Stock Traders Buy Large Volume of Texas Instruments Call Options (NASDAQ:TXN)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) was the target of unusually large options trading on Thursday. Stock traders bought 394,956 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 1,795% compared to the typical volume of 20,840 call options.

Insider Buying and Selling at Texas Instruments

In other news, VP Christine Witzsche sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.31, for a total transaction of $164,310.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 20,821 shares in the company, valued at $3,421,098.51. This trade represents a 4.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Ronald Kirk sold 9,990 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.33, for a total value 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. This trade represents a 40.08% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Texas Instruments

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of TXN. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC purchased a new position in Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter valued at $25,000. High Point Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Pacifica Partners Inc. boosted its position in Texas Instruments by 85.2% during the 3rd quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. now owns 150 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Nvest Wealth Strategies Inc. bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter worth approximately $33,000. 84.99% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Texas Instruments Stock Up 1.3%

NASDAQ TXN traded up $2.80 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $218.97. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 14,019,431 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,637,821. 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’s 50-day simple moving average is $180.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $182.51. The company has a market capitalization of $198.96 billion, a PE ratio of 40.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 1.00. Texas Instruments has a 52 week low of $139.95 and a 52 week high of $222.00.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The semiconductor company reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by ($0.02). Texas Instruments had a net margin of 28.28% and a return on equity of 30.35%. The business had revenue of $4.42 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.44 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.28 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.220-1.480 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments will post 5.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 30th will be given a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 30th. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is currently 103.84%.

Key Texas Instruments News

Here are the key news stories impacting Texas Instruments this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Company guided Q1 revenue and EPS above Street expectations, signaling a recovery in analog demand and stronger-than-seasonal momentum across end markets — the guidance is the primary driver of the rally. Earnings Release
• Positive Sentiment: Data-center exposure is accelerating: management reported large year-over-year growth in data-center revenue (orders and segment growth cited across outlets), positioning TXN to benefit from AI infrastructure buildouts. Reuters: Data Center Demand
• Positive Sentiment: Several brokers raised price targets and ratings after the update (JPMorgan, TD Cowen, Rosenblatt, Benchmark, Bank of America among others), increasing implied upside and supporting momentum. Benzinga: Analyst Moves
• Neutral Sentiment: Q4 results showed 10%+ revenue growth (about $4.42B) but a slight EPS and revenue miss versus consensus; adjusted metrics and guidance mattered more to the market than the small GAAP miss. Zacks: Q4 Miss
• Neutral Sentiment: Margins were mixed — gross margin dipped QoQ/YoY while operating margin improved and management highlighted free-cash-flow recovery and ongoing buybacks/dividends, which temper and balance outlook risk. Seeking Alpha: FCF/Inflexion
• Negative Sentiment: GAAP EPS missed consensus by a small amount ($1.27 vs. $1.29) and the “Other” segment declined materially (~34%), which investors and some analysts may view as evidence of uneven recovery across all product lines. MarketBeat: Q4 Details
• Negative Sentiment: Not all analysts are uniformly bullish — a few firms kept cautious ratings or lower relative targets, and questions remain around sustainability of margin expansion and the small GAAP impairment noted in results. Forbes: Peer Comparison

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $245.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Benchmark lifted their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Mizuho upped their price target on Texas Instruments from $145.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Susquehanna raised their price objective on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their target price on Texas Instruments from $190.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $212.92.

Texas Instruments Company Profile

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.