What to Expect When Texas Instruments Reports After the Close

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Published: January 22, 2020 11:00 am

Last Updated: January 30, 2020 10:52 am

Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter financial results after the markets close on Wednesday. The consensus estimates are calling for $1.02 in earnings per share (EPS) and $3.22 billion in revenue. In the same period of last year, the Dallas-based semiconductor maker said had $1.27 in EPS and $3.72 billion in revenue.

The stock was crushed after posting solid third-quarter results, with guidance being what really brought down the stock. Following that report, Jefferies weighed in on the company and its fourth-quarter outlook:

We believe Texas Instruments lowering its fourth quarter outlook is more of a catch-up to peers than a foreshadowing of negative cuts for the group. As the company runs 2/3 of its revs through its consignment inventory program vs. 10-20% for its peer group, it makes sense to us that the company would report downward revisions to estimates later than its peer group this inventory cycle. We argue that a proactive inventory destock should impact semis with traditional distribution models before it impacts semis with consignment inventory models. As such, we believe the pullback in shares post-earnings last week presents a compelling buying opportunity.

Jefferies has a Buy rating with a $150 price target, outpacing most other analysts, who seem to be on the sideline.

Excluding Wednesday’s move, Texas Instruments has outperformed the broad markets with the stock up about 32% in the past 52 weeks. However, in just the past quarter alone, the stock is only up 1%.

A few analysts weighed in on Texas Instruments ahead of the report: