Roxbury Financial LLC Buys Shares of 284 Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN)

Roxbury Financial LLC bought a new stake in Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 284 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $57,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of TXN. Financial Life Planners acquired a new stake in Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the third quarter valued at $28,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the third quarter valued at $39,000. Finally, FSA Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Texas Instruments in the third quarter valued at $41,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.99% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TXN has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Mizuho dropped their price target on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Texas Instruments from $154.00 to $167.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Summit Insights upgraded Texas Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Evercore ISI raised their price target on Texas Instruments from $268.00 to $298.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Barclays dropped their price objective on Texas Instruments from $200.00 to $180.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $209.20.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Mark A. Blinn sold 590 shares of Texas Instruments stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.71, for a total value of $106,618.90. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 11,717 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,117,379.07. The trade was a 4.79 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Ronald Kirk sold 10,539 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.33, for a total value of $2,142,894.87. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 14,323 shares in the company, valued at $2,912,295.59. This trade represents a 42.39 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.68% of the company’s stock.

Texas Instruments Stock Up 1.2 %

TXN opened at $183.03 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 4.12 and a quick ratio of 2.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $166.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.97. The business has a 50-day moving average of $188.18 and a two-hundred day moving average of $197.38. Texas Instruments Incorporated has a 12 month low of $158.90 and a 12 month high of $220.38.

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 period last year, the company posted $1.49 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Texas Instruments Incorporated will post 5.38 earnings per share for the current year.

Texas Instruments Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st were paid a $1.36 dividend. This represents a $5.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 31st. Texas Instruments’s dividend payout ratio is currently 104.82%.

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.