Gradient Investments LLC Acquires 16,319 Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Gradient Investments LLC increased its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 25.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 79,964 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,319 shares during the period. Gradient Investments LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $13,873,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in TXN. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 1.7% during the third quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 758,349 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $139,331,000 after acquiring an additional 12,562 shares during the period. Shelton Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Shelton Capital Management now owns 151,568 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $31,469,000 after purchasing an additional 3,840 shares during the last quarter. Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd now owns 1,307,580 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $240,242,000 after purchasing an additional 16,260 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 14,068,306 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,920,862,000 after purchasing an additional 443,738 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Greenland Capital Management LP lifted its holdings in Texas Instruments by 66.3% during the 3rd quarter. Greenland Capital Management LP now owns 58,151 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $10,684,000 after purchasing an additional 23,177 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Texas Instruments

In related news, VP Mark Gary sold 12,921 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $230.10, for a total value of $2,973,122.10. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 45,547 shares in the company, valued at $10,480,364.70. This trade represents a 22.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Rafael R. Lizardi sold 64,532 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.74, for a total value of $14,244,793.68. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 92,550 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,429,487. The trade was a 41.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 114,284 shares of company stock valued at $25,531,935 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TXN has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. KeyCorp lowered shares of Texas Instruments from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Barclays set a $175.00 target price on Texas Instruments in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Texas Instruments from $185.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” 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 given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $214.77.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

TXN opened at $189.02 on Tuesday. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a one year low of $139.95 and a one year high of $231.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 4.35 and a quick ratio of 2.83. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $206.25 and its 200-day simple moving average is $185.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $172.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.01.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The semiconductor company reported $1.27 earnings per share 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 company had revenue of $4.42 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.44 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.28 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.220-1.480 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 30th were paid a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 30th. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is 104.41%.

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.