Chip Stocks Extend Pullback Amid AI Bubble Fears
Shares of a number of chipmakers fell today, extending a rough stretch for the AI trade and dragging the Nasdaq lower.
Shares of a number of chipmakers fell today, extending a rough stretch for the AI trade and dragging the Nasdaq lower.
Intel has shot higher amid manufacturing-related successes and accelerated revenue growth. Its forward P/E is now lower than that of AMD.
Intel is caught in a global chip-sector sell-off that has pushed semiconductor stocks more than 20% below recent highs. Growing doubts about whether massive AI infrastructure spending will generate real returns are fueling investor anxiety across the chip industry.
The biggest AI winners so far have been companies that made AI model training possible. Think of Nvidia, for example. Today, there is strong evidence to suggest that AI technology is moving from model training to inference. Industry data from Grand View Research confirms this. According to several industry reports, inference spending will account for 80% to 90% of lifetime AI costs. According to Deloitte, inference accounted for just one-third of AI costs in 2023.
INTC teams up with Lens Technology to advance glass substrate packaging, improving chip performance and power efficiency for AI and next-gen computing.
Shares in major U.S. chip and memory companies, including Micron, Sandisk, and Intel, are sinking this morning in premarket trading after the stock prices of similar companies in Asia got hammered hard.
The Dow jumped 520 points while the Nasdaq went nowhere. A global semiconductor panic is creating the strangest market split in months.
Six weeks. Four separate chip-stock selloffs. A combined $1 trillion wiped off Korea's top four chipmakers.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD | AMD Price Prediction) stock is down 9% in midday Tuesday trading to $453.37, while Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) shares are off 7% to $175.52 and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock is down 6% to $85.82.
Intel and AMD shares came under heavy selling pressure on Tuesday as investors reassessed the outlook for the semiconductor industry amid China's rapid advances in memory chips and artificial intelligence infrastructure. Intel INTC stock fell about 6%, while AMD declined roughly 8%, extending a broader selloff across global semiconductor stocks.
Both chipmakers have made investors significantly richer over the past year, and they can sustain their healthy growth rates owing to the improving demand for their chips.
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The stock still sold off after a record-setting quarter. Intel's stock still has a lot of success built into it.
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Intel's foundry has its first named customer in Fortinet. The foundry business has been doing well, but up until recently lacked a big-name customer.
I am reiterating my Buy rating on Intel Corporation and revising my price target from $176 to $151. The lower target still represents about 64% upside from the current share price of $92. INTC's Q2 2026 strengthened my thesis, with DCAI revenue reaching $6.3 billion, segment margin expanding to 39.5%, and purpose-built silicon revenue nearly tripling year-over-year.
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Intel posted a strong quarter with 25% revenue growth and a 59% surge in Data Center and AI segment revenue. INTC's client and data center growth relied heavily on pricing and mix, not underlying volume recovery, raising sustainability concerns. External foundry revenue remains minimal, while capital expenditures are ramping up ahead of proven outside demand, delaying free-cash-flow recovery.