Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-nine ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have issued a hold recommendation, fifteen have issued a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $312.1154.

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on TXN shares. HC Wainwright downgraded Texas Instruments to a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $380.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Texas Instruments

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd grew its holdings in Texas Instruments by 10.1% in the 4th quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 555,199 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $96,321,000 after buying an additional 50,808 shares in the last quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth $1,493,000. K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter worth $1,735,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 126.0% in the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 150,454 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $26,114,000 after acquiring an additional 83,884 shares during the period. Finally, RNC Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,751,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TXN opened at $266.54 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $286.58 and a 200 day moving average price of $260.07. Texas Instruments has a 52 week low of $152.73 and a 52 week high of $334.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 3.44 and a current ratio of 4.86. The stock has a market capitalization of $243.42 billion, a PE ratio of 40.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.33.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $2.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.23. The firm had revenue of $5.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.26 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 31.11%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 22.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.41 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.230-2.570 EPS. Analysts predict that Texas Instruments will post 8.42 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 11th. Investors of record on Friday, July 31st were paid a $1.42 dividend. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 31st. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 86.45%.

About Texas Instruments

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.