Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Sold by United Asset Strategies Inc.

United Asset Strategies Inc. cut its holdings in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 43.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,365 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 4,188 shares during the quarter. United Asset Strategies Inc.’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $1,114,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 33.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,840 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,158,000 after purchasing an additional 4,218 shares during the period. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd lifted its stake in Texas Instruments by 36.9% in the 1st quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 1,884 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $339,000 after buying an additional 508 shares in the last quarter. BluePointe Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 1st quarter worth about $206,000. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. boosted its holdings in Texas Instruments by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 11,580 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,081,000 after buying an additional 167 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its stake in Texas Instruments by 8.6% during the 1st quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 82,433 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $14,813,000 after buying an additional 6,538 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently commented on TXN shares. Morgan Stanley set a $175.00 price objective on Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. UBS Group set a $245.00 price objective on Texas Instruments and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their price target on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $170.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Bank of America cut shares of Texas Instruments from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $208.00 to $190.00 in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and six have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $191.67.

Insider Transactions at Texas Instruments

In other Texas Instruments news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total value of $308,025.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 38,883 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,984,624.05. This trade represents a 3.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

TXN stock opened at $163.09 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $175.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $187.33. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 12-month low of $139.95 and a 12-month high of $221.69. The company has a current ratio of 4.45, a quick ratio of 2.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. The company has a market capitalization of $148.19 billion, a PE ratio of 29.82, a P/E/G ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 1.02.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.48. The company had revenue of $4.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.65 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.41% and a net margin of 29.21%.Texas Instruments’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.44 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.130-1.390 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Investors of record on Friday, October 31st were paid a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 31st. This is an increase from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is currently 103.84%.

Texas Instruments Company Profile

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.