Texas Instruments Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NASDAQ:TXN)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) saw unusually large options trading on Thursday. Traders bought 394,956 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 1,795% compared to the average volume of 20,840 call options.

Insider Buying and Selling at Texas Instruments

In other news, Director Ronald Kirk sold 9,990 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.33, for a total value of $1,621,676.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 14,937 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,424,723.21. The trade was a 40.08% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP Christine Witzsche sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.31, for a total transaction of $164,310.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 20,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,421,098.51. This trade represents a 4.58% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Texas Instruments

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in Texas Instruments by 33.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,840 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,158,000 after acquiring an additional 4,218 shares during the period. Intech Investment Management LLC raised its position in Texas Instruments by 12.8% in the first quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 9,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,632,000 after purchasing an additional 1,031 shares during the period. Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 13.0% in the 2nd quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 749 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $156,000 after purchasing an additional 86 shares during the last quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC now owns 9,171 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,904,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares during the period. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 16.7% during the 2nd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 209,780 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $43,555,000 after purchasing an additional 29,950 shares during the last quarter. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have commented on TXN. Robert W. Baird set a $225.00 price objective on Texas Instruments in a research report on Wednesday. KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $220.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Bank of America raised shares of Texas Instruments from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $185.00 to $235.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Texas Instruments in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $245.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Texas Instruments has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $212.92.

Key Texas Instruments News

Here are the key news stories impacting Texas Instruments this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Company guided Q1 revenue and EPS above Street expectations, signaling a recovery in analog demand and stronger-than-seasonal momentum across end markets — the guidance is the primary driver of the rally. Earnings Release
• Positive Sentiment: Data-center exposure is accelerating: management reported large year-over-year growth in data-center revenue (orders and segment growth cited across outlets), positioning TXN to benefit from AI infrastructure buildouts. Reuters: Data Center Demand
• Positive Sentiment: Several brokers raised price targets and ratings after the update (JPMorgan, TD Cowen, Rosenblatt, Benchmark, Bank of America among others), increasing implied upside and supporting momentum. Benzinga: Analyst Moves
• Neutral Sentiment: Q4 results showed 10%+ revenue growth (about $4.42B) but a slight EPS and revenue miss versus consensus; adjusted metrics and guidance mattered more to the market than the small GAAP miss. Zacks: Q4 Miss
• Neutral Sentiment: Margins were mixed — gross margin dipped QoQ/YoY while operating margin improved and management highlighted free-cash-flow recovery and ongoing buybacks/dividends, which temper and balance outlook risk. Seeking Alpha: FCF/Inflexion
• Negative Sentiment: GAAP EPS missed consensus by a small amount ($1.27 vs. $1.29) and the “Other” segment declined materially (~34%), which investors and some analysts may view as evidence of uneven recovery across all product lines. MarketBeat: Q4 Details
• Negative Sentiment: Not all analysts are uniformly bullish — a few firms kept cautious ratings or lower relative targets, and questions remain around sustainability of margin expansion and the small GAAP impairment noted in results. Forbes: Peer Comparison

Texas Instruments Stock Up 1.3%

NASDAQ:TXN traded up $2.80 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $218.97. 14,019,431 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,637,821. The stock has a market capitalization of $198.96 billion, a PE ratio of 40.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 1.00. Texas Instruments has a 12-month low of $139.95 and a 12-month high of $222.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 2.90 and a current ratio of 4.45. The business has a 50-day moving average of $180.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of $182.51.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The semiconductor company reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by ($0.02). Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.35% and a net margin of 28.28%.The business had revenue of $4.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.44 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.28 earnings per share. Texas Instruments has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.220-1.480 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Texas Instruments will post 5.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, February 10th. Investors of record on Friday, January 30th will be paid a $1.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 30th. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.6%. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 103.84%.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: TXN) is a global semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures analog and embedded processing chips. The company’s products are used across a wide range of end markets, including industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications and enterprise equipment. TI’s business emphasizes components that condition, convert, manage and move electrical signals—capabilities that are foundational to modern electronic systems.

TI’s product portfolio includes a broad array of analog integrated circuits—such as power management, amplifiers, data converters and interface devices—as well as embedded processors and microcontrollers used to control systems and run real-time applications.