Texas Instruments (TXN) Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AAPL or TXN?

67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Texas Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate AAPL or TXN?

Apple presently has a consensus price target of $247.49, suggesting a potential downside of 3.58%. Texas Instruments has a consensus price target of $213.82, suggesting a potential upside of 17.60%. Given Texas Instruments' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Texas Instruments is more favorable than Apple.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apple	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Texas Instruments	4 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is AAPL or TXN a better dividend stock?

Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Instruments pays out 99.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Texas Instruments has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Texas Instruments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAPL or TXN?

Apple has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AAPL or TXN?

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Apple	$408.63B	9.32	$93.74B	$6.59	38.95
Texas Instruments	$15.64B	10.57	$4.80B	$5.46	33.30

Does the media favor AAPL or TXN?

In the previous week, Apple had 198 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 241 mentions for Apple and 43 mentions for Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Apple's score of 1.02 indicating that Texas Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apple	149 Very Positive mention(s)	25 Positive mention(s)	26 Neutral mention(s)	16 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Texas Instruments	32 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AAPL or TXN more profitable?

Texas Instruments has a net margin of 30.23% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apple	24.30%	170.91%	31.94%
Texas Instruments	30.23%	30.10%	14.45%

Summary

Apple beats Texas Instruments on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.