Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Stock Sold by Pictet Asset Management Holding SA

Pictet Asset Management Holding SA trimmed its position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 27.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 451,164 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 170,955 shares during the period. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $126,367,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in TXN. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC increased its position in Texas Instruments by 4.4% in the third quarter. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC now owns 827 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $230,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the period. May Hill Capital LLC lifted its position in Texas Instruments by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. May Hill Capital LLC now owns 990 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $277,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the period. Aviance Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in Texas Instruments by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Aviance Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,754 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,052,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 2,947 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $829,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HBW Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. HBW Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,730 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $336,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. 84.99% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TXN has been the subject of several analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $360.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $260.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 22nd. DZ Bank raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 28th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $330.00 price objective (up from $316.00) on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $315.37.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of TXN stock opened at $277.36 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 4.05 and a current ratio of 5.59. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 52 week low of $152.73 and a 52 week high of $334.03. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $279.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $261.41. The company has a market capitalization of $253.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.39.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $2.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.40 by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $6.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.94 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 40.51% and a net margin of 34.25%. The company’s revenue was up 27.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.48 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.97 earnings per share 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. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 30th will be paid 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 dividend yield of 2.2%. This is an increase from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 78.86%.

Insider Activity at Texas Instruments

In other Texas Instruments news, VP Tsedeniya Abraham sold 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the vice president directly owned 23,181 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,134,388.03. This represents a 23.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Janet Clark sold 4,306 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $302.46, for a total transaction of $1,302,392.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 11,341 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,430,198.86. This trade represents a 27.52% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 27,968 shares of company stock worth $8,236,892. Insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

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.