TI reports third quarter 2024 financial results and shareholder returns

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Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN) reported its Q3 2024 financial results, revealing a revenue of $4.15 billion, an 8% decrease year-over-year but a 9% sequential increase. The company saw a net income of $1.36 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of $1.47, including a 3-cent benefit from non-guidance items. Operating profit dropped 18% to $1.55 billion. Cash flow from operations over the trailing 12 months was $6.2 billion, with free cash flow at $1.5 billion. TI invested $3.7 billion in R&D and SG&A, $4.8 billion in capital expenditures, and returned $5.2 billion to shareholders.

For Q4 2024, TI forecasts revenue between $3.70 billion and $4.00 billion and EPS between $1.07 and $1.29. The effective tax rate is expected to be around 13%.

Positive

• Sequential revenue increase of 9%
• Strong cash flow from operations at $6.2 billion over the trailing 12 months
• Free cash flow of $1.5 billion
• Returned $5.2 billion to shareholders in the last 12 months

Negative

• Year-over-year revenue decrease of 8%
• Operating profit decreased by 18%
• Net income dropped by 20%
• EPS declined by 21%
• Free cash flow decreased by 11%
• Stock repurchases dropped by 58%

Insights

Financial Analyst

Texas Instruments' Q3 2024 results show a mixed performance. Revenue of $4.15 billion decreased 8% year-over-year but increased 9% sequentially. The 8% YoY decline is concerning, especially in the Industrial segment. However, the sequential growth and other end markets' performance provide some optimism.

Net income of $1.36 billion and EPS of $1.47 represent YoY declines of 20% and 21% respectively, indicating margin pressure. The company's strong cash flow from operations of $6.2 billion for the trailing 12 months is a positive, highlighting the resilience of TI's business model.

The Q4 outlook of $3.70-$4.00 billion in revenue and EPS of $1.07-$1.29 suggests continued challenges. Investors should monitor the Industrial segment's performance and the impact of the company's significant investments in R&D ($3.7 billion) and capital expenditures ($4.8 billion) over the past 12 months.

Semiconductor Industry Expert

TI's results reflect broader semiconductor industry trends. The 8% YoY revenue decline aligns with the current cyclical downturn, particularly in Industrial markets. However, the sequential 9% growth could indicate a potential bottom, with other end markets showing improvement.

The company's continued investment in 300mm production is strategic, potentially improving long-term cost structure and competitiveness. The $4.8 billion capital expenditure over the past 12 months demonstrates TI's commitment to capacity expansion and technological advancement.

The $532 million cash benefit from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act is noteworthy, showcasing TI's ability to leverage government incentives. This could provide a competitive advantage in domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Investors should watch for further benefits from this Act and its impact on TI's future investments and profitability.

DALLAS, Oct. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today reported third quarter revenue of $4.15 billion, net income of $1.36 billion and earnings per share of $1.47. Earnings per share included a 3-cent benefit for items that were not in the company's original guidance.

Regarding the company's performance and returns to shareholders, Haviv Ilan, TI's president and CEO, made the following comments:

• "Revenue decreased 8% from the same quarter a year ago and increased 9% sequentially. Industrial continued to decline sequentially, while all other end markets grew.
• "Our cash flow from operations of $6.2 billion for the trailing 12 months again underscored the strength of our business model, the quality of our product portfolio and the benefit of 300mm production. Free cash flow for the same period was $1.5 billion.
• "Over the past 12 months we invested $3.7 billion in R&D and SG&A, invested $4.8 billion in capital expenditures and returned $5.2 billion to owners.
• "TI's fourth quarter outlook is for revenue in the range of $3.70 billion to $4.00 billion and earnings per share between $1.07 and $1.29. We continue to expect our fourth quarter effective tax rate to be about 13%."

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

Earnings summary

(In millions, except per-share amounts)		Q3 2024			Q3 2023			Change
Revenue		$	4,151		$	4,532		(8) %
Operating profit		$	1,554		$	1,892		(18) %
Net income		$	1,362		$	1,709		(20) %
Earnings per share		$	1.47		$	1.85		(21) %

 

Cash generation

					Trailing 12 Months
(In millions)		Q3 2024			Q3 2024			Q3 2023			Change
Cash flow from operations		$	1,732		$	6,244		$	6,538		(4) %
Capital expenditures		$	1,316		$	4,776		$	4,890		(2) %
Free cash flow		$	416		$	1,468		$	1,648		(11) %
Free cash flow % of revenue						9.3 %			9.1 %

 

Cash return

					Trailing 12 Months
(In millions)		Q3 2024			Q3 2024			Q3 2023			Change
Dividends paid		$	1,187		$	4,736		$	4,499		5 %
Stock repurchases		$	318		$	457		$	1,076		(58) %
Total cash returned		$	1,505		$	5,193		$	5,575		(7) %

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Income		For Three Months Ended September 30,
(In millions, except per-share amounts)		2024			2023
Revenue		$	4,151		$	4,532
Cost of revenue (COR)			1,677			1,717
Gross profit			2,474			2,815
Research and development (R&D)			492			471
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)			428			452
Operating profit			1,554			1,892
Other income (expense), net (OI&E)			131			128
Interest and debt expense			131			98
Income before income taxes			1,554			1,922
Provision for income taxes			192			213
Net income		$	1,362		$	1,709
Diluted earnings per common share		$	1.47		$	1.85
Average shares outstanding:
Basic			913			908
Diluted			920			916
Cash dividends declared per common share		$	1.30		$	1.24
Supplemental Information (Quarterly, except as noted)
Provision for income taxes is based on the following:
Operating taxes (calculated using the estimated annual effective tax rate)		$	227		$	229
Discrete tax items			(35)			(16)
Provision for income taxes (effective taxes)		$	192		$	213
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		$	1,362		$	1,709
Income allocated to RSUs			(7)			(10)
Income allocated to common stock for diluted EPS		$	1,355		$	1,699

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets		September 30,
(In millions, except par value)		2024			2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	2,589		$	2,566
Short-term investments			6,163			6,382
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of ($23) and ($15)			1,862			1,976
Raw materials			393			401
Work in process			2,081			2,147
Finished goods			1,822			1,360
Inventories			4,296			3,908
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			962			265
Total current assets			15,872			15,097
Property, plant and equipment at cost			15,464			12,528
Accumulated depreciation			(3,662)			(3,208)
Property, plant and equipment			11,802			9,320
Goodwill			4,362			4,362
Deferred tax assets			941			632
Capitalized software licenses			229			138
Overfunded retirement plans			184			166
Other long-term assets			1,931			1,923
Total assets		$	35,321		$	31,638
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt		$	1,049		$	300
Accounts payable			794			713
Accrued compensation			721			707
Income taxes payable			108			108
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			1,014			824
Total current liabilities			3,686			2,652
Long-term debt			12,844			10,922
Underfunded retirement plans			117			141
Deferred tax liabilities			54			66
Other long-term liabilities			1,352			1,226
Total liabilities			18,053			15,007
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $25 par value. Shares authorized – 10; none issued			—			—
Common stock, $1 par value. Shares authorized – 2,400; shares issued – 1,741			1,741			1,741
Paid-in capital			3,813			3,280
Retained earnings			52,304			52,098
Treasury common stock at cost
Shares: September 30, 2024 – 829; September 30, 2023 – 833			(40,395)			(40,253)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes (AOCI)			(195)			(235)
Total stockholders' equity			17,268			16,631
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	35,321		$	31,638

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		For Three Months Ended September 30,
(In millions)		2024			2023
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income		$	1,362		$	1,709
Adjustments to net income:
Depreciation			383			303
Amortization of capitalized software			19			17
Stock compensation			87			79
Deferred taxes			(33)			(99)
Increase (decrease) from changes in:
Accounts receivable			(151)			(20)
Inventories			(190)			(179)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			(23)			28
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			13			27
Accrued compensation			149			145
Income taxes payable			155			(7)
Changes in funded status of retirement plans			(24)			26
Other			(15)			(92)
Cash flows from operating activities			1,732			1,937
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures			(1,316)			(1,495)
Proceeds from asset sales			—			1
Purchases of short-term investments			(1,845)			(3,080)
Proceeds from short-term investments			2,700			2,885
Other			(26)			(5)
Cash flows from investing activities			(487)			(1,694)
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid			(1,187)			(1,126)
Stock repurchases			(318)			(46)
Proceeds from common stock transactions			117			68
Other			(8)			(12)
Cash flows from financing activities			(1,396)			(1,116)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents			(151)			(873)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			2,740			3,439
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		$	2,589		$	2,566
Supplemental cash flow information
Investment tax credit (ITC) used to reduce income taxes payable		$	220		$	—
Total cash benefit related to the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act		$	220		$	—

 

Segment results

(In millions)		Q3 2024			Q3 2023			Change
Analog:
Revenue		$	3,223		$	3,353		(4) %
Operating profit		$	1,316		$	1,504		(13) %
Embedded Processing:
Revenue		$	653		$	890		(27) %
Operating profit		$	109		$	258		(58) %
Other:
Revenue		$	275		$	289		(5) %
Operating profit*		$	129		$	130		(1) %
* Includes 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.

		For 12 Months Ended September 30,
(In millions)		2024			2023			Change
Cash flow from operations (GAAP)*		$	6,244		$	6,538		(4) %
Capital expenditures			(4,776)			(4,890)
Free cash flow (non-GAAP)		$	1,468		$	1,648		(11) %
Revenue		$	15,711		$	18,112
Cash flow from operations as a percentage of revenue (GAAP)			39.7 %			36.1 %
Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue (non-GAAP)			9.3 %			9.1 %
* Includes a cash benefit of $532 million from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act ITC used to reduce income taxes payable for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024.

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

• 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, suppliers and other third parties;
• 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, our timely implementation of new manufacturing technologies and installation of manufacturing equipment, and our ability to realize expected returns on significant investments in manufacturing capacity;
• Availability and cost of key materials, utilities, manufacturing equipment, third-party manufacturing services and manufacturing technology;
• Our ability to recruit and retain skilled personnel and effectively manage key employee succession;
• Product liability, warranty or other claims relating to our products, software, 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;
• 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 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; 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 and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise systems. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.

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FAQ

What were Texas Instruments' Q3 2024 revenue and net income?

Texas Instruments reported Q3 2024 revenue of $4.15 billion and net income of $1.36 billion.

How did Texas Instruments' Q3 2024 earnings per share compare to the previous year?

Earnings per share for Q3 2024 were $1.47, a 21% decrease from $1.85 in Q3 2023.

What is Texas Instruments' revenue outlook for Q4 2024?

Texas Instruments forecasts Q4 2024 revenue to be between $3.70 billion and $4.00 billion.

How much did Texas Instruments return to shareholders in the last 12 months?

Texas Instruments returned $5.2 billion to shareholders over the past 12 months.

What is the expected effective tax rate for Texas Instruments in Q4 2024?

The expected effective tax rate for Texas Instruments in Q4 2024 is about 13%.