Insider Selling: Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) VP Sells $1,546,175.85 in Stock

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) VP Hagop Kozanian sold 6,843 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $225.95, for a total value of $1,546,175.85. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 75,425 shares in the company, valued at $17,042,278.75. This trade represents a 8.32% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Texas Instruments Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of Texas Instruments stock traded down $2.37 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $223.32. 6,667,680 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,868,334. The stock has a market cap of $202.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.05, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $195.34 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $184.59. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a twelve month low of $139.95 and a twelve month high of $231.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 2.83 and a current ratio of 4.35.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The semiconductor company reported $1.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.29 by ($0.02). Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.44% and a net margin of 28.28%.The business had revenue of $4.42 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.44 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.28 earnings per share. Texas Instruments has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.220-1.480 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 30th were given a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 30th. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is presently 104.41%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on TXN shares. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Texas Instruments from $185.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded shares of Texas Instruments from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $185.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $210.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Benchmark upped their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Texas Instruments currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $212.92.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Texas Instruments

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of TXN. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,516,628,000. Amundi lifted its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 61.0% during the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 9,445,243 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,717,240,000 after buying an additional 3,580,147 shares during the period. Soundwatch Capital LLC boosted its stake in Texas Instruments by 174,339.6% in the 2nd quarter. Soundwatch Capital LLC now owns 2,974,196 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $617,503,000 after buying an additional 2,972,491 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its position in Texas Instruments by 27.1% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 11,608,265 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,013,918,000 after acquiring an additional 2,474,062 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 16.8% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 16,435,001 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,019,603,000 after acquiring an additional 2,366,695 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

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.