--- title: "Weekly Recap | Texas Instruments -0.08%, a bumpy week" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298103369.md" description: "Texas Instruments (TXN) slipped 0.08% over the week to close at $258.44, while the S&P 500 rose 0.09%, leaving TXN roughly 0.17 percentage points behind the benchmark. The shares traded in a shaky range. The week opened with an intraday peak of $262.38 on Monday, followed by a 3.00% single-day drop on Tuesday 1 September. The stock kept sliding through Wednesday and Thursday, touching a low of $248.13 on Thursday 3 September, before rebounding to $261." datetime: "2026-09-05T08:19:27.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298103369.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298103369.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298103369.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | Texas Instruments -0.08%, a bumpy week ## The Week Texas Instruments (TXN) slipped 0.08% over the week to close at $258.44, while the S&P 500 rose 0.09%, leaving TXN roughly 0.17 percentage points behind the benchmark. The shares traded in a shaky range. The week opened with an intraday peak of $262.38 on Monday, followed by a 3.00% single-day drop on Tuesday 1 September. The stock kept sliding through Wednesday and Thursday, touching a low of $248.13 on Thursday 3 September, before rebounding to $261.02 intraday on Friday 4 September and settling at $258.44. Volume for the week was 25.4 million shares, with daily turnover below the recent median. ## Key Events On the company side, senior vice president Abraham Tsedeniya disclosed the sale of $1.85 million worth of common shares on 1 September, a routine insider transaction that drew little market reaction. The same day saw a 3.00% slide, while several cross-sector earnings reviews and semiconductor peer comparisons placed TXN within a broader debate about the semiconductor hardware recovery and re-rating of consumer demand. Midweek coverage noted TXN had underperformed semiconductor peers on Tuesday, and a Friday piece questioned whether the stock had become cheap after rising oil prices and Treasury yields hit the sector. On the product front, Ezurio launched its Carbon AM67 edge AI module built on TI’s AM67x SoC, extending the company’s edge-computing footprint. Overall, the week had no major company-specific operating or financial news, with the narrative driven mostly by industry comparisons and macro spillover. ## Analyst Ratings A total of 37 institutions currently rate Texas Instruments: 17 with buy, 3 with overweight, 14 with hold, 2 with sell, and 1 with no opinion. The consensus rating is buy, and the consensus target price is $324.71, about 25.6% above the latest close of $258.44. The target range runs from $225.00 to $400.00, showing wide dispersion: the high end sits roughly 55% above spot, while the low end is about 13% below. Within the semiconductor industry, TXN ranks 8th out of 77 companies by institutional coverage, placing it among the most closely followed names. ## The Week Ahead On Tuesday 8 September, the US NFIB Small Business Optimism Index is due, with a prior reading of 99.8. Thursday 10 September brings a heavier macro slate: initial jobless claims, final demand PPI and its core measure, existing home sales, and the 10-year Treasury auction, including the high yield and bid-to-cover ratio. The prior high yield was 4.683% and the prior bid-to-cover 2.53. These data points will shape how the market prices the rate path and risk appetite for semiconductor stocks. TXN itself has no scheduled earnings or major corporate events next week, so price action is likely to stay sensitive to macro rates and sector sentiment. ## In Short TXN ended the week nearly flat, but the path included a 3.00% one-day drop and a subsequent rebound, reflecting a tug-of-war between industry comparisons and macro rate pressure. The sell-side picture leans positive: most brokers rate it buy, and the consensus target sits above spot, though the target range is wide. On the latest trading day, large-lot flows showed only a slim net buying edge, with mixed signals across medium and retail buckets rather than a clear directional push. Valuation is not stretched but not cheap either, around 39x P/E and 13x P/B. The key over the next stretch is how macro rate data lands and whether edge AI product momentum adds any company-specific news. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [TXN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TXN.US.md) - [TXNU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TXNU.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Texas Instruments (TXN) Stock Looks Fairly Valued On Cash Flow But Rich On Earnings](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296889020.md) - [Texas Instruments Generates Strong Free Cash Flow - But TXN Stock Looks Cheap to Value Buyers](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293762550.md) - [Texas Instruments Sr. Vice President Abraham Tsedeniya sells USD 1.85 million in common shares](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297558503.md) - [These Analysts Boost Their Forecasts On Texas Instruments After Upbeat Q2 Results](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293626452.md) - [4,451 Shares in Texas Instruments Incorporated $TXN Purchased by Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors Inc.](https://longbridge.com/en/news/294946412.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**