Dividend Sleuthing: Texas Instruments
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Texas Instruments (TXN) is the world’s largest maker of analog chips, with a strong presence in sound and power technologies. TXN is a market share leader in digital signal processors for wireless communications, and microcontrollers that are widely used in electronics applications.
TXN has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. The current quarterly dividend is $1.02, up 13.3% from $.90. At the Q1 earnings call on April 27, CFO…