Whittier Trust Co. Decreases Stock Holdings in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Whittier Trust Co. decreased its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 0.7% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 39,036 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 265 shares during the period. Whittier Trust Co.’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $8,105,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 33.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,840 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,158,000 after purchasing an additional 4,218 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 21.8% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 19,043 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,422,000 after purchasing an additional 3,402 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 61,335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,022,000 after purchasing an additional 1,524 shares during the last quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 52,429 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $9,421,000 after purchasing an additional 1,475 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 5.0% in the 1st quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 394,885 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $70,961,000 after purchasing an additional 18,747 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $240.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Texas Instruments from $260.00 to $235.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. Bank of America downgraded Texas Instruments from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $208.00 to $190.00 in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Texas Instruments from $197.00 to $192.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and six have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $209.47.

Texas Instruments Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of TXN opened at $180.84 on Wednesday. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 52-week low of $139.95 and a 52-week high of $221.69. The company has a market capitalization of $164.41 billion, a PE ratio of 33.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 1.01. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $186.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $185.92. The company has a quick ratio of 3.88, a current ratio of 5.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.48. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.10% and a net margin of 30.23%.The business had revenue of $4.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.65 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.44 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. Texas Instruments has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.130-1.390 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The firm 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 dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 31st. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.1%. This is a boost from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 104.03%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Texas Instruments

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total transaction of $308,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 38,883 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,984,624.05. This represents a 3.71% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

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.