Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Acquired by Handelsbanken Fonder AB

Handelsbanken Fonder AB increased its position in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 13.9% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 419,960 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 51,360 shares during the quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $125,177,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TXN. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd increased its holdings in Texas Instruments by 10.1% in the 4th quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 555,199 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $96,321,000 after purchasing an additional 50,808 shares during the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter worth $640,000. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth $1,493,000. K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter worth $1,735,000. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 126.0% during the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 150,454 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $26,114,000 after buying an additional 83,884 shares during the period. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on TXN shares. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Texas Instruments from $300.00 to $385.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Weiss Ratings upgraded Texas Instruments from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research downgraded Texas Instruments from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 10th. Arete Research set a $405.00 price target on shares of Texas Instruments and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $312.12.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Texas Instruments news, Director Carrie Smith Cox sold 8,838 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $306.41, for a total transaction of $2,708,051.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 37,626 shares in the company, valued at $11,528,982.66. The trade was a 19.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Rafael R. Lizardi sold 47,734 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $308.10, for a total transaction of $14,706,845.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 85,485 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,337,928.50. This represents a 35.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 61,572 shares of company stock worth $18,960,547 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TXN opened at $280.44 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 4.86 and a quick ratio of 3.44. The company has a market cap of $256.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.33. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $294.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $254.68. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1-year low of $152.73 and a 1-year high of $334.03.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $2.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.23. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 35.77% and a net margin of 31.11%.The business had revenue of $5.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.26 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.41 EPS. The business’s quarterly 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. Analysts forecast that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.42 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, August 11th. Investors of record on Friday, July 31st will be paid a $1.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 31st. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.0%. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is currently 86.45%.

Texas Instruments Profile

Texas Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: TXN) is a global semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures analog and embedded processing chips. The company’s products are used across a wide range of end markets, including industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications and enterprise equipment. TI’s business emphasizes components that condition, convert, manage and move electrical signals—capabilities that are foundational to modern electronic systems.

TI’s product portfolio includes a broad array of analog integrated circuits—such as power management, amplifiers, data converters and interface devices—as well as embedded processors and microcontrollers used to control systems and run real-time applications.