Advyzon Investment Management LLC Makes New Investment in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

Advyzon Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,158 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $405,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 948.4% in the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 4,794,646 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $899,044,000 after buying an additional 4,337,295 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its position in Texas Instruments by 21.8% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 7,513,870 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,408,925,000 after purchasing an additional 1,345,629 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in Texas Instruments by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 19,250,433 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $3,976,562,000 after purchasing an additional 782,053 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 17,253.3% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 613,440 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $126,718,000 after purchasing an additional 609,905 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 21,286,790 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $4,382,936,000 after purchasing an additional 487,892 shares during the last quarter. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TXN has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "buy" rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Benchmark reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $230.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Mizuho cut their target price on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $190.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $208.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated a "neutral" rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Friday, January 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $209.20.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Texas Instruments news, Director Ronald Kirk sold 10,539 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.33, for a total transaction of $2,142,894.87. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 14,323 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,912,295.59. This represents a 42.39 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Blinn sold 590 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.71, for a total value of $106,618.90. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 11,717 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,117,379.07. The trade was a 4.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.68% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Texas Instruments Stock Down 1.0 %

TXN traded down $1.96 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $202.00. 7,349,861 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,488,266. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1 year low of $159.11 and a 1 year high of $220.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $183.89 billion, a PE ratio of 38.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.17 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $188.23 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $197.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a quick ratio of 2.88 and a current ratio of 4.12.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.10. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 28.08% and a net margin of 30.68%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.49 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st were given a dividend of $1.36 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 31st. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.69%. Texas Instruments's payout ratio is currently 104.82%.

About Texas Instruments

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.