By Chris Lange
Publication Date: 2026-09-23 14:30:00
Texas Instruments and Broadcom both raise their dividends every year, but the gap between their yields and growth trajectories forces a choice that retirement investors rarely think through carefully enough.
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For a retirement portfolio built around semiconductor dividends, the choice today comes down to Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN | TXN Price Prediction) versus Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO): which chip dividend actually pays you better right now? One stock treats the dividend as the thesis. The other treats it as a byproduct of an AI story so large that the payout is almost incidental. Here is how they stack up on the three things that matter for income holders.
Dividend Today: Yield, Coverage, and Growth Streak
Texas Instruments just raised its quarterly cash dividend from $1.42 to $1.52 per share, taking the annualized forward payout to $6.08….
