Krane Funds Advisors LLC Increases Position in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Krane Funds Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 22.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 13,951 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,529 shares during the quarter. Krane Funds Advisors LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $2,420,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter worth $25,000. High Point Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Ares Financial Consulting LLC bought a new stake in Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Tucker Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Nvest Wealth Strategies Inc. purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TXN has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Truist Financial upped their price target on Texas Instruments from $225.00 to $278.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $340.00 price objective on Texas Instruments in a report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $320.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $265.57.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Texas Instruments news, CFO Rafael R. Lizardi sold 47,734 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $308.10, for a total value of $14,706,845.40. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 85,485 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,337,928.50. This trade represents a 35.83% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, VP Shanon J. Leonard sold 4,963 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $295.22, for a total value of $1,465,176.86. Following the sale, the vice president owned 24,867 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,341,235.74. This trade represents a 16.64% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 303,475 shares of company stock valued at $85,666,638 in the last ninety days. 0.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of TXN opened at $285.06 on Monday. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 52-week low of $152.73 and a 52-week high of $331.51. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $261.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is $216.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 2.94 and a current ratio of 4.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $259.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.32.

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

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 5th were issued a $1.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 5th. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.0%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is presently 97.26%.

Texas Instruments 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.