Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) Stock Has Average Price Target of $312.12

Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) have earned an average rating of “Hold” from the twenty-nine research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, nine have given a hold recommendation, fifteen have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $312.12.

Several analysts recently commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 18th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $330.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Benchmark upped their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $315.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd.

Texas Instruments Trading Up 2.7%

NASDAQ:TXN opened at $278.07 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $253.95 billion, a PE ratio of 42.32, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.33. Texas Instruments has a 52-week low of $152.73 and a 52-week high of $334.03. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $270.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $266.76. The company has a quick ratio of 3.44, a current ratio of 4.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $2.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.91 by $0.23. The company had revenue of $5.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.26 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 31.11%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.41 earnings per share. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.230-2.570 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments will post 8.45 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 10th. Investors of record on Friday, October 30th will be given a $1.52 dividend. This is a boost from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 30th. This represents a $6.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is presently 86.45%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Texas Instruments news, VP Tsedeniya Abraham sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $264.63, for a total transaction of $1,852,410.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 23,181 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,134,388.03. This trade represents a 23.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.60% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TXN. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter valued at $24,607,313,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Texas Instruments by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 22,865,312 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,952,933,000 after buying an additional 248,515 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in Texas Instruments by 10.6% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 18,184,514 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,154,831,000 after buying an additional 1,749,513 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 33.6% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 16,402,834 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,184,446,000 after acquiring an additional 4,129,601 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter worth $2,516,628,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) designs and manufactures semiconductors used in industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems. The company’s portfolio is led by analog chips, which manage power, sensing and signal processing, and embedded processing products, including microcontrollers and processors that control electronic systems.

Texas Instruments also develops products such as data converters, amplifiers, interface and connectivity devices, motor drivers, power-management semiconductors and calculators.