Texas Instruments Inc (TXN) Q2 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

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Texas Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: TXN)
Q2 2019 Earnings Call
Jul 23, 2019, 4:30 p.m. ET

Contents:

  • Prepared Remarks

  • Questions and Answers

  • Call Participants

Prepared Remarks:

Operator

Good day and welcome to the Texas Instruments 2Q '19 Earnings Release Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]

At this time, I'd like to turn the conference over to Mr. Dave Pahl. Please go ahead, sir.

Dave Pahl -- Vice President, Investor Relations

Good afternoon and thank you for joining our second quarter 2019 earnings conference call. Rafael Lizardi, TI's Chief Financial Officer is with me today. For any of you, who missed the release, you can find it on our website at ti.com/ir. This call is being broadcast live over the web and can be accessed through our website. A replay will be available through the web. This call will include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause TI's results to differ materially from management's current expectations. We encourage you to review the notice regarding forward-looking statements contained in the earnings release published today, as well as TI's most recent SEC filings for a more complete description.

For today's call, let me start by summarizing what Rafael and I will be reviewing. I'll be covering the following topics. First, a high level summary of the financial results for the second quarter, and second, some details by segment and end-market. Rafael will then review profitability, capital management results and then the outlook. After that, we'll open the call for Q&A .

Starting with high level summary of our second quarter financial results. The quarter progressed about as we expected with revenue decreasing 9% from a year ago, due to broad-based weakness. In our core businesses, analog revenue declined 6% and embedded processing revenue declined 16% compared with the same quarter a year ago. Both businesses year-on-year growth decelerated. Earnings per share were $1.36, including a $0.07 benefit for items not in our original guidance. The benefit includes $0.04 due to the previously announced sale of our Greenock, Scotland fab, with the balance primarily due to discrete tax benefits.

With that backdrop, I'll now provide details on our performance, which we believe continues to be representative of the ongoing strength of our business model. In the second quarter, our cash flow from operations was $1.8 billion. As we know each quarter, we believe that free cash flow growth, especially on a per share basis is most important to maximizing shareholder value in the long-term. We remain committed to returning all of our free cash flow to owners.