Equitable Holdings Inc. Acquires Shares of 36,126 Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Equitable Holdings Inc. acquired a new position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 36,126 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,768,000.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Advocate Investing Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Ares Financial Consulting LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Quattro Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Cornerstone Financial Management LLC acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TXN has been the subject of a number of research reports. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 18th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price objective on Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Zacks Research raised Texas Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $312.12.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

NASDAQ TXN opened at $266.54 on Friday. 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’s fifty day moving average is $286.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $260.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $243.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.33. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $152.73 and a fifty-two week high of $334.03.

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

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

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