Rathbones Group PLC Sells 13,917 Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Rathbones Group PLC cut its stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 5.5% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 239,481 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 13,917 shares during the quarter. Rathbones Group PLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $41,548,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of TXN. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC boosted its stake in Texas Instruments by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 7,007 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,455,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. BOS Asset Management LLC raised its stake in Texas Instruments by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. BOS Asset Management LLC now owns 1,324 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $230,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 3.4% during the second quarter. Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 1,788 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $371,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. Traveka Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Texas Instruments by 4.8% during the third quarter. Traveka Wealth LLC now owns 1,371 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $252,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the period. Finally, Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter. Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. now owns 1,118 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $205,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Texas Instruments news, Director Mark A. Blinn sold 3,144 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total transaction of $696,647.52. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 11,670 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,585,838.60. This represents a 21.22% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, VP Hagop H. Kozanian sold 6,843 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $225.95, for a total transaction of $1,546,175.85. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 75,425 shares in the company, valued at $17,042,278.75. This trade represents a 8.32% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 114,284 shares of company stock valued at $25,531,935 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TXN has been the topic of several analyst reports. Susquehanna upped their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $185.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Texas Instruments from $156.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Raymond James Financial set a $240.00 target price on shares of Texas Instruments in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Texas Instruments presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $214.77.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

Shares of Texas Instruments stock opened at $194.87 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 4.35 and a quick ratio of 2.83. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $206.55 and a 200 day simple moving average of $186.42. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $139.95 and a fifty-two week high of $231.32. The firm has a market cap of $177.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.01.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The semiconductor company reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.29 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $4.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.44 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 30.44% and a net margin of 28.28%.During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.28 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.220-1.480 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 30th were paid a dividend of $1.42 per share. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 30th. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is 104.41%.

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.