Brooklyn FI LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 4,800 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $959,000.
A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in TXN. State Street Corp raised its holdings in Texas Instruments by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 41,679,234 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $8,609,679,000 after acquiring an additional 391,306 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Texas Instruments by 11.6% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 21,487,468 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $4,029,115,000 after buying an additional 2,237,035 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in 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 worth $4,382,936,000 after purchasing an additional 487,892 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 0.5% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 8,060,213 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,664,998,000 after buying an additional 36,441 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its holdings in Texas Instruments by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 7,773,932 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,605,861,000 after acquiring an additional 124,712 shares in the last quarter. 84.99% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Buying and Selling at Texas Instruments
In other news, 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 transaction of $106,618.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 11,717 shares in the company, valued at $2,117,379.07. The trade was a 4.79 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Chairman Richard K. Templeton sold 97,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $202.72, for a total value of $19,663,840.00. Following the transaction, the chairman now owns 409,089 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $82,930,522.08. The trade was a 19.17 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 297,655 shares of company stock valued at $59,841,304 over the last three months. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of analysts have recently weighed in on TXN shares. Mizuho cut their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $190.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. Truist Financial cut their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $199.00 to $195.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $230.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $180.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $208.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $209.20.
Get Our Latest Analysis on TXN
Texas Instruments Stock Up 3.6 %
Shares of TXN traded up $6.51 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $185.51. 5,694,749 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,359,948. The company has a current ratio of 4.12, a quick ratio of 2.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The company has a market cap of $168.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.74, a PEG ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.98. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 52 week low of $159.11 and a 52 week high of $220.39. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $187.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $195.27.
Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 previous year, the business posted $1.49 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current year.
Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.93%. Texas Instruments's dividend payout ratio is presently 104.82%.
Texas Instruments Company Profile
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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.
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