Analog Devices Inc ADI
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Analog Devices Inc is a mega-cap company in the Technology sector (Semiconductors), with a market value of $202.1B, based in the USA.
It employs about 24,500 people and has been listed since Apr 03, 1972.
Analog Devices, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, testing, and marketing of integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems products in the United States, rest of North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, and rest of Asia. It provides data converter products, which translate real-world analog signals into digital data, as well as translates digital data into analog signals; power management and reference products for power conversion, driver monitoring, sequencing, and energy management applications in the automotive, communications, industrial, and consumer markets; and power ICs that include performance, integration, and software design simulation tools for accurate power supply designs.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 48.1 versus 41.5 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (46 companies) — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 40% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 23.2 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 470.72, 13% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 88% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 33 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (1% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (30 vs 0).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 40% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (1.1% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 6.0% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
This week's news
- Analog Devices, AMD, KLA Corporation, Lam Research, and Marvell Technology Stocks Trade Up, What You Need To Know finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Analog Devices (ADI) Surpasses Market Returns: Some Facts Worth Knowing finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Analog Semiconductors Stocks Q2 Recap: Benchmarking Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- MCHP Expands Ethernet Portfolio: Can it Challenge TXN & ADI? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- 3 AI Infrastructure Stocks Retail Investors Are Watching As Data Center Spending Climbs finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- AI spending will fuel wins for Micron, Nvidia, Intel, and other chip stocks: BofA analyst finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.