Investing.com -- The United States government's investment in Intel is currently roughly $26 billion in the green, based on the company's share price on Friday..

Intel was trading around $81 late into Friday's session, quadrupling from the $20.47 per share price the U.S. government paid for a 9.9% stake back in August 2025. Owning 433.3 million primary shares of Intel common stock, the U.S. government's current "paper gain" is just above $26 billion.

The deal also included a five-year warrant at $20 per share for an additional five percent of Intel common shares, although that is exercisable only if Intel ceases to own at least 51% of the foundry business.

Intel has seen numerous major deals since the U.S. took the stake. NVIDIA invested $5 billion in the company in late 2025 to collaborate on AI infrastructure, while Tesla announced plans to use Intel's 14A process for its next-generation Dojo and vehicle chips. Search giant Google also signed a multi-year deal to purchase Xeon processors and co-develop custom ASIC Infrastructure Processing Units,..

Just yesterday, the company reported strong first quarter results with earnings per share of $0.29 blowing past analyst estimate of $0.02. Revenue for the quarter reached $13.58 billion also beating estimates of $12.41 billion.

The company provided second quarter 2026 guidance of $0.20 earnings per share, above the consensus of $0.09. Intel expects second quarter revenue of $13.8 billion to $14.8 billion, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.04 billion.