3 Things About Texas Instruments That Smart Investors Know

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) is often considered a safe long-term investment for conservative investors. Instead of developing expensive cutting-edge chips, TI only produces cheaper (albeit essential) analog and embedded chips for the automotive, industrial, personal electronics, communications infrastructure, and enterprise hardware markets. Pumping out large quantities of those cheaper chips enabled TI to generate plenty of cash for big buybacks and dividends.