Tsedeniya Abraham Sells 7,000 Shares of Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) Stock

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) VP Tsedeniya Abraham sold 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $264.63, for a total value of $1,852,410.00. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 23,181 shares in the company, valued at $6,134,388.03. The trade was a 23.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Texas Instruments Trading Down 2.9%

NASDAQ:TXN opened at $253.34 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $231.36 billion, a PE ratio of 38.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 1.33. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $152.73 and a fifty-two week high of $334.03. 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 stock’s 50-day moving average is $282.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is $260.82.

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

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 31st were issued a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 31st. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is currently 86.45%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently issued reports on TXN. Wall Street Zen upgraded Texas Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $340.00 target price on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Monday, August 17th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price target on Texas Instruments from $330.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Benchmark boosted their price target on Texas Instruments from $315.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $312.12.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 30,012.9% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 412,312,183 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $122,897,892,000 after purchasing an additional 410,942,962 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter worth $24,607,313,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter worth $4,488,666,000. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the 4th quarter worth about $2,516,628,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the second quarter valued at about $3,700,842,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.