Arax Advisory Partners Reduces Stock Holdings in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN

Arax Advisory Partners lowered its position in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 21.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,960 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,736 shares during the quarter. Arax Advisory Partners’ holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $1,728,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in Texas Instruments by 33.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,840 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,158,000 after purchasing an additional 4,218 shares in the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC increased its position in Texas Instruments by 12.8% during the 1st quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 9,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,632,000 after purchasing an additional 1,031 shares in the last quarter. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Texas Instruments by 1,810.0% during the 2nd quarter. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. now owns 191 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 181 shares in the last quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC increased its position in Texas Instruments by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 7,417 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,540,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HUB Investment Partners LLC increased its position in Texas Instruments by 3.5% during the 2nd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 14,673 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,046,000 after purchasing an additional 496 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Texas Instruments from $260.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. Benchmark lifted their price target on Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on Texas Instruments in a report on Friday, May 22nd. They issued a “market perform” rating for the company. Bank of America lifted their price target on Texas Instruments from $320.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their price target on Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $269.61.

Texas Instruments Stock Performance

NASDAQ TXN opened at $313.34 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $285.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 53.65, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.32. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 1-year low of $152.73 and a 1-year high of $331.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 4.46 and a quick ratio of 2.94. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $274.01 and its 200-day simple moving average is $222.67.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The semiconductor company reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.31. The business had revenue of $4.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.85 billion. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 32.49% and a net margin of 29.11%.The company’s revenue was up 18.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.23 EPS. Texas Instruments has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.770-2.050 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 7.66 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 5th were paid a $1.42 dividend. This represents a $5.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 5th. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is currently 97.26%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, VP Amichai Ron sold 18,365 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $272.43, for a total value of $5,003,176.95. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 81,085 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,089,986.55. The trade was a 18.47% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, VP Mohammad Yunus sold 51,098 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $270.44, for a total value of $13,818,943.12. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 52,856 shares in the company, valued at $14,294,376.64. This trade represents a 49.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 303,475 shares of company stock worth $85,666,638. 0.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.