Intel (INTC) Hits All-Time High Anew — Here’s Why The Stock Keeps Climbing

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) is one of the 10 Stocks Notching Impressive Double-Digit Gains.

Intel rallied to a fresh all-time high on Wednesday, as investors resumed buying positions after an analyst posted a highly optimistic sentiment for its stock, supported by its recent earnings blowout and upbeat outlook for the second quarter of the year.

In intra-day trading, the stock climbed to its highest price of $94.95 before trimming gains to finish the session just up by 12.06 percent at $94.75 apiece.

Intel Corp.’s headquarters, the Robert Noyce Building in Santa Clara, California. Photo from Intel Corp website

In the recent episode of Mad Money, host and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer underscored his “very bullish” stance on Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) since CEO Lip-Bu Tan took the reins, with the company posting a strong revenue performance in the first quarter.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC)—once at the forefront of the chip industry before falling behind in key technological shifts—grew its net revenues by 7 percent in the first three months of 2026 to $13.6 billion versus $12.7 billion in the same period in 2025, on the back of strong demand for CPUs amid the rapidly growing AI era.

“They delivered their biggest revenue beat in more than 5 years with 7 percent growth. Their margins expanded dramatically too. All this comes down to something that I’ve mentioned a lot lately, the next leg of the AI revolution. The company’s proving so rapidly that it’s surprisingly been able to meet the demand that, well, that’s because Lip-Bu Tan is a great manufacturer,” Cramer noted.

Further buoying sentiment was an optimistic outlook for the second quarter of the year, with revenues projected to grow by 7 to 14.7 percent to a range of $13.8 billion to $14.8 billion, versus the $12.9 billion in the same period in 2025.

Meanwhile, last year’s second-quarter revenues were flat from the same period in 2024.

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