Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Stock Acquired by Kestra Advisory Services LLC

Kestra Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 11.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 173,665 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,601 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $48,642,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments in the second quarter valued at $1,493,000. Diversify Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 122.1% during the third quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 24,545 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,851,000 after purchasing an additional 13,495 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth about $1,962,000. Ieq Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth about $17,709,000. Finally, Liontrust Investment Partners LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the first quarter worth about $13,056,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Janet Clark sold 4,306 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $302.46, for a total transaction of $1,302,392.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 11,341 shares in the company, valued at $3,430,198.86. This represents a 27.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Pamela Patsley sold 4,532 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $301.56, for a total value of $1,366,669.92. Following the sale, the director directly owned 34,487 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,399,899.72. This represents a 11.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 27,968 shares of company stock valued at $8,236,892. 0.60% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Texas Instruments from $255.00 to $278.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 22nd. Arete Research reduced their price objective on Texas Instruments from $405.00 to $381.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Truist Financial set a $305.00 price objective on Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, October 22nd. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Thursday, October 22nd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $360.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $315.37.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of TXN traded down $0.79 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $277.36. 10,090,969 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,549,470. The company has a current ratio of 5.59, a quick ratio of 4.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $152.73 and a fifty-two week high of $334.03. The business’s 50 day moving average is $279.06 and its two-hundred day moving average is $261.41. The firm has a market capitalization of $253.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.39.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $2.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.40 by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $6.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.94 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 40.51% and a net margin of 34.25%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 27.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.48 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.97 earnings per share for the current year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 30th will be issued a $1.52 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 30th. This is an increase from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. This represents a $6.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.2%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is presently 78.86%.

Trending Headlines about Texas Instruments

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

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised its Texas Instruments earnings estimates across multiple periods and maintained a “Strong-Buy” rating. It now projects EPS of $8.89 for FY2026, $10.78 for FY2027 and $12.33 for FY2028, suggesting improving expectations for earnings growth. Texas Instruments coverage
• Positive Sentiment: TI announced a compact, pre-certified multiprotocol Industrial Ethernet module and an IO-Link master aimed at connected factories. The products expand its industrial communications portfolio, though the announcement’s near-term financial impact is unclear. Product announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: TI priced $2.0 billion in senior unsecured notes to help finance its planned acquisition of Silicon Laboratories and transaction costs. The financing supports the deal but adds debt; investors will likely focus on the acquisition’s eventual returns. Debt and acquisition coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Recent weakness in TXN has been linked to a broad technology selloff and an AMD quantum-computing announcement that rattled analog-chip shares. These appear to be sector sentiment pressures rather than company-specific deterioration. Sector selloff coverage

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) designs and manufactures analog and embedded semiconductor products used in industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment, and enterprise systems. Its analog products help manage power, sense and measure real-world signals, and support signal processing, while its embedded processing products provide computing and control functions within electronic systems.

The company offers a broad portfolio of semiconductors, including power-management devices, amplifiers, data converters, microcontrollers, processors, and connectivity products.