West Branch Capital LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

West Branch Capital LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 25.2% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 228 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 77 shares during the period. West Branch Capital LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $47,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 6.5% during the second quarter. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC now owns 17,411 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,615,000 after purchasing an additional 1,065 shares during the period. ORG Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 12.2% during the second quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 1,640 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $346,000 after purchasing an additional 178 shares during the period. 1834 Investment Advisors Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 6.0% during the second quarter. 1834 Investment Advisors Co. now owns 21,004 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,361,000 after purchasing an additional 1,187 shares during the period. NovaPoint Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 6.1% during the second quarter. NovaPoint Capital LLC now owns 25,872 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,372,000 after purchasing an additional 1,493 shares during the period. Finally, Patton Fund Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth about $281,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Thursday, July 10th. They set a “buy” rating and a $255.00 target price for the company. Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, June 25th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $197.00 to $192.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, September 12th. BNP Paribas raised shares of Texas Instruments to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Arete Research raised shares of Texas Instruments to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $213.82.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TXN opened at $184.55 on Friday. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $139.95 and a fifty-two week high of $221.69. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $190.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $185.68. The company has a market capitalization of $167.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.80, a P/E/G ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 3.88 and a current ratio of 5.81.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.09. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 30.23% and a return on equity of 30.10%. The business had revenue of $4.45 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.31 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.17 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.360-1.600 EPS. Analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Investors of record on Friday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.1%. This is an increase from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 31st. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is 99.63%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Texas Instruments

In related news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total transaction of $308,025.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 38,883 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,984,624.05. This trade represents a 3.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company 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.