Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Analog and Embedded Processing. The Analog segment offers power products to manage power requirements in various levels using battery-management solutions, DC/DC switching regulators, AC/DC and isolated controllers and converters, power switches, linear regulators, voltage supervisors, voltage references, and lighting products. This segment also provides signal chain products that sense, condition, and measure signals to allow information to be transferred or converted for further processing and control for use in end markets, including amplifiers, data converters, interface products, motor drives, clocks, and sensing products. The Embedded Processing segment offers microcontrollers that are used in electronic equipment; digital signal processors for mathematical computations; and applications processors for specific computing activity. This segment offers products for use in various markets, such as industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment, enterprise systems, and calculators and other. The company also provides DLP products primarily for use in projectors to create high-definition images; calculators; and application-specific integrated circuits. It markets and sells its semiconductor products through direct sales and distributors, as well as through its website. Texas Instruments Incorporated was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Texas Instruments Stock Up 1.8 %
TXN traded up $3.32 during trading on Friday, reaching $185.38. 4,161,276 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,464,583. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 4.24 and a current ratio of 5.09. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $162.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $169.85. The stock has a market cap of $169.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.02. Texas Instruments has a twelve month low of $144.46 and a twelve month high of $202.26.
Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, August 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 1st will be issued a dividend of $1.15 per share. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 29th. Texas Instruments's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 50.33%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on TXN shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $175.00 to $160.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 20th. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $175.00 to $168.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 27th. Susquehanna Bancshares decreased their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $215.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $230.00 to $215.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $175.00 to $165.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $182.19.
Insider Activity
In other news, Director Pamela H. Patsley sold 12,299 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.64, for a total transaction of $2,172,495.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 32,088 shares in the company, valued at $5,668,024.32. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. In other news, VP Kyle M. Flessner sold 43,068 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, July 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.91, for a total transaction of $7,705,295.88. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 66,822 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $11,955,124.02. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Pamela H. Patsley sold 12,299 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.64, for a total transaction of $2,172,495.36. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 32,088 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,668,024.32. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 57,415 shares of company stock worth $10,241,311. 0.54% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.