Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Acquired by Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.

Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 58.8% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 134,689 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 49,856 shares during the period. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $40,147,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter valued at about $24,607,313,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter valued at about $4,488,666,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,516,628,000. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $3,700,842,000. Finally, Primecap Management Co. CA bought a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $2,538,063,000. 84.99% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TXN has been the subject of several recent research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $330.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Texas Instruments from $340.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $380.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Mizuho raised their price objective on Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $312.12.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of TXN opened at $258.64 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $285.30 and a two-hundred day moving average of $260.06. The stock has a market cap of $236.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.37, a PEG ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 4.86 and a quick ratio of 3.44. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a one year low of $152.73 and a one year high of $334.03.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $2.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.91 by $0.23. The business had revenue of $5.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.26 billion. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 31.11% and a return on equity of 35.77%. The firm’s revenue was up 22.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.41 earnings per share. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.230-2.570 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 31st were paid a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 31st. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is 86.45%.

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.