Quick Read – Intel (INTC) has surged 486% in a year and now trades at approximately $1 trillion market cap as the semiconductor sector rallies; Meta Platforms (META) trades at 22.9x trailing P/E and is exploring cloud computing expansion, positioning it as an undervalued AI…
netization play. – Tairen Capital’s Terry Zhang executed well-timed semiconductor and AI bets that have delivered outsized returns, with Meta Platforms emerging as an underappreciated opportunity. – The meteoric rise in Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock has arguably been the biggest story of the past year. Now up 486% in a year, questions linger as to whether the heated semi name is worth pursuing, especially as its market cap starts swelling
Another doubling would send Intel right above that $1 trillion mark. Given the momentum behind semis and how well the firm has pivoted under its new CEO, a strong case could be made for buying the name, even after the masses have fallen back in love with one of the original chip juggernauts. Tarien Capital has made a slew of brilliant tech bets Though it’s hard to value the firm, I do think that it’s worth exploring which smart-money managers got their timing right.
One underrated fund manager is Terry Zhang over at Tairen Capital, who did incredibly well in Intel. The name now represents just north of 4% of the fund as of the end of the first quarter of 2026. For the most part, the portfolio is very well balanced across names that have profited profoundly from the AI revolution and the concentration of momentum in the semiconductor industry.