Ruggaard & Associates LLC Buys Shares of 5,539 Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Ruggaard & Associates LLC purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 5,539 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,651,000. Texas Instruments accounts for about 0.6% of Ruggaard & Associates LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest holding.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter valued at $24,607,313,000. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 43,555,112 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,002,381,000 after purchasing an additional 230,098 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in Texas Instruments by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 24,288,604 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,213,832,000 after buying an additional 1,517,420 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Texas Instruments by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 22,865,312 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,952,933,000 after buying an additional 248,515 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Texas Instruments by 10.6% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 18,184,514 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,154,831,000 after buying an additional 1,749,513 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $340.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $280.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Arete Research set a $405.00 target price on Texas Instruments and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Benchmark raised their price target on Texas Instruments from $315.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Texas Instruments has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $312.12.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TXN opened at $266.54 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 4.86 and a quick ratio of 3.44. The company has a market cap of $243.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.33. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $286.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $260.07. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1-year low of $152.73 and a 1-year high of $334.03.

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

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 31st were given a $1.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 31st. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.1%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is currently 86.45%.

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.