With 6.33 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 6.14 million shares. During the session, the Semiconductors company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $189.03 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $183.08. The 52-week range on TXN shows that it touched its highest point at $220.38 and its lowest point at $155.46 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $204.38. With its current market cap of 168.40 billion, TXN has annualized dividend of $5.32 while the current yield stands at 2.88%. TXN paid its most recent dividend on 1738281600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1738281600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.96.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of TXN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.49%, but this was down by -1.78% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.65% while six-month performance fell -9.42%. The stock gained 13.92% in the past year, while it has lost -1.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for TXN yields 5.19 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.87. For the next quarter, that number is 1.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.32% for this year and 27.81% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.82% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.14%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 911.00 million TXN shares are outstanding with a float of 910.76 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-31, short shares totaled 20.28 million, which was 222.00000000000003 higher than short shares on 1732838400. In addition to Mr. Haviv Ilan as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Rafael R. Lizardi serves as its CFO and Senior VP of Finance & Operations.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.91528 of TXN’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, TXN reported revenue of $4151000000.0 and operating income of $1554000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $2087000000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.47.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for TXN since 18 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 10 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With TXN analysts setting a high price target of 284.0 and a low target of 130.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 205.69379. Based on these targets, TXN could surge 53.84% to reach the target high and fall by -29.58% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 11.42% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.11693 being high and $5.08683 being low. For TXN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.09686. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.45 and the low estimate is $1.15. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.24.
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