Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Sold by CenterBook Partners LP

CenterBook Partners LP lowered its position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 86.8% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 13,382 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 88,342 shares during the quarter. CenterBook Partners LP’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $3,748,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth $24,607,313,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the second quarter valued at $4,488,666,000. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the second quarter valued at $3,700,842,000. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 1.5% in the second quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 12,149,167 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,621,302,000 after buying an additional 177,511 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Primecap Management Co. CA purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the second quarter valued at $2,538,063,000. 84.99% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Texas Instruments

In related news, Director Robert Sanchez sold 6,065 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $302.21, for a total value of $1,832,903.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 21,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,527,736. The trade was a 21.92% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, VP Tsedeniya Abraham sold 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $264.63, for a total transaction of $1,852,410.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 23,181 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,134,388.03. This trade represents a 23.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 27,968 shares of company stock worth $8,236,892 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Texas Instruments

Here are the key news stories impacting Texas Instruments this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised its Texas Instruments earnings estimates across multiple periods and maintained a “Strong-Buy” rating. It now projects EPS of $8.89 for FY2026, $10.78 for FY2027 and $12.33 for FY2028, suggesting improving expectations for earnings growth. Texas Instruments coverage
• Positive Sentiment: TI announced a compact, pre-certified multiprotocol Industrial Ethernet module and an IO-Link master aimed at connected factories. The products expand its industrial communications portfolio, though the announcement’s near-term financial impact is unclear. Product announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: TI priced $2.0 billion in senior unsecured notes to help finance its planned acquisition of Silicon Laboratories and transaction costs. The financing supports the deal but adds debt; investors will likely focus on the acquisition’s eventual returns. Debt and acquisition coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Recent weakness in TXN has been linked to a broad technology selloff and an AMD quantum-computing announcement that rattled analog-chip shares. These appear to be sector sentiment pressures rather than company-specific deterioration. Sector selloff coverage

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. KeyCorp lifted their price target on Texas Instruments from $390.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, October 22nd. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Tuesday, October 20th. Finally, Arete Research cut their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $405.00 to $381.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $315.37.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Texas Instruments stock opened at $277.36 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 4.05 and a current ratio of 5.59. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $279.06 and a two-hundred day moving average of $261.41. The company has a market capitalization of $253.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.97, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.39. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $152.73 and a fifty-two week high of $334.03.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $2.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.40 by $0.22. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 40.51% and a net margin of 34.25%. The company had revenue of $6.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.94 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.48 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 27.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.97 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 10th. Investors of record on Friday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $1.52 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 30th. This represents a $6.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. This is a boost from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 78.86%.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) designs and manufactures analog and embedded semiconductor products used in industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment, and enterprise systems. Its analog products help manage power, sense and measure real-world signals, and support signal processing, while its embedded processing products provide computing and control functions within electronic systems.

The company offers a broad portfolio of semiconductors, including power-management devices, amplifiers, data converters, microcontrollers, processors, and connectivity products.