2 Overlooked Announcements You Can Capitalize On Now: Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) and More

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) invented the first transistor radio in 1954 and invented the first integrated circuit in 1958. Ever since then, Texas Instruments has been a major player in the technology sector. However, like most technology stocks, it took a beating in 2000 and has been struggling ever since. Is Texas Instruments now poised for a rebound?

Texas Instruments recently introduced two key innovations into the market that received little fanfare. Surprisingly, the stock dropped on the company’s fourth quarter earnings announcement. Below, I will explain why a rebound is likely here, and why investors should consider going long.

The News

In its recent fourth quarter earnings release, Texas Instruments reported that earnings beat analyst’s predictions by coming in at .36 cents per share; why then the near 1% drop in stock price? Perhaps it has much to do with Texas Instruments’ Q1 forecast being well below expectations. Texas Instruments reported that this expected downturn is due in large part to its exit from the wireless market.

However, while everyone focused on Texas Instruments’ earning report, many investors missed the following:

January 4, 2013: “Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s first single-chip, front-end power management unit (PMU) for battery-powered applications based on ARM Cortex A9 and A15 processors.”

January 29, 2013: “Texas Instruments announced the Smart Data Concentrator Evaluation Module (EVM) at DistribuTECH 2013.”

These two inventions are game changers. The EVM module can slash up to nine months from development time with advanced hardware and software functionalities that will allow mobile technology manufactures to reduce their lead times in bringing a new product to market. The PMY can reduce energy consumption by providing up to 95% power efficiency and reduces circuit board space requirements by 60%.

These two developments will have a significant impact on the tablet and portable electronic market. Consider the overall market for tablets and portable electronics in North America and the emerging markets in Asia, and you can get an idea of how “big” this could be for Texas Instruments.

The Market

According to recent reports, the portable battery market alone will reach $30.5 billion by 2015. When you consider that Texas Instruments’ hardware can increase battery efficiency to 95%, you can begin to see how significant this technology will become.

Over one billion smartphones were sold in 2011 alone, and mobile device sales, with tablets in particular, will grow by 7%; “IDC reported in December of 2012 that 122.3 million tablets will be sold in 2012, rising to 172.4 million units in 2013 and 282.7 million units in 2016.”

Furthermore, energy efficiency has become a very hot topic in India and North America. In fact, according to TI; “Customers are increasing design activity for applications that help improve energy efficiency, such as LED lights used in street lights, and renewable energy applications”