Intel stock was also aided by comments made by Vice President JD Vance in today's keynote speech at the Paris AI summit. The vice president promised that the U.S. would safeguard American AI technologies and urged regulators in Europe to reduce regulations targeting AI.

We don't know how long Intel's turnaround will take, but we do know that, for the most part, Wall Street is offering investors no encouragement for 2025. While there are a few outliers recommending the stock, most credible research firms consider Intel dead money.

Also, Intel's earnings forecast for the current quarter is lower than the $0.08 per share that analysts were projecting. The company is expected to report a profit of $0.53 per share in 2025 as per analysts' expectations, but the way it has started the year suggests that it may not be able to get there.

Shares of Intel Corp. were surging on Tuesday after Vice President J.D. Vance made bullish comments about semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. at an artificial-intelligence summit in Paris.