Texas Instruments Q3 ’23 Dividend Announcement
21 September 2023 I Dallas, TX
The board of directors of Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.30 per common share, an increase of approximately 5% from the previous quarterly dividend of $1.24.
For calendar year 2023, this marks the twenty first dividend change for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All twenty one changes were increases. The average dividend increase is 6.09% compared with December 31, 2022 indicated levels.
Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months, increased, decreased, or had no change in dividend.
From the press release: “Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today said it will raise its quarterly cash dividend 5%, from $1.24 per share to $1.30, or $5.20 annualized. The higher dividend will be payable November 14, 2023, to stockholders of record on October 31, 2023, contingent upon formal declaration by the board of directors at its regular meeting in October.
The increase is consistent with TI’s long-term objective for dividends by providing a sustainable and growing dividend and reflects the company’s continued commitment to return all free cash flow to its owners over time. Today’s announcement marks 20 consecutive years of dividend increases.”1
About the company: “Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, tests and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems. Our passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors is alive today, as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology smaller, more efficient, more reliable and more affordable – making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. We think of this as Engineering Progress. It’s what we do and have been doing for decades. Learn more at TI.com.”1
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