Vest Financial LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Vest Financial LLC grew its stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 39.7% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 51,916 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,755 shares during the period. Vest Financial LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $10,779,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in TXN. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 1st quarter worth about $28,000. Dagco Inc. acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 1st quarter worth about $32,000. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Texas Instruments by 67.6% in the 1st quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 186 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 1st quarter worth about $42,000. Finally, Peoples Financial Services CORP. acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter worth about $42,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Texas Instruments

In related news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total transaction of $308,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 38,883 shares in the company, valued at $7,984,624.05. The trade was a 3.71% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have issued reports on TXN shares. Wolfe Research raised Texas Instruments from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Susquehanna cut their price objective on Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $240.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on Texas Instruments from $171.00 to $196.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $213.03.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TXN opened at $175.11 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $159.20 billion, a PE ratio of 32.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 1.01. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $188.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $185.75. The company has a quick ratio of 3.88, a current ratio of 5.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $139.95 and a fifty-two week high of $221.69.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $4.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.31 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.10% and a net margin of 30.23%.The business’s revenue was up 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.17 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.360-1.600 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 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 Wednesday, November 12th. Investors of record on Friday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 31st. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.2%. This is an increase from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is presently 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.