Rep. Robert Bresnahan, Jr. Buys Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) Stock

Representative Robert Bresnahan, Jr. (R-Pennsylvania) recently bought shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN). In a filing disclosed on April 22nd, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Texas Instruments stock on March 31st. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “JP MORGAN BROKERAGE ACCOUNT #2” account.

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• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) on 4/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) on 4/3/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 4/3/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) on 4/3/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) on 4/3/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) on 4/3/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) on 4/2/2025.

Texas Instruments Trading Up 3.7 %

Shares of TXN opened at $152.17 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 4.12 and a quick ratio of 2.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $138.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.32, a PEG ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a 50-day moving average of $175.10 and a 200 day moving average of $188.36. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1-year low of $139.95 and a 1-year high of $220.39.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.22. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 30.68% and a return on equity of 28.08%. The firm had revenue of $4.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.91 billion. On average, research analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 30th will be paid a $1.36 dividend. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.57%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 30th. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is presently 104.82%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Chairman Richard K. Templeton sold 97,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $202.72, for a total value of $19,663,840.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 409,089 shares in the company, valued at $82,930,522.08. The trade was a 19.17 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Janet F. Clark sold 6,065 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.62, for a total transaction of $1,234,955.30. Following the sale, the director now owns 10,816 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,202,353.92. This represents a 35.93 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 297,655 shares of company stock valued at $59,841,304 in the last quarter. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Texas Instruments

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Promus Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Financial Life Planners acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Summit Securities Group LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on TXN shares. Barclays downgraded Texas Instruments from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $180.00 to $125.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $160.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $225.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 14th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $235.00 to $210.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $204.24.

About Representative Bresnahan

Rob Bresnahan Jr. (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Bresnahan (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.

Rob Bresnahan Jr. was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. in business administration, management and operations from the University of Scranton in 2012. His career experience includes working as the chief financial officer and CEO of a family business, an electrical contracting company.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Analog and Embedded Processing segments. The Analog segment offers power products to manage power requirements across various voltage levels, including battery-management solutions, DC/DC switching regulators, AC/DC and isolated controllers and converters, power switches, linear regulators, voltage references, and lighting products.