Intel’s stock split history (& prospects) explained

Intel’s stock has been in the spotlight in 2026, surging over 250% in the first half of the year. The chipmaker’s epic run came after its current CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, took the helm from prior CEO Pat Gelsinger in the spring of 2025. 

With the stock trading near all-time highs, some investors wonder whether a stock split could be on Intel’s horizon. Should the company conduct a split, it would be its first in more than a quarter century.
Here’s a closer look at Intel’s stock split history, how much the stock would be worth today had it never been split, and whether another Intel stock split might be in the cards in the near future. 

When was Intel’s last stock split? 

Intel conducted its most recent stock split on July 30, 2000. Shareholders of record as of July 2, 2000, received two shares of Intel stock for each share they previously possessed. When the company announced the split in May of that year, it also announced that it would raise its dividend. 

At the time, Intel’s stock was trading near all-time highs, so the company wanted to decrease its per-share price to make the stock more accessible to retail investors. Ironically, this split announcement coincided with the beginning of the dot-com bubble’s implosion, when tech stocks (including Intel) fell significantly in value.

It would take Intel’s stock until 2026 to recover to its turn-of-the-millennium highs. 

How many times has Intel split its stock?

Since Intel went public and began trading on the Nasdaq in 1971, it has conducted 13 stock splits — 5 in the 70s, 3 in the 80s, 4 in the 90s, and one in 2000. 

All 13 of the company’s stock splits have been forward, meaning they have increased the number of outstanding shares while reducing the per-share price accordingly. 

Intel has never conducted a reverse stock split, something companies typically only do when their stock’s value has fallen so low that they risk being delisted by the Nasdaq or NYSE. 

Intel stock split quick facts

• Number of stock splits: 13
• Most recent stock split: July 30, 2000
• First stock split: May 17, 1973
• Decade with most stock splits: 1970s
• Most common stock split ratio: 2:1

Intel’s stock split history at a glance

Source: Intel

What would Intel’s stock be worth if it had never been split? 

Since Intel has split its stock 13 times since it went public, an investor who purchased a share of the company’s stock on the day of its IPO would now hold 1,215 shares. At a June 23, 2026, closing price of around $132 per share, one original Intel share from October 1971 would be worth approximately $160,380

Related: Lip-Bu Tan’s net worth: The Intel CEO’s wealth & income

Is Intel going to split its stock again? 

While tech companies often split their stock after major rallies to broadcast their financial health to investors and analysts, Intel has not announced any intention of doing so. 

Nevertheless, there has been chatter about the company conducting a different sort of split — not of its stock, but rather of its business components. Back in 2024, Intel separated its business into two distinct components, each of which operates somewhat independently: Intel Products and Intel Foundry. 

Intel Products focuses on designing chips and software for consumer products like computers, as well as for enterprise customers like businesses. Intel Products designs and sells CPUs and GPUs, programmable semiconductor chips, and AI accelerators. 

Intel Foundry, on the other hand, fabricates and manufactures chips, both for Intel and for other organizations, including the U.S. Department of Defense.

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