Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations Purchases Shares of 2,418 Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

Caisse Des Depots ET Consignations purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 2,418 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $453,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of TXN. Promus Capital LLC purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Financial Life Planners acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Atala Financial Inc acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 4th quarter valued at $37,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on TXN. Rosenblatt Securities restated a "buy" rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $230.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $200.00 target price on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Truist Financial lowered their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $199.00 to $195.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Barclays cut their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $180.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Texas Instruments currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $209.20.

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Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of Texas Instruments stock traded down $2.52 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $177.19. 1,792,097 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,707,048. The stock has a market cap of $161.22 billion, a PE ratio of 34.13, a P/E/G ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.98. The stock's fifty day moving average is $186.20 and its 200 day moving average is $194.51. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 12 month low of $159.11 and a 12 month high of $220.39. 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 posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.10. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 30.68% and a return on equity of 28.08%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.49 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Shareholders 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 yield of 3.07%. Texas Instruments's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 104.82%.

Insider Transactions at Texas Instruments

In other news, Chairman Richard K. Templeton sold 97,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $197.69, for a total value of $19,175,930.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 409,089 shares in the company, valued at $80,872,804.41. This trade represents a 19.17 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Janet F. Clark sold 6,065 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.62, for a total value of $1,234,955.30. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 10,816 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,202,353.92. The trade was a 35.93 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 297,655 shares of company stock valued at $59,841,304. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Texas Instruments Profile

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.