The Goldman Sachs Group Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) Stock Price

Key Points

• Goldman Sachs has downgraded its price target for Texas Instruments (TXN) from $230 to $200, maintaining a "buy" rating, indicating a potential upside of 10.60% from the last closing price.
• Other analysts have also lowered their price targets for TXN, with Mizuho reducing its rating to "underperform" and setting a target price of $150.
• Texas Instruments reported a quarterly EPS of $1.48, meeting consensus estimates, and revenue of $4.74 billion, which exceeds analyst expectations.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN - Get Free Report) had its price target cut by equities research analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group from $230.00 to $200.00 in a note issued to investors on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a "buy" rating on the semiconductor company's stock. The Goldman Sachs Group's price objective indicates a potential upside of 10.60% from the stock's previous close.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on TXN. TD Cowen reduced their target price on Texas Instruments from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Mizuho cut Texas Instruments from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $200.00 to $150.00 in a research report on Monday. Cowen reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Wednesday, June 25th. Arete Research upgraded Texas Instruments to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 26th. Finally, Arete began coverage on Texas Instruments in a research report on Thursday, June 26th. They set a "neutral" rating and a $203.80 price objective on the stock. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and six have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $205.77.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Texas Instruments stock opened at $180.84 on Wednesday. Texas Instruments has a 52 week low of $139.95 and a 52 week high of $221.69. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $186.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $185.92. 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 stock has a market cap of $164.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.12, a PEG ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 1.01.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The semiconductor company reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.48. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.10% and a net margin of 30.23%.The business had revenue of $4.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.65 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.44 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. Texas Instruments has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.130-1.390 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Texas Instruments will post 5.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Ahmad Bahai sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 approximately $7,984,624.05. This represents a 3.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC raised its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC now owns 1,650 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $343,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 10,996 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,283,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares in the last quarter. Acropolis Investment Management LLC increased its position in Texas Instruments by 2.9% during the 2nd quarter. Acropolis Investment Management LLC now owns 1,875 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $389,000 after buying an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Proathlete Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Texas Instruments by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Proathlete Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,747 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $782,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trivium Point Advisory LLC increased its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 4.5% in the 1st quarter. Trivium Point Advisory LLC now owns 1,256 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $226,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.99% of the company's stock.

About Texas Instruments

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.

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