Texas Instruments reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $5.46 billion, with net income of $1.98 billion and diluted earnings per share of $2.14. The Dallas-based analog chipmaker disclosed its results ahead of an earnings conference call held Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central time (TI Investor Relations).

A day later, STMicroelectronics released its own Q2 2026 figures. The Geneva-headquartered semiconductor firm posted net revenues of $3.49 billion, up 26% year-over-year (STMicroelectronics Investor Relations). Gross margin — the percentage of revenue left after subtracting the direct costs of producing the chips — came in at 34.8%. Operating income reached $187 million, and net income stood at $222 million (STMicroelectronics Newsroom). ST had pre-announced the timing of its earnings release and conference call on July 3, 2026 (STMicroelectronics Newsroom).

What Each Company Actually Makes

Both companies occupy adjacent but distinct positions in the semiconductor value chain. TI is the dominant player in analog and embedded processing — chips that handle real-world signals like temperature, sound, or voltage in everything from factory equipment to cars. STMicroelectronics competes in analog and discrete components as well, but carries heavier exposure to microcontrollers (small computers on a chip), MEMS sensors (the tiny devices that detect motion or pressure in your phone), and automotive-grade power semiconductors, including silicon carbide, a material used in high-voltage electric vehicle systems. The overlap between the two is meaningful enough that back-to-back quarterly results from each offer a useful read on demand conditions across the analog and mixed-signal landscape.

The Headline Comparison

The numbers invite a straightforward comparison. TI's revenue base is roughly 1.6 times ST's, consistent with the structural scale advantage the company holds in analog. On profitability, the divergence is sharper. TI's implied net margin for the quarter sits near 36.3%, using reported revenue of $5.46 billion against net income of $1.98 billion. Net margin is what's left as profit after all expenses — a measure of how efficiently a company converts sales into earnings. STMicroelectronics' net margin lands at approximately 6.4%, using net income of $222 million against revenue of $3.49 billion.

The gap reflects different product mixes, customer concentrations, and fab-utilization dynamics. TI's ownership of its 300mm wafer fabs — the factories where silicon wafers are processed into chips — has long underpinned its margin advantage over peers still reliant on smaller-diameter or externally sourced capacity. Larger wafers yield more chips per production run, lowering unit costs at scale.

ST's Growth Stands Out

STMicroelectronics' 26% year-over-year revenue growth stands out as the more dynamic data point in this pair. Sustained double-digit top-line expansion at that magnitude, if it continues into subsequent quarters, would mark a meaningful inflection for a company that navigated prolonged inventory destocking — the process where customers work through excess stock before placing new orders — across its industrial and automotive end markets in prior reporting periods. The 34.8% gross margin, however, sits well below the company's historical peak levels, suggesting that pricing pressure, product-mix headwinds, or underutilization charges are still weighing on unit economics even as volumes recover.

For TI, the $2.14 EPS figure and near-36% net margin indicate that the company's profitability remains structurally intact even as the analog cycle's recovery trajectory is the central question for investors. Without sequential or year-over-year comparisons in the disclosed figures, the market will look to the earnings call commentary for directional cues on industrial demand, automotive semiconductor orders, and capacity-utilization trends at the company's Richardson and Lehi 300mm fabs.

Standard Mid-Year Timing

The timing of the two releases, within roughly 24 hours of each other, reflects the standard mid-year reporting cadence for major semiconductor firms. TI's call on July 22 and ST's release on July 23 follow the sector's typical July earnings cluster, where peer companies report in close proximity to give analysts a rapid comparative read across the analog and mixed-signal segment.

What to Watch Next

The key tension here is between TI's margin stability and ST's growth trajectory. TI's results suggest the analog bellwether is maintaining profit discipline through the cycle's current phase. ST's 26% growth signals demand recovery, but the sub-7% net margin raises a critical question about whether the company can translate volume gains into operating leverage — meaning, can it grow revenue faster than its costs, so that each additional dollar of sales drops more to the bottom line. The 34.8% gross margin is the number to watch in coming quarters. If it expands in tandem with revenue, ST's earnings power improves materially. If it stays flat or compresses, the growth story carries less weight for shareholders.

Neither set of results, taken alone, settles the broader debate about where the semiconductor cycle stands. Analog and embedded processors tend to lag the broader chip market by one to two quarters, given the longer design-in cycles and inventory pipelines typical of industrial and automotive customers — these chips go into products with multi-year development timelines, so demand shifts more slowly than in, say, consumer smartphones. The real signal will come from the sequential trajectory in Q3 guidance and order-book commentary from both companies.

For now, the verified numbers tell a story of two companies at different points on the profitability curve. TI is converting revenue into earnings at industry-leading margins. ST is growing faster but earning less per dollar of sales. Whether that growth translates into margin expansion in the back half of 2026 is the question both management teams will face from analysts.