Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Shares Newly Purchased by Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors L.P.

Key Points

• Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors acquired 47,038 Texas Instruments shares worth approximately $13.2 million, while institutional investors collectively own 84.99% of the stock.
• Analysts have raised several price targets, including JPMorgan’s increase to $340 and Rosenblatt’s to $350, though the overall consensus rating remains “Hold” with a $304.26 price target.
• Texas Instruments reported quarterly EPS of $2.14 and revenue of $5.46 billion, beating estimates and increasing 22.8% year over year. The company also raised its quarterly dividend to $1.52 per share, a 2.2% yield.

Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN - Free Report) in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 47,038 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $13,175,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $24,607,313,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Texas Instruments by 10.6% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 18,184,514 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $3,154,831,000 after purchasing an additional 1,749,513 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in Texas Instruments by 33.6% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 16,402,834 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $3,184,446,000 after purchasing an additional 4,129,601 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in Texas Instruments during the second quarter worth $3,700,842,000. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 1.5% during the second quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 12,149,167 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $3,621,302,000 after buying an additional 177,511 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 equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Texas Instruments from $278.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on Texas Instruments from $330.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $300.00 target price (up from $280.00) on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Texas Instruments from $280.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $304.26.

Insider Transactions at Texas Instruments

In other Texas Instruments 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 sale, the vice president directly owned 23,181 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,134,388.03. This represents a 23.19% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Texas Instruments stock opened at $279.12 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.44, a current ratio of 4.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 52-week low of $152.73 and a 52-week high of $334.03. The firm has a market cap of $254.91 billion, a PE ratio of 42.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.35. The company's 50 day moving average is $271.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $276.42.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN - Get Free Report) 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.26 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.41 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter 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. On average, research analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 8.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 10th. Investors of record on Friday, October 30th will be issued a $1.52 dividend. This represents a $6.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. 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. Texas Instruments's dividend payout ratio is 86.45%.

Texas Instruments Company 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.

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