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Texas Instruments key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Texas Instruments had return on equity of 30.1%, an operating margin of 34.1%, debt equal to 87.0% of equity and a current ratio of 4.35. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Texas Instruments: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin47.9%53.6%49.3%49.7%52.1%56.9%58.3%61.8%64.3%65.1%63.7%64.1%67.5%68.8%62.9%58.1%57.0%60.2%
Operating margin19.1%32.3%21.8%15.4%23.2%30.3%33.2%36.3%40.7%42.5%39.8%40.8%48.8%50.6%41.8%34.9%34.1%40.8%
Net margin14.1%23.1%16.3%13.7%17.7%21.6%23.0%26.9%24.6%35.4%34.9%38.7%42.4%43.7%37.2%30.7%28.3%34.3%
Free-cash-flow margin18.1%18.8%17.8%22.8%24.4%28.1%29.6%30.5%31.2%38.4%40.3%38.0%34.3%29.6%7.7%9.6%14.7%35.2%
Return on equity15.1%32.0%20.9%16.1%19.9%26.6%29.4%35.2%35.4%57.7%56.1%61.8%69.0%62.7%41.4%28.4%30.1%40.1%
Return on assets12.1%25.3%13.2%8.7%11.1%15.5%17.8%22.0%21.6%32.1%28.5%29.9%35.3%33.7%21.9%14.1%14.3%19.9%
Asset turnover0.861.090.810.630.630.720.770.820.880.910.820.770.830.770.590.460.500.58
Current ratio3.853.562.242.402.922.792.773.293.873.274.134.285.334.704.554.124.355.59
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%51.1%51.9%47.7%44.6%41.5%34.6%39.7%56.7%65.7%74.6%58.5%60.4%66.9%81.1%87.0%71.1%
Effective tax rate27.1%29.1%24.3%9.1%21.5%27.2%29.2%27.1%39.4%16.5%12.4%7.0%12.9%12.8%12.2%12.0%12.4%12.5%
R&D as % of revenue14.2%11.2%12.5%14.6%12.5%10.4%9.7%10.1%10.1%9.9%10.7%10.6%8.5%8.3%10.6%12.5%11.8%10.1%
SG&A as % of revenue12.7%10.9%11.9%14.1%15.2%14.1%13.3%13.0%11.3%10.7%11.4%11.2%9.1%8.5%10.4%11.5%10.5%9.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue7.2%8.6%5.9%3.9%3.4%3.0%4.2%4.0%4.6%7.2%5.9%4.5%13.4%14.0%28.9%30.8%25.7%12.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income128.6%81.2%109.1%165.9%137.5%130.1%128.8%113.6%126.8%108.6%115.6%98.1%81.0%67.7%20.7%31.2%52.0%102.9%
Dividends ÷ net income38.6%18.3%28.8%46.6%54.3%46.9%48.4%45.8%57.1%45.8%60.0%61.2%50.0%49.1%70.0%99.9%100.0%72.7%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow80.5%116.2%107.3%89.7%136.0%113.2%108.8%92.5%99.8%126.4%102.9%108.9%70.1%133.6%359.5%382.1%248.8%79.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $36.8bn
Short-term assets $16.9bnLonger-term assets $20.0bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $36.8bn
Short-term liabilities $3.0bnLonger-term liabilities $14.6bnShareholders' equity $19.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $16.9bn of assets due within a year against $3.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $16.9bn short-term assets against $14.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $4.2bn of cash against $13.6bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 71% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 52% to 71% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $9.9bn of operating cash flow against $13.6bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Texas Instruments's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

96 /100

Strong moat

How hard Texas Instruments's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 40.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 19 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 63.9%, moving by 3.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 20 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 40.7%; its worst year was 34.3%.

  • Cash conversion 20 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 32.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 2.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Texas Instruments's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 24, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Texas Instruments.