On September 14, Intel fell 7.21% in regular trading, trading at $94.83/share, with turnover of $934 million. Multiple headwinds converged to pressure the stock sharply lower.

On the ratings front, Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh maintained a Neutral rating on Intel but slashed the target price from $109 to $92, while UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri also maintained a Hold rating and cut the target from $121 to $112. Earlier, Piper Sandler had initiated coverage with a Neutral rating and a $110 target price.

On the macro front, U.S. August PPI rose 5.4% year-over-year, exceeding the 5.3% consensus estimate, pushing the probability of a Fed rate hike in September to 70%. Rising Treasury yields further dampened risk appetite, weighing broadly on the semiconductor sector.

Intel had rallied significantly over the prior week, fueled by reports of a roughly 10% PC CPU price hike set for October, plans for subsidiary Altera to file for an IPO potentially raising over $2 billion, and analyst upgrades. The sharp pullback also reflects substantial profit-taking pressure following those gains. Within the Semiconductors sector, declines were broad-based, with SK hynix down 7.17%, Micron down 7.14%, AMD down 6.57%, Broadcom down 3.94%, and NVIDIA down 3.93%.

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