Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Stock: Burton Enright Welch Increases Holdings

Burton Enright Welch lifted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 274.8% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 4,599 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,372 shares during the quarter. Burton Enright Welch’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $1,288,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Putney Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Scarborough Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC grew its stake in Texas Instruments by 167.5% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC now owns 107 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Kilter Group LLC purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Main Street Group LTD purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 1st quarter worth approximately $32,000. 84.99% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of TXN stock opened at $277.36 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $253.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.97, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.39. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a one year low of $152.73 and a one year high of $334.03. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $279.06 and its 200-day simple moving average is $261.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 4.05 and a current ratio of 5.59.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $2.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.40 by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $6.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.94 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 40.51% and a net margin of 34.25%. Texas Instruments’s quarterly revenue was up 27.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.48 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.97 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 30th will be issued a dividend of $1.52 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 30th. This represents a $6.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. This is a boost from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 78.86%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Janet F. Clark sold 4,306 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $302.46, for a total transaction of $1,302,392.76. Following the sale, the director directly owned 11,341 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,430,198.86. This represents a 27.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Pamela H. Patsley sold 4,532 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $301.56, for a total value of $1,366,669.92. Following the sale, the director directly owned 34,487 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,399,899.72. This represents a 11.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 27,968 shares of company stock worth $8,236,892. 0.60% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Trending Headlines about Texas Instruments

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

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised its Texas Instruments earnings estimates across multiple periods and maintained a “Strong-Buy” rating. It now projects EPS of $8.89 for FY2026, $10.78 for FY2027 and $12.33 for FY2028, suggesting improving expectations for earnings growth. Texas Instruments coverage
• Positive Sentiment: TI announced a compact, pre-certified multiprotocol Industrial Ethernet module and an IO-Link master aimed at connected factories. The products expand its industrial communications portfolio, though the announcement’s near-term financial impact is unclear. Product announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: TI priced $2.0 billion in senior unsecured notes to help finance its planned acquisition of Silicon Laboratories and transaction costs. The financing supports the deal but adds debt; investors will likely focus on the acquisition’s eventual returns. Debt and acquisition coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Recent weakness in TXN has been linked to a broad technology selloff and an AMD quantum-computing announcement that rattled analog-chip shares. These appear to be sector sentiment pressures rather than company-specific deterioration. Sector selloff coverage

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Thursday, October 22nd. DZ Bank raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $300.00 price target for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 28th. Freedom Broker raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $260.00 to $330.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 22nd. Truist Financial set a $305.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, October 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Texas Instruments from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $315.37.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) designs and manufactures analog and embedded semiconductor products used in industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment, and enterprise systems. Its analog products help manage power, sense and measure real-world signals, and support signal processing, while its embedded processing products provide computing and control functions within electronic systems.

The company offers a broad portfolio of semiconductors, including power-management devices, amplifiers, data converters, microcontrollers, processors, and connectivity products.