Intel Stock Is Up 175%. Is the Turnaround Already Priced In? Faizan Farooque Wed, October 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM EDT INTC -4.21% NVDA -3.51% 9984.T +0.77% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Intel Corp. (INTC, Financials) is the chipmaker that is seeking to restore its dominance in data centers, and it has finally given investors something practical to work with stronger growth and considerably better profitability.Second-quarter revenue surged 25.4% to $16.13 billion, exceeding the $14.45 billion expected. Adjusted profits of 42 cents per share also above forecasts.The largest change was in Data Center and AI, where revenue was up 59 per cent. The operating margin climbed to 17%, from a 4% loss, indicating the turnaround is becoming more than a narrative about cost cutting.Investors are noticing. Intel shares have up nearly 175% year-to-date, albeit they've down around 13% in the last week.The external validation has too. Nvidia put $5 billion into Intel, SoftBank put in $2 billion, and Nvidia has picked Intel's Xeon 6 CPU to power its DGX Rubin NVL8 system.That's promising, but it also sets the standard higher.Intel now has to prove that the growing data-center demand and rising margins can hold up after such a big surge.The next test is if the upcoming earnings show sufficient growth to warrant the amount of confidence currently baked into the stock.
