St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management LLC Makes New $3.07 Million Investment in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 16,729 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,074,000. Texas Instruments comprises 2.0% of St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest position.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in Texas Instruments by 16.9% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,718 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $499,000 after acquiring an additional 392 shares during the last quarter. Praxis Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 23.6% during the third quarter. Praxis Investment Management Inc. now owns 10,397 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,910,000 after acquiring an additional 1,987 shares during the last quarter. Rydar Equities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth about $232,000. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 2.7% in the second quarter. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,607 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $957,000 after purchasing an additional 123 shares during the last quarter. Finally, National Wealth Management Group LLC purchased a new position in Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter valued at about $525,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Texas Instruments news, Director Ronald Kirk sold 9,990 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction on Monday, November 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.33, for a total transaction of $1,621,676.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 14,937 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,424,723.21. The trade was a 40.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, VP Christine Witzsche sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.31, for a total value of $164,310.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 20,821 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,421,098.51. This represents a 4.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on TXN shares. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Texas Instruments from $260.00 to $235.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Texas Instruments from $195.00 to $170.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $245.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald dropped their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $170.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $175.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and seven have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $189.67.

Texas Instruments Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of Texas Instruments stock opened at $177.97 on Tuesday. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1 year low of $139.95 and a 1 year high of $221.69. The firm has a market cap of $161.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.54, a PEG ratio of 3.18 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a 50-day moving average of $169.25 and a 200 day moving average of $186.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 4.45 and a quick ratio of 2.90.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $1.48 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.48. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 29.21% and a return on equity of 30.41%. The business had revenue of $4.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.65 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.44 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Texas Instruments has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.130-1.390 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate 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 was paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Investors of record on Friday, October 31st were given a dividend of $1.42 per share. This is a boost from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 31st. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.2%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is 103.84%.

Texas Instruments 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.