TXN vs. AAPL, AMD, AVGO, CDNS, GOOGL, INTC, MSFT, MU, NVDA, and NXPI
Should you be buying Texas Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Instruments include Apple (AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Alphabet (GOOGL), Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Texas Instruments vs. Its Competitors
Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Texas Instruments presently has a consensus price target of $196.91, suggesting a potential downside of 9.10%. Apple has a consensus price target of $235.27, suggesting a potential upside of 12.03%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 30.36% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.
Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Texas Instruments pays out 103.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Instruments. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Instruments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Apple had 214 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 267 mentions for Apple and 53 mentions for Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Apple's score of 0.81 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Apple beats Texas Instruments on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:TXN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
