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

Texas Instruments was a winner within the technology sector, rising $0.53 (1.5%) to $36.00 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Texas Instruments

(

TXN

) pushed the Technology sector higher today making it today's featured technology winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Texas Instruments rose $0.53 (1.5%) to $36.00 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5,734,246 shares of Texas Instruments exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8,786,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $35.52-$36.02 after having opened the day at $35.76 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $35.47. Other companies within the Technology sector that increased today were:

MeetMe

(

MEET

), up 22.1%,

Plug Power

(

PLUG

), up 16.8%,

Alliance Fiber Optic Products

(

AFOP

), up 16.4% and

Maxcom Telecomunicaciones S.A.B. de C.V

(

MXT

), up 15.6%.

Texas Instruments Incorporated engages in the design, manufacture, sale of semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Analog, Embedded Processing, Wireless, and Other. Texas Instruments has a market cap of $39.0 billion and is part of the electronics industry. Shares are up 13.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Texas Instruments a buy, 5 analysts rate it a sell, and 19 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 solid stock price performance, increase in net income, notable return on equity, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

On the negative front,

Meade Instruments Corporation

(

MEAD

), down 13.9%,

Advanced Photonix

(

API

), down 11.1%,

Astea International

(

ATEA

), down 10.6% and

SatCon Technology Corporation

(

SATC

), down 10.0% , were all laggards within the technology sector with

NII Holdings

(

NIHD

) being today's technology sector laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the technology sector could consider

Technology Select Sector SPDR

(

XLK

) while those bearish on the technology sector could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Technology

(

REW

).

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