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TXN vs. AAPL, AMD, AVGO, GOOGL, INTC, MSFT, MU, NVDA, NXPI, and ON

Should you be buying Texas Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Instruments include Apple (AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Alphabet (GOOGL), Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), and ON Semiconductor (ON). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Texas Instruments vs. Its Competitors

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

Apple currently has a consensus price target of $252.47, suggesting a potential downside of 2.98%. Texas Instruments has a consensus price target of $191.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.17%. Given Texas Instruments' higher probable 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)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Texas Instruments
6 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.32

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$408.63B9.45$93.74B$6.5939.49
Texas Instruments$15.64B9.93$4.80B$5.4631.30

Texas Instruments has a net margin of 29.21% 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
Apple24.30% 170.91% 31.94%
Texas Instruments 29.21%30.41%14.49%

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Texas Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 3.2%. 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.

In the previous week, Apple had 195 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 282 mentions for Apple and 87 mentions for Texas Instruments. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.33 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
185 Very Positive mention(s)
30 Positive mention(s)
37 Neutral mention(s)
18 Negative mention(s)
7 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Texas Instruments
30 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

Summary

Apple beats Texas Instruments on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TXN vs. The Competition

MetricTexas InstrumentsSEMI IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$154.93B$694.95B$33.92B$10.76B
Dividend Yield3.19%1.74%3.19%4.83%
P/E Ratio31.1550.39732.0028.70
Price / Sales9.937.671,533.03188.29
Price / Cash24.3628.9137.2360.64
Price / Book9.3410.437.606.62
Net Income$4.80B$8.67B$819.73M$276.84M
7 Day Performance-3.23%-0.95%534.48%1.94%
1 Month Performance-7.35%0.15%629.72%2.50%
1 Year Performance-17.30%29.79%24,463.30%34.07%

Texas Instruments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.7621 of 5 stars
$170.36
-1.1%
$191.67
+12.5%
-14.6%$154.98B$15.64B31.1634,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AAPL
Apple
4.7667 of 5 stars
$247.29
-0.8%
$248.29
+0.4%
+12.5%$3.67T$391.04B37.56164,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.4299 of 5 stars
$240.14
+0.6%
$231.00
-3.8%
+53.7%$390.24B$29.60B138.2028,000Trending News
AVGO
Broadcom
4.8573 of 5 stars
$358.20
+2.0%
$372.33
+3.9%
+98.4%$1.69T$51.57B91.3237,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.9926 of 5 stars
$254.67
+1.5%
$250.57
-1.6%
+55.5%$3.08T$371.40B27.16183,323Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
INTC
Intel
3.04 of 5 stars
$37.38
+0.6%
$28.25
-24.4%
+73.6%$163.79B$53.07B-7.85108,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9723 of 5 stars
$514.98
+0.3%
$618.47
+20.1%
+22.6%$3.83T$281.72B37.73228,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MU
Micron Technology
4.838 of 5 stars
$202.19
+5.3%
$196.00
-3.1%
+96.8%$226.99B$37.38B26.6453,000Insider Trade
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.938 of 5 stars
$182.62
+1.6%
$222.23
+21.7%
+30.5%$4.43T$130.50B51.9536,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.6874 of 5 stars
$217.18
0.0%
$257.06
+18.4%
-6.6%$54.92B$12.61B25.9633,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.4969 of 5 stars
$51.37
+2.0%
$56.68
+10.3%
-23.8%$21.05B$6.40B48.1126,490Trending News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:TXN) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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