- Prev close
- $278.15
- Day range
- $271.23 – $285.10
TXN’s 10.7% drop came alongside a broad chip selloff, with NVDA -9.3%, AVGO -10.4%, MU -17.5% and AMD -17.3%; the move looks more sector-driven than company-specific, but the stock’s 40.1 P/E keeps the setup sensitive.
TXN
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
As of Nov 5, 2026
52/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreWhy it moved
TXN’s own move was -10.7%, while the S&P 500 rose +1.7% and the Nasdaq 100 rose +1.0%, so the broad market does not explain it. The cleaner explanation is sector-wide pressure: NVDA was -9.3%, AVGO -10.4%, MU -17.5% and AMD -17.3%, which puts TXN’s decline in line with a sharp chip-group reset rather than company-specific deterioration. The intraday path also fit a selloff, with the stock opening at $301.92, printing a high of $307, and closing at $278.15 after a low of $277.866.
Normal volatility?
This looks like elevated but still sector-consistent volatility, not a breakdown in the business profile. TXN’s fundamentals are intact: revenue is +20.3% YoY (TTM), the latest quarter was +27.7% YoY, EPS is +40.7% YoY (TTM), and margins remain strong at gross +60.2%, operating +40.8%, and net +34.3%. The valuation is the part that magnifies swings: PE 40.1, forward PE 27.0, PEG 1.21, and beta 1.43. A PEG of 1.21 — the P/E divided by the growth rate, so investors are paying a bit above 1× growth — says growth is already being paid for, but not at an extreme that by itself explains a double-digit one-day drop. The move is therefore more about a hot chip tape resetting than about a visible deterioration in TXN’s operating trend.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2027-01-25. The facts here do not provide analyst revenue or EPS estimates for that print, so I cannot state consensus expectations for revenue growth, EPS growth, or margins for the upcoming quarter. What the market will be focused on is whether TXN can keep revenue growth near the current +20.3% YoY (TTM) pace, whether the latest quarter’s +27.7% YoY growth is sustainable, and whether gross margin can stay near +60.2% while operating margin holds near +40.8%. There is no prior-print reaction history in the facts, so I won’t infer one.
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