Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Purchased by Ascent Group LLC

Ascent Group LLC increased its stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 78.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,096 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,445 shares during the period. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $1,855,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the second quarter worth $2,836,310,000. Soundwatch Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 174,339.6% in the 2nd quarter. Soundwatch Capital LLC now owns 2,974,196 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $617,503,000 after acquiring an additional 2,972,491 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 117.1% in the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 3,500,474 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $726,768,000 after acquiring an additional 1,888,354 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Texas Instruments by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 95,447,320 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $19,816,773,000 after acquiring an additional 1,426,360 shares during the period. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Texas Instruments by 94.9% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,517,451 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $522,559,000 after purchasing an additional 1,225,524 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Texas Instruments

In other news, Director Ronald Kirk sold 9,990 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $162.33, for a total transaction of $1,621,676.70. Following the sale, the director directly owned 14,937 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,424,723.21. This represents a 40.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Christine Witzsche sold 1,000 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $164.31, for a total value of $164,310.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 20,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,421,098.51. This represents a 4.58% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TXN opened at $173.49 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 stock has a market capitalization of $157.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.72, a PEG ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 1.00. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $169.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $184.95. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 12 month low of $139.95 and a 12 month high of $221.69.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on TXN shares. 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 note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. UBS Group set a $245.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $170.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Texas Instruments from a “buy” rating to a “sell” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $200.00 to $156.00 in a report on Monday, December 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and seven have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $191.49.

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.