Intel Stock Price Analysis: A Breakout Year and the Road Toward the $70 Resistance

In 2025, Intel’s stock price succeeded in pulling an extraordinary high, reaching as high as 116%, the company’s biggest annual price increase since 1996. Intel’s stock is trading near $43.50 levels, its best monthly close since March 2024, breaching a major resistance level held for four years straight, and as you can see from the chart below, the stock price has surpassed its 100-month average.     

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As the chart demonstrates, Intel’s stock price has tried to breach the historic resistance levels near $70 twice before unsuccessfully. Therefore, we’ll use these levels in the event of a breach to determine whether Intel can join the AI competition and how capable it is in supplying giant tech companies with advanced electronic chips, especially as Apple returns to depend on Intel’s chips, even if partially.

The Significance of Apple Returning to Intel

Reports suggest that Apple is preparing to rely on Intel’s foundry to produce its core M-series chips by 2027, with an estimated volume of 15–20 million units. Despite the fact that this quantity is modest compared to Apple’s massive overall chip production, the news marks an important comeback for Intel;  Apple’s former long-time partner, with whom it severed ties in 2020 when it replaced Intel processors with ARM-based chips. That shift came after Intel faced major challenges that even led to its removal from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and that was the first time in 25 years.

Apple’s return represents a crucial development for Intel as it pushes to regain its position in Silicon Valley, especially with the strong backing of the Trump administration for the legacy tech giant.

Analysts view these reports as a sign that Intel is regaining its manufacturing capabilities in advanced chip-foundry models. This aligns closely with the Trump administration’s strategy to strengthen U.S.-based supply chains and reduce reliance on Taiwan’s TSMC.

Can Apple’s Return Push Intel Toward the $70 Resistance?

This Intel-Apple cooperation for electronic processors is supposed to start in 2027; thus, we’re referring to futuristic expectations, and if actualized, Intel’s stock could hugely benefit. This is especially true with Intel’s record quarterly earnings recorded in Q3 of 2025, surpassing expectations. The company recorded a net profit approximating $4.1 billion, following a loss of $16 billion during the same period in 2024.

Intel’s earnings grew by 3% year-over-year to $13.7 billion, higher than the expected $13.2 billion. Therefore, will Intel truly benefit from the accelerating demand for its computing units with the US government owning 10% of its shares and reach the historic resistance level near $70? This we’ll know soon enough.