United Asset Strategies Inc. Cuts Holdings in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

United Asset Strategies Inc. reduced its position in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 26.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,870 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,729 shares during the period. United Asset Strategies Inc.’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $945,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TXN. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 10.1% in the 4th quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 555,199 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $96,321,000 after purchasing an additional 50,808 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd purchased a new position in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter worth approximately $640,000. K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,735,000. RNC Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter valued at $2,751,000. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 126.0% during the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 150,454 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,114,000 after acquiring an additional 83,884 shares in the last quarter. 84.99% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Texas Instruments news, CFO Rafael R. Lizardi sold 47,734 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $308.10, for a total transaction of $14,706,845.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 85,485 shares in the company, valued at $26,337,928.50. This represents a 35.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Mark T. Roberts sold 28,080 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.34, for a total value of $7,871,947.20. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 53,809 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,084,815.06. This represents a 34.29% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 303,475 shares of company stock worth $85,666,638 in the last three months. 0.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently commented on TXN shares. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Texas Instruments from $340.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Zacks Research raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $295.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $255.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, KeyCorp raised shares of Texas Instruments from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $276.84.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of TXN opened at $293.30 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $299.11 and a two-hundred day moving average of $236.99. The stock has a market cap of $266.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.22, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 4.46 and a quick ratio of 2.94. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a one year low of $152.73 and a one year high of $334.03.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.31. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 29.11% and a return on equity of 32.49%. The business had revenue of $4.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.85 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.23 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 18.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Texas Instruments has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.770-2.050 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 7.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 5th were issued a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 5th. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.9%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is currently 97.26%.

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.