Question

1. Texas Instruments was referred to you in the chapter as being an innovator in the calculator industry. But that is only one of its products. Let’s see how this large company is doing today. Go to finance.yahoo.com can in the “Quote Lookup” box type “TXN” and select ‘Texas Instruments Incorporated”.
2. Click on “Profile”. Write a one-paragraph description of its major operations.
3. Returning to TXN’s summary page, record the following:

1. Last trade price
2. 52-week low
3. 52-week high

4. Now click on “Chart” and scroll down to see the pattern for the last year. Scroll up and click on “5Y” and scroll down to the summary data for five years. Finally, click on “Comparison” and select the S&P 500 (Standard & Poor’s500 Stock Index). Scroll down and review the summary data for that period. Write a paragraph describing TXN’s stock performance.

Answer 1

Texas instrument is involved in the business of semiconductors. It focuses on 2 segments
1. Analog processing.
2. Embedded Processing.

The Analog segment offers power products.

The Embedded Processing segment offers connected microcontrollers.

Texas instrument:
Last Trade price = $117.01
52 week high: 132.20
52 wee low: 87.70

Texas instrument returns has outperformed the S&P 500 index by more than 2 times.
Texas instrument had nearly110% growth in the past 5 years.
Whereas S&P 500 had a 50% growth in the past 5 years.