Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) Shares Sold by Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC

Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC lowered its stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) by 7.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 12,380 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 947 shares during the quarter. Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Texas Instruments were worth $2,105,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Annapolis Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in Texas Instruments by 333.3% in the third quarter. Annapolis Financial Services LLC now owns 156 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the last quarter. Briaud Financial Planning Inc purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Life Planning Partners Inc purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, AMH Equity Ltd purchased a new position in Texas Instruments in the third quarter valued at about $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TXN has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Texas Instruments from $138.00 to $146.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 24th. Susquehanna increased their target price on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Texas Instruments from $180.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho increased their target price on Texas Instruments from $164.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, UBS Group raised Texas Instruments from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $170.00 to $195.00 in a report on Friday, January 19th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Texas Instruments currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $180.74.

Texas Instruments Price Performance

Shares of TXN stock traded up $2.23 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $177.48. 5,401,860 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,477,503. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a twelve month low of $139.48 and a twelve month high of $188.12. The firm has a market cap of $161.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.75 and a beta of 1.04. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $169.29 and its 200-day simple moving average is $162.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a quick ratio of 3.35 and a current ratio of 4.91.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.13. Texas Instruments had a return on equity of 35.28% and a net margin of 35.16%. The company had revenue of $3.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.61 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.85 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Texas Instruments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 8th will be given a dividend of $1.30 per share. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.93%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 7th. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 81.12%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Mark A. Blinn sold 1,744 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.85, for a total value of $278,778.40. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 11,693 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,869,126.05. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.68% of the company’s stock.

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.