Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors L.P. Makes New Investment in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors L.P. purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 47,038 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,175,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of TXN. Goldstein Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the third quarter worth approximately $205,000. Uptown Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 21.0% in the third quarter. Uptown Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,621 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $454,000 after acquiring an additional 281 shares during the period. V Square Quantitative Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 8.3% in the third quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 3,657 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,024,000 after acquiring an additional 281 shares during the period. Barlow Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 48.3% in the third quarter. Barlow Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,155 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $641,000 after acquiring an additional 702 shares during the period. Finally, Weaver Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 172.3% during the third quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 3,063 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $858,000 after acquiring an additional 1,938 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Texas Instruments Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of Texas Instruments stock opened at $279.12 on Friday. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 12-month low of $152.73 and a 12-month high of $334.03. The company has a current ratio of 4.86, a quick ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. The stock has a market cap of $254.91 billion, a PE ratio of 42.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a 50-day moving average of $271.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of $276.42.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last posted 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 company had revenue of $5.46 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.26 billion. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 31.11% and a return on equity of 35.77%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.41 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.230-2.570 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 10th. Investors of record on Friday, October 30th will be paid a $1.52 dividend. This represents a $6.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 30th. This is an increase from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 86.45%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Texas Instruments news, VP Tsedeniya Abraham sold 7,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 27th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at approximately $6,134,388.03. The trade was a 23.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 0.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TXN has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Texas Instruments from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, September 21st. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Texas Instruments from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Friday, October 9th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Arete Research dropped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $405.00 to $381.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Sixteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Texas Instruments currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $304.26.

Texas Instruments Profile

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.