Vision Financial Markets LLC Buys Shares of 1,525 Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 1,525 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $286,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Howard Capital Management Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the third quarter worth about $202,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 9.8% during the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 87,400 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $18,054,000 after acquiring an additional 7,831 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 62.3% during the third quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,423 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $294,000 after acquiring an additional 546 shares during the last quarter. Long Run Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Texas Instruments during the third quarter worth about $1,241,000. Finally, Balentine LLC grew its stake in shares of Texas Instruments by 4.3% during the third quarter. Balentine LLC now owns 1,844 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $381,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Texas Instruments news, Director Mark A. Blinn sold 590 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.71, for a total value of $106,618.90. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 11,717 shares in the company, valued at $2,117,379.07. This represents a 4.79 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Janet F. Clark sold 6,065 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.62, for a total value of $1,234,955.30. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 10,816 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,202,353.92. The trade was a 35.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 297,655 shares of company stock worth $59,841,304. 0.68% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $230.00 target price on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Friday, January 24th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on Texas Instruments from $215.00 to $208.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of Texas Instruments in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Barclays decreased their target price on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $180.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Mizuho decreased their price target on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $209.20.

Texas Instruments Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of TXN opened at $195.57 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a quick ratio of 2.88 and a current ratio of 4.12. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a one year low of $159.11 and a one year high of $220.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $178.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.68, a PEG ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.97. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $189.69 and a 200 day moving average price of $197.59.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.10. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 28.08% and a net margin of 30.68%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.49 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Investors of record on Friday, January 31st were given a dividend of $1.36 per share. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 31st. Texas Instruments’s payout ratio is 104.82%.

Texas Instruments Company 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.