Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Sold by Advisors Capital Management LLC

Advisors Capital Management LLC reduced its stake in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 6.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 328,721 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 20,951 shares during the quarter. Texas Instruments comprises approximately 0.9% of Advisors Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 27th largest position. Advisors Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $68,249,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Grandfield & Dodd LLC bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth about $231,000. Clearstead Trust LLC boosted its stake in Texas Instruments by 241.5% during the 2nd quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 2,319 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $481,000 after purchasing an additional 1,640 shares during the period. Fiera Capital Corp grew its position in Texas Instruments by 95.6% in the 2nd quarter. Fiera Capital Corp now owns 95,961 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $19,923,000 after purchasing an additional 46,890 shares during the last quarter. ABN Amro Investment Solutions bought a new position in Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter worth about $2,235,000. Finally, Charter Research & Investment Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments in the second quarter valued at approximately $203,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price objective on Texas Instruments from $245.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Susquehanna reduced their price target on Texas Instruments from $240.00 to $200.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $170.00 price target on Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $195.00 to $170.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and six have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $191.67.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total transaction of $308,025.00. Following the sale, the vice president directly owned 38,883 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,984,624.05. The trade was a 3.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.57% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of TXN opened at $162.23 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 4.45 and a quick ratio of 2.90. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $174.80 and its 200-day moving average is $187.16. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 12-month low of $139.95 and a 12-month high of $221.69. The stock has a market capitalization of $147.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.66, a P/E/G ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 1.02.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.48. The business had revenue of $4.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.65 billion. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 29.21% and a return on equity of 30.41%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.44 earnings per share. Texas Instruments has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.130-1.390 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 31st were paid a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 31st. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.5%. This is a boost from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is 103.84%.

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.