Texas Instruments' stock falls on weak forecast

• Texas Instruments reported second-quarter results on Tuesday that beat analyst expectations for revenue and earnings per share.
• However, the stock fell in extended trading after the company forecast third-quarter revenue that missed estimates.

Texas Instruments reported second-quarter results on Tuesday that beat analyst expectations for revenue and earnings. but the stock fell in extended trading due to a third-quarter forecast that missed estimates.

Here's how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates:

• Earnings per share: $1.41, vs. $1.35 estimated
• Revenue: $4.45 billion, vs. $4.36 billion estimated

Texas Instruments said it expects current quarter earnings between $1.36 and $1.60 per share, while analysts were looking for $1.50 per share. The company forecast revenue of $4.45 billion to $4.8 billion, for a midpoint of $4.625 billion. analysts were expecting revenue of $4.59 billion.

Revenue increased 16% in the second quarter from $3.82 billion in the same period a year earlier. Sales in the company's analog chip business, its largest, rose 18% to $3.5 billion, surpassing the StreetAccount estimate of $3.39 billion for the segment.

Net income rose 15% to $1.3 billion, or $1.41 per share, from $1.13 billion, or $1.22 per share, a year ago.

Texas Instruments is a key supplier of legacy semiconductors for automotive and industrial uses.

As of Tuesday's close, Texas Instruments shares were up 15% for the year on broader market optimism for chips. In June, the company said it would spend $60 billion to expand chipmaking factories in Texas and Utah, a move that was praised by the Trump administration in its push to bring more technology manufacturing to the U.S.