Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Sold by Somerville Kurt F

Somerville Kurt F cut its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 20.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,600 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 400 shares during the period. Somerville Kurt F’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $332,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in TXN. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the first quarter worth $28,000. Dagco Inc. purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the first quarter valued at $32,000. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in Texas Instruments by 67.6% during the 1st quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 186 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Quintet Private Bank Europe S.A. purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 1st quarter worth about $34,000. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 1st quarter valued at about $42,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total value of $308,025.00. Following the transaction, 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Texas Instruments Trading Down 2.6%

NASDAQ TXN opened at $177.05 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $188.65 and its 200 day moving average price is $185.87. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 12 month low of $139.95 and a 12 month high of $221.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 5.81 and a quick ratio of 3.88. The company has a market capitalization of $160.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 1.01.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $4.45 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.31 billion. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 30.23% and a return on equity of 30.10%. Texas Instruments’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.17 earnings per share. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.360-1.600 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.2%. This is a positive change from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 31st. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is presently 99.63%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on TXN shares. UBS Group set a $255.00 price objective on Texas Instruments in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Arete assumed coverage on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Thursday, June 26th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $203.80 price objective on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $160.00 to $192.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on Texas Instruments from $197.00 to $192.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, September 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $213.82.

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.