel pricing power and enterprise demand is strong; external foundry customers would add another tailwind if won. CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Nova Lake will allow Intel to take back share. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  … Show more