Moran Wealth Management LLC Sells 3,008 Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Moran Wealth Management LLC lessened its position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 2.4% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 123,779 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 3,008 shares during the quarter. Texas Instruments makes up approximately 0.8% of Moran Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 25th largest holding. Moran Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $25,699,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the first quarter worth $28,000. Dagco Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the first quarter worth about $32,000. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 67.6% during the first quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 186 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Peoples Financial Services CORP. acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter valued at about $42,000. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the 1st quarter valued at about $42,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total transaction of $308,025.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 38,883 shares in the company, valued at $7,984,624.05. This trade represents a 3.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on TXN. Mizuho dropped their target price on Texas Instruments from $205.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Texas Instruments from $160.00 to $192.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. DZ Bank reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a $158.00 target price on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $197.00 to $192.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $213.03.

Texas Instruments Stock Up 2.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:TXN opened at $175.11 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $159.20 billion, a PE ratio of 32.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 1.01. 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 business has a fifty day moving average price of $188.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $185.75. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1 year low of $139.95 and a 1 year high of $221.69.

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

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

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

Texas Instruments Company Profile

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.