Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Sold by Sepio Capital LP

Key Points

• Sepio Capital LP reduced its stake in Texas Instruments by 15.1%, now holding 18,467 shares valued at $3,319,000.
• Texas Instruments experienced positive analyst ratings recently, with JPMorgan raising the target price to $225.00 and UBS setting it at $255.00.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.36 per share, resulting in an annual yield of 2.9% based on its payout ratio of 99.63%.

Sepio Capital LP lowered its holdings in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN - Free Report) by 15.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 18,467 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 3,290 shares during the period. Sepio Capital LP's holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $3,319,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the first quarter valued at approximately $711,387,000. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 21,778.6% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,422,027 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $614,938,000 after purchasing an additional 3,406,386 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its position in Texas Instruments by 20.6% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 13,197,863 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,371,657,000 after buying an additional 2,257,086 shares in the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its position in Texas Instruments by 2,898.0% during the 1st quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 2,214,471 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $397,940,000 after buying an additional 2,140,605 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Texas Instruments by 14.6% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,624,568 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,448,335,000 after purchasing an additional 1,731,411 shares during the period. 84.99% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Arete began coverage on Texas Instruments in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $203.80 price target for the company. Arete Research raised Texas Instruments to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised Texas Instruments from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 5th. BNP Paribas upgraded Texas Instruments to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Wolfe Research upgraded Texas Instruments from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $230.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, July 28th. Two equities 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 given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Texas Instruments has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $211.90.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the vice president owned 38,883 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,984,624.05. The trade was a 3.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of Texas Instruments stock traded down $0.79 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $185.03. 6,132,086 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,004,003. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1 year low of $139.95 and a 1 year high of $221.69. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $199.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $186.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 5.81 and a quick ratio of 3.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $168.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.89, a PEG ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 1.02.

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

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 31st were paid a dividend of $1.36 per share. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, July 31st. Texas Instruments's payout ratio is presently 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.