News Summary
PositiveTexas Instruments delivered a strong Q2 earnings beat (+23% YoY revenue growth to $5.46B) with above-seasonal Q3 guidance ($5.65-$6.15B), driven by broad industrial recovery, data center acceleration, and automotive re-acceleration, while successfully executing multiple aggressive price increases through 2026. However, the stock faces a material headwind from an ongoing Chinese anti-dumping investigation that could result in preliminary tariffs, and the recent post-earnings stock decline suggests the market views the high bar as limiting upside surprise potential.
Red flags
- •Chinese anti-dumping investigation into U.S. analog chip imports with potential for preliminary tariffs; investigation authorized under Foreign Trade Law with ~1-year duration
- •Post-earnings stock decline despite beat and raised guidance, signaling diminished upside surprise opportunity at elevated valuation (stock up 74% YoY)
Funds Buying (3)
| Fund | Manager | Shares Held | ∆ Shares | Position Value | % of Fund | QoQ | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point72 | Steve Cohen | 1.4M | +1.4M | $410M | 0.6% | — | NEW |
| Soros Fund Management | Soros Family Office | 7K | +7K | $2M | <0.1% | — | NEW |
| Maverick Capital | Lee Ainslie | 4K | +4K | $1M | <0.1% | — | NEW |
Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.
Portfolio Context
Where TXN ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.
position #17 of this fund's book
- 14MONDELEZ INTL INC$475M
- 15KEURIG DR PEPPER INC$457M
- 16APPLIED MATLS INC$434M
- 17TEXAS INSTRS INC$410M
- 18COUPANG INC$389M
- 19HOME DEPOT INC$389M
- 20SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A$388M
Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where TXN ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.
Beneficial Ownership (13D/13G)
| Filer | Form | Shares | % of Class | Filed | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Capital Management | SC 13G | 68.2M | 7.5% | 2026-04-30 | ↗ |
SC 13D = active intent to influence control (10-day filing deadline after crossing 5%). SC 13G = passive accumulation, no intent to influence control.
Congressional Trading
| Member | Chamber | State | Type | Amount Range | Transaction Date | Filed | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Armstrong | senate | — | BUY | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2026-03-27 | 2026-07-21 | ↗ |
| Thomas H Tuberville | senate | — | SELL | $15,001 - $50,000 | 2025-01-10 | 2026-08-05 | ↗ |
| Thomas H Tuberville | senate | — | SELL | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2024-03-12 | 2026-08-05 | ↗ |
Periodic Transaction Reports filed under the STOCK Act. Amounts are disclosed as ranges, not exact dollar figures.