Texas Instruments’ Guidance Pleases Skeptics With Mid-Quarter Update

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Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) has issued its mid-quarter update as a harbinger of what to expect for its third quarter report.  The chip-maker sees earnings of $0.38 to $0.42 EPS and sees sales of $3.27 to $3.41 billion. When the company gave its earnings report in July its third quarter guidance was $0.34 to $0.42 in earnings per share and $3.21 to $3.47 billion in revenue. Be advised that TI did say that earnings would hit by $0.07 in charges when it gave guidance last quarter.

Thomson Reuters had estimates as of this morning at $0.45 EPS and $3.34 billion in revenue. Unfortunately, TI gave no other details and they may not even come out in the conference call.

TI shares closed down by 0.3% at $28.58 against a 52-week range of $25.78 to $34.24.  Thomson Reuters has a consensus analyst price target of $31.46. Shares are trading up 1.4% at $28.98 in the after-hours session since its guidance did not have a warning in it. It may also be worth noting that TI shares closed between some key moving averages today: the 200-day moving average is $30.05 and the 50-day moving average is $28.31.

We would note that Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) led the chip sector off with a bad warning last week and shares finally closed up marginally today. Intel shares lost over 7% of their value in the two trading sessions combined after the warning.

The Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF (NYSEMKT: SMH) has not been battered along with Intel and its shares closed up 0.5% at $32.58 on Tuesday. This chip-stock ETF saw its shares gain by 0.4% to $32.70 initially in the after-hours session.

JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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