TI reports third quarter 2021 financial results and shareholder returns

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Texas Instruments (TXN) reported Q3 2021 revenue of $4.64 billion, a 22% increase year-over-year, with net income at $1.95 billion and earnings per share of $2.07. Strong demand in industrial, automotive, and personal electronics fueled growth, with analog revenue up 24% and embedded processing 13%. Cash flow from operations reached $8.5 billion over the trailing 12 months, with free cash flow at $7.1 billion. The company returned $4.2 billion to shareholders, increasing dividends by 13%.

For Q4, TI expects revenue between $4.22 billion and $4.58 billion.

Positive

• Revenue increased 22% YoY to $4.64 billion.
• Net income rose 44% to $1.95 billion.
• Earnings per share grew 43% to $2.07.
• Analog revenue grew 24% and Embedded Processing by 13%.
• Cash flow from operations for the past 12 months was $8.5 billion.
• Free cash flow was $7.1 billion, representing 41% of revenue.
• Returned $4.2 billion to shareholders, with a 13% dividend increase.

Negative

• Stock repurchases decreased by 87%, totaling $139 million.
• Total cash returned to shareholders fell by 35% to $1.08 billion.

DALLAS, Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today reported third quarter revenue of $4.64 billion, net income of $1.95 billion and earnings per share of $2.07.

Regarding the company's performance and returns to shareholders, Rich Templeton, TI's chairman, president and CEO, made the following comments:

• "Revenue increased 22% from the same quarter a year ago due to strong demand in industrial, automotive and personal electronics. Analog revenue grew 24% and Embedded Processing grew 13% from the same quarter a year ago.
• "Our cash flow from operations of $8.5 billion for the trailing 12 months again underscored the strength of our business model. Free cash flow for the same period was $7.1 billion and 41% of revenue. This reflects the quality of our product portfolio, as well as the efficiency of our manufacturing strategy, including the benefit of 300-millimeter production.
• "We returned $4.2 billion to owners in the past 12 months through dividends and stock repurchases. Over the same period, our dividend represented 53% of free cash flow, underscoring its sustainability. In September, we announced we would increase our dividend by 13%.
• "TI's fourth quarter outlook is for revenue in the range of $4.22 billion to $4.58 billion and earnings per share between $1.83 and $2.07. We continue to expect our 2021 annual operating tax rate to be about 14%."

Free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, is cash flow from operations less capital expenditures.

Earnings summary

Amounts are in millions of dollars, except per-share amounts.

	Q3 2021			Q3 2020			Change
Revenue	$	4,643		$	3,817		22%
Operating profit	$	2,305		$	1,609		43%
Net income	$	1,947		$	1,353		44%
Earnings per share	$	2.07		$	1.45		43%

 

Cash generation

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

				Trailing 12 Months
	Q3 2021			Q3 2021			Q3 2020			Change
Cash flow from operations	$	2,428		$	8,524		$	5,768		48%
Capital expenditures	$	486		$	1,392		$	600		132%
Free cash flow	$	1,942		$	7,132		$	5,168		38%
Free cash flow % of revenue				40.6%			37.6%

 

Cash return

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

				Trailing 12 Months
	Q3 2021			Q3 2021			Q3 2020			Change
Dividends paid	$	942		$	3,761		$	3,330		13%
Stock repurchases	$	139		$	400		$	3,027		(87)%
Total cash returned	$	1,081		$	4,161		$	6,357		(35)%

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Income		For Three Months Ended September 30,
(Millions of dollars, except share and per-share amounts)		2021			2020
Revenue		$	4,643		$	3,817
Cost of revenue (COR)		1,491			1,364
Gross profit		3,152			2,453
Research and development (R&D)		388			386
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)		412			407
Acquisition charges		47			51
Restructuring charges/other		—			—
Operating profit		2,305			1,609
Other income (expense), net (OI&E)		15			27
Interest and debt expense		45			49
Income before income taxes		2,275			1,587
Provision for income taxes		328			234
Net income		$	1,947		$	1,353
Diluted earnings per common share		$	2.07		$	1.45
Average shares outstanding (millions):
Basic		923			917
Diluted		936			929
Cash dividends declared per common share		$	1.02		$	.90
Supplemental Information
(Quarterly, except as noted)
Our annual operating tax rate, which does not include discrete tax items, was 14% in both periods.
Provision for income taxes is based on the following:
Operating taxes (calculated using the estimated annual effective tax rate)		$	337		$	231
Discrete tax items		(9)			3
Provision for income taxes (effective taxes)		$	328		$	234
A portion of net income is allocated to unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) on which we pay dividend equivalents. Diluted EPS is calculated using the following:
Net income		$	1,947		$	1,353
Income allocated to RSUs		(9)			(6)
Income allocated to common stock for diluted EPS		$	1,938		$	1,347

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets		September 30,
(Millions of dollars, except share amounts)		2021			2020
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	5,663		$	2,822
Short-term investments		4,119			2,696
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of ($9) and ($12)		1,653			1,392
Raw materials		224			192
Work in process		1,034			959
Finished goods		605			921
Inventories		1,863			2,072
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		287			277
Total current assets		13,585			9,259
Property, plant and equipment at cost		6,661			5,698
Accumulated depreciation		(2,640)			(2,508)
Property, plant and equipment		4,021			3,190
Goodwill		4,362			4,362
Acquisition-related intangibles		9			189
Deferred tax assets		309			299
Capitalized software licenses		88			133
Overfunded retirement plans		252			227
Other long-term assets		647			548
Total assets		$	23,273		$	18,207
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt		$	500		$	550
Accounts payable		596			411
Accrued compensation		665			656
Income taxes payable		101			44
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		551			524
Total current liabilities		2,413			2,185
Long-term debt		7,239			6,247
Underfunded retirement plans		129			103
Deferred tax liabilities		86			69
Other long-term liabilities		1,255			1,278
Total liabilities		11,122			9,882
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $25 par value. Authorized – 10,000,000 shares; none issued		—			—
Common stock, $1 par value. Authorized – 2,400,000,000 shares
Shares issued – 1,740,815,939		1,741			1,741
Paid-in capital		2,563			2,257
Retained earnings		44,847			41,305
Treasury common stock at cost
Shares: September 30, 2021 – 817,400,928; September 30, 2020 – 823,174,578		(36,687)			(36,643)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes (AOCI)		(313)			(335)
Total stockholders' equity		12,151			8,325
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	23,273		$	18,207

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		For Three Months Ended September 30,
(Millions of dollars)		2021			2020
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income		$	1,947		$	1,353
Adjustments to net income:
Depreciation		192			183
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles		47			51
Amortization of capitalized software		14			16
Stock compensation		50			50
Gains on sales of assets		(3)			(2)
Deferred taxes		12			(51)
Increase (decrease) from changes in:
Accounts receivable		(62)			(216)
Inventories		(13)			64
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		76			25
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		35			(13)
Accrued compensation		135			157
Income taxes payable		(10)			(208)
Changes in funded status of retirement plans		13			(1)
Other		(5)			35
Cash flows from operating activities		2,428			1,443
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures		(486)			(146)
Proceeds from asset sales		3			2
Purchases of short-term investments		(1,693)			(2,540)
Proceeds from short-term investments		1,315			510
Other		(23)			(15)
Cash flows from investing activities		(884)			(2,189)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		1,495			—
Dividends paid		(942)			(825)
Stock repurchases		(139)			(15)
Proceeds from common stock transactions		75			123
Other		(19)			(9)
Cash flows from financing activities		470			(726)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents		2,014			(1,472)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		3,649			4,294
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		$	5,663		$	2,822

 

Segment results

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

	Q3 2021			Q3 2020			Change
Analog:
Revenue	$	3,548		$	2,865		24%
Operating profit	$	1,871		$	1,320		42%
Embedded Processing:
Revenue	$	738		$	651		13%
Operating profit	$	282		$	187		51%
Other:
Revenue	$	357		$	301		19%
Operating profit*	$	152		$	102		49%

* Includes acquisition charges and restructuring charges/other.

 

Non-GAAP financial information

This release includes references to free cash flow and ratios based on that measure. These are financial measures that were not prepared in accordance with GAAP. Free cash flow was calculated by subtracting capital expenditures from the most directly comparable GAAP measure, cash flows from operating activities (also referred to as cash flow from operations).

We believe that free cash flow and the associated ratios provide insight into our liquidity, our cash-generating capability and the amount of cash potentially available to return to shareholders, as well as insight into our financial performance. These non-GAAP measures are supplemental to the comparable GAAP measures.

Reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is provided in the table below.

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

	For 12 Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020			Change
Cash flow from operations (GAAP)	$	8,524		$	5,768		48%
Capital expenditures	(1,392)			(600)
Free cash flow (non-GAAP)	$	7,132		$	5,168		38%
Revenue	$	17,588		$	13,735
Cash flow from operations as a percentage of revenue (GAAP)	48.5%			42.0%
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue (non-GAAP)	40.6%			37.6%

 

This release also includes references to an annual operating tax rate, a non-GAAP term we use to describe the estimated annual effective tax rate, a GAAP measure that by definition does not include discrete tax items. We believe the term annual operating tax rate helps differentiate from the effective tax rate, which includes discrete tax items.

Notice regarding forward-looking statements

This release includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by phrases such as TI or its management "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "foresees," "forecasts," "estimates" or other words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements herein that describe TI's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.

We urge you to carefully consider the following important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations of TI or our management:

• The duration and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic, government and other third-party responses to it and the consequences for the global economy, including to our business and the businesses of our suppliers, customers and distributors;
• Economic, social and political conditions, and natural events in the countries in which we, our customers or our suppliers operate, including global trade policies;
• Market demand for semiconductors, particularly in the industrial and automotive markets, and customer demand that differs from forecasts;
• Our ability to compete in products and prices in an intensely competitive industry;
• Evolving cybersecurity and other threats relating to our information technology systems or those of our customers or suppliers;
• Our ability to successfully implement and realize opportunities from strategic, business and organizational changes, or our ability to realize our expectations regarding the amount and timing of associated restructuring charges and cost savings;
• Our ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a rapidly changing technological environment, and our timely implementation of new manufacturing technologies and installation of manufacturing equipment;
• Availability and cost of raw materials, utilities, manufacturing equipment, third-party manufacturing services and manufacturing technology;
• Product liability, warranty or other claims relating to our products, manufacturing, delivery, services, design or communications, or recalls by our customers for a product containing one of our parts;
• Compliance with or changes in the complex laws, rules and regulations to which we are or may become subject, or actions of enforcement authorities, that restrict our ability to operate our business or subject us to fines, penalties or other legal liability;
• Changes in tax law and accounting standards that impact the tax rate applicable to us, the jurisdictions in which profits are determined to be earned and taxed, adverse resolution of tax audits, increases in tariff rates, and the ability to realize deferred tax assets;
• A loss suffered by one of our customers or distributors with respect to TI-consigned inventory;
• Financial difficulties of our distributors or semiconductor distributors' promotion of competing product lines to our detriment; or disputes with current or former distributors;
• Losses or curtailments of purchases from key customers or the timing and amount of distributor and other customer inventory adjustments;
• Our ability to maintain or improve profit margins, including our ability to utilize our manufacturing facilities at sufficient levels to cover our fixed operating costs, in an intensely competitive and cyclical industry and changing regulatory environment;
• Our ability to maintain and enforce a strong intellectual property portfolio and maintain freedom of operation in all jurisdictions where we conduct business; or our exposure to infringement claims;
• Instability in the global credit and financial markets;
• Increases in health care and pension benefit costs;
• Our ability to recruit and retain skilled personnel, and effectively manage key employee succession; and
• Impairments of our non-financial assets.

For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the Risk factors discussion in Item 1A of TI's most recent Form 10-K. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. If we do update any forward-looking statement, you should not infer that we will make additional updates with respect to that statement or any other forward-looking statement.

About Texas Instruments

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.

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What were Texas Instruments' Q3 2021 earnings results?

Texas Instruments reported Q3 2021 revenue of $4.64 billion, net income of $1.95 billion, and earnings per share of $2.07.

What is Texas Instruments' revenue outlook for Q4 2021?

For Q4 2021, Texas Instruments expects revenue in the range of $4.22 billion to $4.58 billion.

How much cash flow did Texas Instruments generate in the past year?

Texas Instruments generated $8.5 billion in cash flow from operations over the trailing 12 months.

What is the dividend increase announced by Texas Instruments?

Texas Instruments announced a 13% increase in dividends.