Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Acquired by Carlson Capital L.P.

Carlson Capital L.P. increased its stake in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 128.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,700 shares during the quarter. Texas Instruments makes up approximately 0.3% of Carlson Capital L.P.’s holdings, making the stock its 20th largest holding. Carlson Capital L.P.’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $882,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Pacifica Partners Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 85.2% during the 3rd quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. now owns 150 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares during the period. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the third quarter worth $29,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 1,810.0% in the second quarter. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. now owns 191 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 181 shares during the period. Finally, Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd increased its stake in Texas Instruments by 69.9% in the second quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd now owns 192 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Texas Instruments

Here are the key news stories impacting Texas Instruments this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Announced acquisition of Silicon Labs for ~$7.5 billion — a definitive all-cash agreement that would supply volume for TI’s new 300mm fabs and is intended to drive substantial cost synergies and margin improvement. Deal announcement
• Positive Sentiment: Strong AI/data-center demand: management commentary and recent coverage highlight ~70% year-over-year growth in TI’s data-center power-management business — a high-margin market that helps offset softer industrial end markets. Bull case
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Rosenblatt reaffirmed a “buy” rating with a $240 price target, signaling continued upside from some sell-side desks. Rosenblatt note
• Positive Sentiment: Improving cash generation and policy tailwinds — TI’s free cash flow recovery, falling capex expectations and CHIPS-act tax incentives improve the company’s ability to fund dividends, buybacks and M&A (supports valuation longer term).
• Neutral Sentiment: Earlier reports indicated TI was pursuing Silicon Labs prior to the deal — confirmational coverage continues while the transaction progresses toward close; watch timing and regulatory/close risks. Pursuit report
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent quarter: a slight EPS miss and modest revenue shortfall left some headline weakness, but management’s data-center strength and Q1 guidance range partially offset the pain — the earnings surprise is small and being judged in context.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrade: KeyCorp cut TXN from “strong-buy” to “hold,” which can pressure short-term sentiment and flows. KeyCorp/Zacks note
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: VP Ahmad Bahai sold 3,000 shares and director Mark Blinn sold 3,144 shares in early February (SEC filings). Multiple insider sales can be read negatively by some investors even if routine. Bahai Form 4 Blinn Form 4

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $223.46, for a total value of $670,380.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 42,488 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,494,368.48. This represents a 6.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Ronald Kirk sold 9,990 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 approximately $2,424,723.21. The trade was a 40.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 17,134 shares of company stock valued at $3,153,014. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TXN has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $185.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. BNP Paribas Exane raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $195.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on Texas Instruments from $245.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $212.92.

Texas Instruments Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of Texas Instruments stock opened at $221.44 on Friday. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a twelve month low of $139.95 and a twelve month high of $228.83. The stock has a market cap of $201.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a current ratio of 4.35, a quick ratio of 2.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $188.98 and a 200 day moving average price of $182.98.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The semiconductor company reported $1.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.29 by ($0.02). Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.44% and a net margin of 28.28%.The company had revenue of $4.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.44 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.28 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.220-1.480 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 30th. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 104.41%.

Texas Instruments Company 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.