All stocks have at least five fiscal years of dividend growth history and come from the U.S. Dividend Champions List. They have an average increase of 5.2% and a median increase of 4.2%. There are sixteen increases for next week, up from six last week.
Demand for semiconductors has been bumpy recently. While names like Nvidia are benefiting from the artificial intelligence boom, chip makers focused on other sectors aren't faring as well.
Texas Instruments reported good earnings last week, showing signs of an inflection. The company portrayed why its profitability metrics might be misleading at this point: There's a lot of operating leverage in the model. China was a highlight and should serve to tame fears around Texas Instruments' competitiveness in the country.
My investment strategy focuses on buying, holding, and adding to companies that consistently increase dividends and outperform benchmarks. I merge data from the "U.S. Dividend Champions" spreadsheet and NASDAQ to identify companies with a minimum of five years of dividend growth. All stocks have at least five fiscal years of dividend growth history and come from the U.S. Dividend Champions List.
Texas Instruments' revenue performance in Q3 was better than expected, but it is now entering a seasonally soft 6 months; meanwhile consensus estimates for Q4 have already been curtailed. TXN's key end market- Industrials continues to decline, whilst its second-biggest end market- Autos is only posting better trends on account of the Chinese market. Despite receiving favorable ITC to the tune o...
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: TI adds GaN manufacturing in Japan, quadrupling its internal GaN manufacturing capacity between its factories in the United States and Japan. TI's GaN-based semiconductors are in production and available now.
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