First County Bank CT Sells 200 Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

First County Bank CT reduced its stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 15.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,125 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 200 shares during the period. First County Bank CT’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $234,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV lifted its stake in Texas Instruments by 19.0% during the second quarter. Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV now owns 3,832 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $796,000 after purchasing an additional 613 shares during the last quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky lifted its stake in Texas Instruments by 0.8% during the second quarter. Independence Bank of Kentucky now owns 8,948 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,858,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Peoples Financial Services CORP. bought a new stake in Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth $42,000. Smith Salley Wealth Management lifted its stake in Texas Instruments by 2.5% during the second quarter. Smith Salley Wealth Management now owns 19,013 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,947,000 after purchasing an additional 471 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Argus Investors Counsel Inc. lifted its stake in Texas Instruments by 27.6% during the second quarter. Argus Investors Counsel Inc. now owns 4,064 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $844,000 after purchasing an additional 880 shares during the last quarter. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Arete Research upgraded Texas Instruments to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. KeyCorp upped their target price on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded Texas Instruments from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $195.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Susquehanna lowered their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $240.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Texas Instruments presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $213.82.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.35, for a total value of $308,025.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 38,883 shares in the company, valued at $7,984,624.05. This represents a 3.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.57% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Texas Instruments Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:TXN opened at $183.23 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $189.99 and a 200-day moving average of $185.88. The company has a market capitalization of $166.58 billion, a PE ratio of 33.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 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 Incorporated has a 52-week low of $139.95 and a 52-week high of $221.69.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of $4.45 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.31 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.10% and a net margin of 30.23%.Texas Instruments’s quarterly revenue was up 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.17 earnings per share. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.360-1.600 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Investors of record on Friday, October 31st will be issued a $1.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 31st. This is a positive change from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.1%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 99.63%.

Texas Instruments Company 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.