Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN – Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The semiconductor company reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.09, Yahoo Finance reports. Texas Instruments had a net margin of 33.01% and a return on equity of 31.10%. The company had revenue of $4.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.12 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.80 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Texas Instruments updated its Q4 guidance to $1.07-1.29 EPS and its Q4 2024 guidance to 1.070-1.290 EPS.
Texas Instruments Trading Up 2.6 %
NASDAQ:TXN opened at $199.03 on Wednesday. Texas Instruments has a 52 week low of $139.48 and a 52 week high of $214.66. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $203.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $194.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 3.49 and a current ratio of 4.62. The firm has a market cap of $181.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.32 and a beta of 0.98.
Texas Instruments Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 31st will be issued a dividend of $1.36 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. This is a boost from Texas Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.30. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.73%. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is 90.28%.
Insider Transactions at Texas Instruments
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
TXN has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of Texas Instruments from $157.00 to $176.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of Texas Instruments from $154.00 to $167.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Texas Instruments from $172.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 18th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on Texas Instruments from $203.00 to $198.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 21st. Finally, Susquehanna cut their target price on Texas Instruments from $250.00 to $240.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $205.95.
About Texas Instruments
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.
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