Texas Instrumentsvs.Western Digital
TXN vs WDC · both in Chips & accelerators, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Designs and builds the processors, accelerators and memory that train and run AI.
Texas Instruments is about 1.9× larger than Western Digital by market cap; Western Digital trades at the lower P/E (14.6 vs 43.4); year to date, Western Digital leads (+128.3% vs +66.1%).
Side by side
| TXN | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $263B | $138B |
| Price | $283.74 | $397.28 |
| Today | −1.5% | +1.0% |
| Return YTD | +66.1% | +128.3% |
| Return 1Y | +58.7% | +224.6% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −0.6% | −32.3% |
| P/E | 43.4 | 14.6 |
| P/S | 13.5 | 10.6 |
| P/B | 14.6 | 15.5 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
Texas InstrumentsTXN
No one ships more analog chips and embedded processors: the parts that handle power and signal duties inside industrial equipment, cars and consumer electronics.
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