Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Bought by Viking Fund Management LLC

Viking Fund Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 9.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 35,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,000 shares during the period. Viking Fund Management LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $9,803,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments in the second quarter valued at about $1,493,000. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the second quarter worth about $1,962,000. Ieq Capital LLC acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth about $17,709,000. Liontrust Investment Partners LLP acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the first quarter worth about $13,056,000. Finally, Heartland Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Texas Instruments during the 2nd quarter valued at about $4,396,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Texas Instruments

In other news, VP Tsedeniya Abraham sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $264.63, for a total value of $1,852,410.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 23,181 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,134,388.03. This represents a 23.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Susquehanna boosted their target price on Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 21st. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Weiss Ratings upgraded Texas Instruments from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Friday, October 9th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $380.00 price target (up from $350.00) on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $304.26.

Texas Instruments Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of TXN stock opened at $280.65 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 4.86, a quick ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a twelve month low of $152.73 and a twelve month high of $334.03. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $271.93 and its 200-day moving average price is $275.79. The stock has a market cap of $256.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.72, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.35.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $2.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.23. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 31.11% and a return on equity of 35.77%. The firm had revenue of $5.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.26 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.41 earnings per share. Texas Instruments’s revenue was up 22.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Texas Instruments has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.230-2.570 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 30th will be paid a $1.52 dividend. This is a positive change from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 30th. This represents a $6.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.2%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is currently 92.54%.

Texas Instruments Profile

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) designs and manufactures analog and embedded semiconductor products used in industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment, and enterprise systems. Its analog products help manage power, sense and measure real-world signals, and support signal processing, while its embedded processing products provide computing and control functions within electronic systems.

The company offers a broad portfolio of semiconductors, including power-management devices, amplifiers, data converters, microcontrollers, processors, and connectivity products.