Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN): Today's Featured Electronics Winner

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Texas Instruments (TXN) pushed the Electronics industry higher today making it today's featured electronics winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Texas Instruments rose 44 cents (1.6%) to $27.90 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5.7 million shares of Texas Instruments exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.7 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $27.43-$27.91 after having opened the day at $27.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.47. Other companies within the Electronics industry that increased today were: CollabRx (CLRX), up 38%, Superconductor Technologies (SCON), up 11.1%, Yingli Green Energy Holding Company (YGE), up 9.8%, and Dynasil Corporation of America (DYSL), up 7.2%.

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Texas Instruments Incorporated engages in the design and sale of semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers worldwide. Texas Instruments has a market cap of $31.41 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.2, equal to the average electronics industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 5.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate Texas Instruments a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and 18 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Texas Instruments as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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