Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Sold by Quent Capital LLC

Quent Capital LLC trimmed its stake in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 5.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,737 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 263 shares during the quarter. Quent Capital LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $984,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Dagco Inc. bought a new position in Texas Instruments in the 1st quarter worth approximately $32,000. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings 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 in the last quarter. Quintet Private Bank Europe S.A. bought a new position in Texas Instruments in the 1st quarter worth approximately $34,000. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in Texas Instruments in the 1st quarter worth approximately $42,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. BNP Paribas raised Texas Instruments to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Truist Financial increased 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. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Texas Instruments in a report on Thursday, July 10th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $255.00 price objective for the company. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $213.82.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TXN opened at $180.32 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $189.08 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $185.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 3.88 and a current ratio of 5.81. The firm has a market cap of $163.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.03, a PEG ratio of 2.98 and a beta of 1.01. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1 year low of $139.95 and a 1 year high of $221.69.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.09. The firm 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 firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.17 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.360-1.600 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS 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. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 31st. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.1%. This is a boost from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is 104.03%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Texas Instruments

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the vice president directly 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.