Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) VP Tsedeniya Abraham Sells 7,000 Shares

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) VP Tsedeniya Abraham sold 7,000 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 23,181 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,134,388.03. This trade represents a 23.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

NASDAQ TXN traded up $2.27 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $260.91. 5,605,932 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,934,226. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $285.30 and a 200-day moving average of $260.35. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a one year low of $152.73 and a one year high of $334.03. The stock has a market cap of $238.28 billion, a PE ratio of 39.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a current ratio of 4.86, a quick ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $2.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.23. The firm had revenue of $5.46 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.26 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 31.11%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.41 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.230-2.570 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.42 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 31st were issued a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 31st. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is currently 86.45%.

Institutional Trading of Texas Instruments

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 30,012.9% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 412,312,183 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $122,897,892,000 after acquiring an additional 410,942,962 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter valued at about $24,607,313,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter valued at about $4,488,666,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $2,516,628,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $3,700,842,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on TXN shares. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Texas Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Texas Instruments from $280.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Bank of America increased their price objective on Texas Instruments from $320.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $312.12.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: TXN) is a global semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures analog and embedded processing chips. The company’s products are used across a wide range of end markets, including industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications and enterprise equipment. TI’s business emphasizes components that condition, convert, manage and move electrical signals—capabilities that are foundational to modern electronic systems.

TI’s product portfolio includes a broad array of analog integrated circuits—such as power management, amplifiers, data converters and interface devices—as well as embedded processors and microcontrollers used to control systems and run real-time applications.