Northern Financial Advisors Inc Sells 3,857 Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Northern Financial Advisors Inc decreased its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 53.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 3,409 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 3,857 shares during the quarter. Northern Financial Advisors Inc’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $708,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of TXN. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Dagco Inc. bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the first quarter valued at approximately $32,000. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 67.6% during the first quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 186 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Quintet Private Bank Europe S.A. bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the first quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the first quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other 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 transaction of $308,025.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 38,883 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,984,624.05. This represents a 3.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Texas Instruments Stock Down 2.6%

Texas Instruments stock opened at $177.05 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $188.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $185.87. The company has a quick ratio of 3.88, a current ratio of 5.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. The firm has a market cap of $160.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.43, a P/E/G ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 1.01. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a twelve month low of $139.95 and a twelve month high of $221.69.

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

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 31st will be issued a dividend of $1.42 per share. This is an increase from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.36. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.2%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 31st. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 99.63%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on TXN. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Mizuho dropped their price objective on Texas Instruments from $205.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. UBS Group set a $255.00 price objective on Texas Instruments in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Wolfe Research raised Texas Instruments from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $213.82.

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.