King Luther Capital Management Corp lessened its position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN – Free Report) by 4.0% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 56,901 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,390 shares during the period. King Luther Capital Management Corp’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $9,872,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in TXN. Amundi lifted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 61.0% in the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 9,445,243 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,717,240,000 after acquiring an additional 3,580,147 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 16.8% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 16,435,001 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,019,603,000 after purchasing an additional 2,366,695 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 21.8% in the third quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 9,134,203 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,678,227,000 after purchasing an additional 1,635,870 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments in the third quarter valued at about $282,492,000. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 94.9% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,517,451 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $522,559,000 after purchasing an additional 1,225,524 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several brokerages recently commented on TXN. Barclays set a $175.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $320.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, KeyCorp upgraded shares of Texas Instruments from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $265.57.
Insider Activity
In other Texas Instruments news, CEO Haviv Ilan sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $280.32, for a total transaction of $5,606,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 204,339 shares in the company, valued at approximately $57,280,308.48. This trade represents a 8.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Rafael R. Lizardi sold 47,734 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $308.10, for a total transaction of $14,706,845.40. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 85,485 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,337,928.50. This trade represents a 35.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 303,475 shares of company stock worth $85,666,638 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.
Texas Instruments Stock Performance
NASDAQ:TXN opened at $317.45 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 4.46, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $246.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $209.82. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a twelve month low of $152.73 and a twelve month high of $331.51. The company has a market capitalization of $288.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.31.
Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.31. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 29.11% and a return on equity of 32.49%. The firm had revenue of $4.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.85 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.23 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.6% on a year-over-year basis. Texas Instruments has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.770-2.050 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 7.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 5th were issued a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 5th. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 97.26%.
Key Texas Instruments News
Here are the key news stories impacting Texas Instruments this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America raised its price target on Texas Instruments to $370 from $320 and kept a Buy rating, citing meaningful upside from data center power demand and AI-related growth.
- Positive Sentiment: Seaport Research upgraded TXN to Buy and said rising power needs in data centers, along with increasing electrical intensity per rack, could boost demand for Texas Instruments’ analog and power chips.
- Positive Sentiment: Recent articles highlighted TXN as a key beneficiary of the AI power buildout, including its work on 800V power distribution for next-generation data centers, which could support longer-term revenue and margin growth.
- Positive Sentiment: Investors continue to focus on TXN’s strong Q1 earnings beat and upbeat Q2 guidance, which reinforced confidence that demand from data centers and industrial customers is holding up well.
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: TXN) is a global semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures analog and embedded processing chips. The company’s products are used across a wide range of end markets, including industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications and enterprise equipment. TI’s business emphasizes components that condition, convert, manage and move electrical signals—capabilities that are foundational to modern electronic systems.
TI’s product portfolio includes a broad array of analog integrated circuits—such as power management, amplifiers, data converters and interface devices—as well as embedded processors and microcontrollers used to control systems and run real-time applications.
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