Does Texas Instruments Represent a Selling Opportunity?

Posted On January 24, 2019 2:49 pm
By: Steve Smith

Texas Instruments (TXN) shares are up over 6% to $102 following its earnings report. I think it represents a selling opportunity.

The company beat on the bottom line by $0.02 but missed revenues with a YoY decline. More worrisome is the company lowered next quarters guidance by some 17% to $1.12 per share saying they see no end to the slowdown.

TXN also guided for Q1 revenue of $3.34 billion to $3.62 billion, down 4% to 12% annually. Those guidance ranges fall mostly below consensus estimates of $3.6 billion and $1.20.

Other negatives include an increase in inventory from 131 days to 152 days, a drop in book-to-bill ratio to 0.98 ( a reading below 1.0 is considered negative) and a decline in operating margin.

Granted, the stock has sold off some 20% from the summer high, so it has some bad news built in. But it still trades at 20x trailing eps, which were at peak earnings and a relatively high p/e for this cyclical sector.

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Steve Smith

Steve Smith have been involved in all facets of the investment industry in a variety of roles ranging from speculator, educator, manager and advisor. This has taken him from the trading floors of Chicago to hedge funds on Wall Street to the world online. From 1987 to 1996, he served as a market maker at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). From 1997 to 2007, he was a Senior Columnist and Managing Editor for TheStreet.com, handling their Option Alert and Short Report newsletters. The Option Alert was awarded the MIN “best business newsletter” in 2006. From 2009 to 2013, Smith was a Senior Columnist and Managing Editor for Minyanville’s OptionSmith newsletter, as well as a Risk Manager Consultant for New Vernon Capital LLC. Smith acted as an advisor to build models and option strategies to reduce portfolio exposure and enhance returns for the four main funds. Since 2015, he has worked for Adam Mesh Trading Group. There, he has managed Options360 and Earning 360, been co-leader of Option Academy, and contributed to The Option Specialist website.