Natixis Advisors LLC Purchases 3,208 Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 0.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 632,932 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,208 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $118,681,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TXN. Promus Capital LLC bought a new position in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Financial Life Planners bought a new position in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC bought a new position in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. 84.99% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Janet F. Clark sold 6,065 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.62, for a total transaction of $1,234,955.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 10,816 shares in the company, valued at $2,202,353.92. This represents a 35.93 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Blinn sold 590 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.71, for a total transaction of $106,618.90. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 11,717 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,117,379.07. This trade represents a 4.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 297,655 shares of company stock valued at $59,841,304. Company insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on TXN shares. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Friday, January 24th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $208.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $230.00 target price on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their target price on Texas Instruments from $199.00 to $195.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $209.20.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

TXN opened at $176.42 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.88, a current ratio of 4.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 12 month low of $159.11 and a 12 month high of $220.38. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $188.61 and a 200 day simple moving average of $196.47. The stock has a market cap of $160.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.99, a P/E/G ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.98.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.10. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 30.68% and a return on equity of 28.08%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.49 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 EPS for the current year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st were paid a $1.36 dividend. This represents a $5.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.08%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 31st. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is presently 104.82%.

Texas Instruments Profile

Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Analog and Embedded Processing segments. The Analog segment offers power products to manage power requirements across various voltage levels, including battery-management solutions, DC/DC switching regulators, AC/DC and isolated controllers and converters, power switches, linear regulators, voltage references, and lighting products.