World No.1 in analog chips

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments is the world No.1 in analog chips, broadly supplying power and signal ICs across industrial, automotive and electronics. Unlike analog peers that lean on foundries, it runs its own 300mm fabs at scale to in-source long-term cost and supply (with some mature nodes outsourced to UMC), buying front-end tools from Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron and ASML. Its results are governed by the industrial and automotive inventory cycle.

TXN Updated Jul 12, 2026 5 AI consumers· 4 recurring

Per the valuechain.wiki graph, Texas Instruments is directly linked to 7 companies (6 supply, 1 revenue relationships) and reaches 23 companies within two hops; the links are backed by 9 dated sources, 4 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

Annual return · 2026-09-04'21+17.5%'22-9.9%'23+6.4%'24+13.1%'25-4.5%YTD+51.5%
Money inindustrial & automotive OEM (undisclosed)Revenue $17.68AppleMarket share >19%
Texas Instruments$17.68bn

Financials & Segments

  • Total revenue · $17.68bn (FY2025, +13%)
  • Customer concentration · World No.1 in analog (Analog $14.01bn).
  • Segments · World No.1 in analog chips

Revenue from

  • industrial & automotive OEM (undisclosed) Medium confidence· Revenue $17.68 · FY2025 · TI FY2025 revenue (+13%, Analog $14.01B, Embedded $2.70B)
    Supplies analog and power ICs to industrial and automotive OEMs.
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Feb 20, 2026: Texas Instruments FY2025 Annual Report
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Jan 1, 2025: Texas Instruments Form 10-K
  • Apple Low confidence· Market share >19% · 2024 · global analog share
    Supplies analog and power ICs to Apple.
    Confirms EN TI official results Published Jan 27, 2026: TI official results — texas-instruments results
    Confirms KO Wikipedia Published Jan 1, 2026: Texas Instruments (No.1 analog; industrial/auto)
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Jan 1, 2025: Texas Instruments Form 10-K
    Confirms EN Mordor Published Jan 1, 2025: Analog semiconductor market (TI No.1)

Pays to

  • Applied Materials High confidence
    Purchases front-end equipment from Applied Materials.
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Jan 1, 2025: Texas Instruments Form 10-K
    Confirms EN Mordor Published Jan 1, 2025: Analog semiconductor market (TI No.1)
  • ASML Medium confidence
    Buys front-end equipment from ASML.
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Jan 1, 2025: Texas Instruments Form 10-K
    Confirms EN Mordor Published Jan 1, 2025: Analog semiconductor market (TI No.1)
  • Synopsys Medium confidence
    Pays for synopsys EDA tools and IP licenses.
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Dec 22, 2025: Synopsys FY2025 annual report (10-K)
    Confirms EN SemiAnalysis Published Sep 1, 2025: EDA Market Primer
  • Cadence Design Systems Medium confidence
    Pays for cadence EDA tools and IP licenses.
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Feb 19, 2026: Cadence FY2025 annual report (10-K)
    Confirms EN SemiAnalysis Published Sep 1, 2025: EDA Market Primer
  • United Microelectronics (UMC) Medium confidence
    Pays UMC for mature-node foundry.
    Confirms EN Tom's Hardware Published Jun 15, 2025: UMC mature-node roadmap and major customers (TI, MediaTek, Qualcomm)
  • Tokyo Electron (TEL) Medium confidence
    Purchases front-end equipment from Tokyo Electron.
    Confirms EN Mordor Published Jan 1, 2025: Analog semiconductor market (TI No.1)
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Jan 1, 2025: Texas Instruments Form 10-K
  • components, materials & R&D (undisclosed) Low confidence
    Parts, materials and R&D (undisclosed).
    Confirms EN SEC EDGAR Published Jan 1, 2025: Texas Instruments Form 10-K

Value-chain ripple (2 tiers)

Following node-to-node links up to 2 tiers; each firm is shown once, at its nearest tier.

CompanyChain'21'22'23'24'25YTD
Target Corporationlead2+32.9-34.2-1.4-2.3-24.5+72.9
T-Mobile US, Inc.lead2-14+20.7+15+39.7-6.6-9.2
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.lead2-14.5-41.4+54.6+14.4+39.1-16.1
Applelead1+34.6-26.4+49+30.7+9.1+18
Texas Instrumentsnode+17.5-9.9+6.4+13.1-4.5+51.5
United Microelectronics (UMC)benef1+43.2-40.3+39.2-19+28.8+168.9
Applied Materialsbenef1+83.6-37.5+68+1.1+59.6+77.6
ASMLbenef1+64.1-30.5+39.9-7.7+55.8+61.1
Tokyo Electron (TEL)benef1+40.4-14.5+89.8-4.4+61.6+30.3
Cadence Design Systemsbenef1+36.6-13.8+69.6+10.3+4-6.4
Synopsysbenef1+42.1-13.4+61.3-5.7-3.2-16.2
Ichor Holdingsbenef2+52.7-41.7+25.4-4.2-42.8+205.9
GlobalWafersbenef2+26.9-29.9+14.3-39+48.9+98.1
Lam Researchbenef2+53.7-40.7+88.6-6.8+139.2+80.1
MKS Instrumentsbenef2+16.4-51+22.6+2.2+54.4+63.3
KLAbenef2+68-11.2+56+9.4+94.5+53.3
Advanced Energy Industriesbenef2-5.7-5.4+27.5+6.6+81.6+34.3
SMC Corporationbenef2+0.9+4.5+28.6-28+4.2+12.5
Parker-Hannifin Corporationbenef2+18.3-6.9+60.8+39.6+39.5+10.2
TCK (Tokai Carbon Korea)benef2-10.1-16.9+2.8-28.7+225.7+5.9
Hana Materialsbenef2+106-30.5+26.1-47.4+173.9-25.4

YTD as of 2026-09-04 · source: Yahoo Finance

Texas Instruments is the World No.1 in analog chips. It is up +51.5% in 2026. The supply side (avg +84.5%) has moved harder than the stock (+51.5%). That is the classic bottleneck pattern: supplier volume leverage is being priced before this layer's own margin. Among connected nodes the furthest ahead is United Microelectronics (UMC) (+168.9%) and the furthest behind is Apple (+18%). If chain logic explains the gap, the laggard is the next propagation candidate; if not, the link itself deserves a second look. Its results are governed by the industrial and automotive inventory cycle.

Analysis generated from returns as of 2026-09-04

Analyst ratings

Consensus: Buy 2 · Hold 0 · Sell 1 · Avg. target $309 · Price $258.44 (09-04) · Upside +20%

BrokerRatingTargetPublished
BofA SecuritiesBuy ($320→$370)$370May 25, 2026Report
Seaport Research Partners · Jay GoldbergBuy$400May 22, 2026Report
Goldman Sachs · James SchneiderSell$156Dec 15, 2025Report

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