Maryland State Retirement & Pension System Purchases 1,608 Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Maryland State Retirement & Pension System grew its position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 3.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 44,174 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,608 shares during the period. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $9,171,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of TXN. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 33.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,840 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,158,000 after acquiring an additional 4,218 shares during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 10.5% in the first quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 13,817 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,483,000 after acquiring an additional 1,310 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 21.0% in the first quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 12,172 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,166,000 after acquiring an additional 2,109 shares during the last quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 4.3% in the first quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 7,711 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,386,000 after acquiring an additional 318 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 4.8% in the first quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 19,668 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,534,000 after acquiring an additional 893 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total value of $308,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 38,883 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,984,624.05. The trade was a 3.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently weighed in on TXN. Bank of America dropped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $218.00 to $208.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $205.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. DZ Bank restated a “sell” rating and issued a $158.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. TD Cowen dropped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $245.00 to $230.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $213.82.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

TXN opened at $181.60 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $188.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $185.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 3.88 and a current ratio of 5.81. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 52 week low of $139.95 and a 52 week high of $221.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $165.10 billion, a PE ratio of 33.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.89 and a beta of 1.01.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.09. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 30.23% and a return on equity of 30.10%. The firm had revenue of $4.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.17 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 16.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.360-1.600 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 earnings per share for the current year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 31st will be issued a $1.42 dividend. This is a positive change from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 31st. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.1%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 99.63%.

Texas Instruments Profile

Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Analog and Embedded Processing segments. The Analog segment offers power products to manage power requirements across various voltage levels, including battery-management solutions, DC/DC switching regulators, AC/DC and isolated controllers and converters, power switches, linear regulators, voltage references, and lighting products.