Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) Upgraded at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday morning.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on Texas Instruments from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $340.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $283.84.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Texas Instruments stock opened at $284.07 on Friday. Texas Instruments has a one year low of $152.73 and a one year high of $334.03. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $302.31 and a 200-day moving average price of $244.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 4.46 and a quick ratio of 2.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $258.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.64, a PEG ratio of 1.42 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 company had revenue of $4.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.85 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Texas Instruments will post 7.7 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, August 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 31st will be issued a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 31st. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.0%. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is presently 97.26%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, VP Shanon J. Leonard sold 4,963 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the vice president owned 24,867 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,341,235.74. This represents a 16.64% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Carrie Smith Cox sold 8,838 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $306.41, for a total transaction of $2,708,051.58. Following the sale, the director owned 37,626 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,528,982.66. This trade represents a 19.02% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 303,475 shares of company stock valued at $85,666,638 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 33.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,840 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,158,000 after buying an additional 4,218 shares in the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC grew its position in Texas Instruments by 12.8% during the first quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 9,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,632,000 after acquiring an additional 1,031 shares during the last quarter. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. grew its position in Texas Instruments by 1,810.0% during the second quarter. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. now owns 191 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 181 shares during the last quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC raised its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 1.7% during the second quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 7,417 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,540,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HUB Investment Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 3.5% during the second quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 14,673 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,046,000 after acquiring an additional 496 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.