Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Position in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 39.4% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 6,976 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,972 shares during the quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $1,254,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Strait & Sound Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Texas Instruments by 56.0% during the 1st quarter. Strait & Sound Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,277 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $409,000 after purchasing an additional 817 shares during the last quarter. Caxton Associates LLP purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 1st quarter worth approximately $479,000. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Texas Instruments by 9.2% during the 1st quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,176 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $391,000 after purchasing an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Voleon Capital Management LP increased its holdings in Texas Instruments by 265.0% during the 1st quarter. Voleon Capital Management LP now owns 16,641 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,990,000 after purchasing an additional 12,082 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Texas Instruments by 12.0% during the 1st quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 9,326 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,676,000 after purchasing an additional 999 shares during the last quarter. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total transaction of $308,025.00. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 38,883 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,984,624.05. This represents a 3.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Arete Research upgraded Texas Instruments to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. KeyCorp boosted their price target on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on Texas Instruments from $171.00 to $196.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Monday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $211.90.

Texas Instruments Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of TXN stock opened at $185.82 on Tuesday. 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 1 year low of $139.95 and a 1 year high of $221.69. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $200.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $186.66. The firm has a market capitalization of $168.94 billion, a PE ratio of 34.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.07 and a beta of 1.02.

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

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 31st were paid a $1.36 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, July 31st. This represents a $5.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is 99.63%.

About Texas Instruments

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.