Analog Devices Inc

Analog Devices Inc (ADI) is an American multinational semiconductor company specialising in data conversion, signal processing and power management technology. Analog Devices Inc has its headquarters in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

In 2012, Analog Devices Inc led the worldwide data converter market with a 48.5% share. Analog Devices Inc manufactures analogue, mixed-signal and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits (ICs) used in electronic equipment.

These technologies are used to convert, condition and process real-world phenomena, such as light, sound, temperature, motion, and pressure into electrical signals. Analog Devices Inc has approximately 100 000 customers in industries like communications, computer, instrumentation, military/aerospace, automotive, and consumer electronics applications.

Analog Devices Inc has a rich history that dates to 1965. Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, two MIT graduates, founded the company and released its first product, the model 101 op amp shortly after. In 1967, the company published the first issue of its technical magazine, Analog Dialogue.

In 1969, Analog Devices Inc became a publicly traded company and ten years later it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1973, Analog Devices Inc was the first to launch laser trim wafers and the first CMOS digital-to-analogue converter.

Analog Devices Inc reported over $1 billion in company revenue by 1996 and named Jerald Fishman president and CEO, a position he held until his death in 2013. By 2000, Analog Devices Inc’s sales grew to $2.578 Billion, and the company acquired five companies including BCO Technologies PLC, a manufacturer of thick film semiconductors, for $150 million.

By 2004, Analog Devices Inc had a customer base of 60 000 and its portfolio included over 10 000 products. In July 2016, Analog Devices Inc acquired Linear Technology in an approximately $14.8 billion cash and stock deal.

In July 2025, Analog Devices Inc acquired Maxim Integrated in an all-stock deal that values the combined company at $68 billion. Analog Devices Inc. designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems that leverage analogue, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing technologies.

Analog Devices Inc offers data converter products, which translate real-world analogue signals into digital data, as well as translates digital data into analogue signals. Analog Devices Inc also provides power management and reference products for power management and conversion applications in the automotive, communications, industrial, and high-end consumer markets.

Analog Devices Inc serves clients in the industrial, automotive, consumer, and communications markets through a direct sales force, third-party distributors, and independent sales representatives in the United States, the rest of North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, and rest of Asia, as well as through its website. Analog Devices Inc oversees a high-value product portfolio which include Analog Devices products like analogue signal processing and digital signal processing technologies. The latter include data converters, amplifiers, radio frequency (RF) technologies, embedded processors, or digital signal processing (DSP) ICs, power management, and interface products.

Today, Analog Devices Inc is truly one of the most valuable technology companies in the world with a market capitalization of US$ 60.322 billion recorded in July 2025. In 2025 the total staff compliment for Analog Devices Inc was more than 15,900.

Following an almost double rise from a low in March 2025, the current price of $160 per share has further upside potential and is up almost 30% from the level it was at before the pandemic. Experts believe that Analog Devices Inc stock could rise more than 10% to set new highs driven by expectations of continued demand growth and strong Q1 2025 results despite the pandemic.

The numbers behind this thinking are found in historic financial reports over the last years: The Analog Devices Inc stock price rise since 2018-end came despite a 10% drop in revenue from $6.2 billion in FY 2018 to $5.6 billion in FY 2025. Net margins dropped from 24% to 22% over this period, as a drop in ASPs led to a drop in gross margins. Despite a 1% drop in outstanding share count, EPS dropped 18% from $4.05 in 2018 to $3.31 in 2025.

Analog Devices Inc price-to-earnings (P/E) rose from 21x in 2018 to 45x by 2025, as the company experienced the post mid-2020 rally in technology stocks. This has further jumped to almost 49x recently and the company’s P/E ratio can increase more soon on expectations of continuing demand growth and a favourable shareholder return policy that drives the stock price higher.

The global spread of Coronavirus has caused a much lower demand for computing and hardware devices across all markets, which resulted in lower semiconductor demand, and lower demand for Analog Devices Inc products. Demand has however recovered since late-2020, as is evident from Analog Devices Inc’s Q1 2025 earnings (ending January), where revenue came in at $1.56 billion, up from $1.3 billion in Q1 2025.

Analog Devices Inc trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol ADI. Analog Devices Inc forms part of both the NASDAQ-100 and S&P 500 component. An analysis on the market performance for the first quarter of 2025 indicated a total revenue of US$ 6,202,296,000 along with a gross profit of $ 4,177,670,000 and EBITDA of US$ 2,686,193,000.

For Analog Devices Inc, shares go up steadily, according to the Semiconductor – Analog and Mixed industry over the same time periods. Shares are looking quite well from a longer period too, as its monthly price change compares favourably with the industry’s performance as well.

Considering longer term price metrics, like performance over the last three months or year, can be advantageous as well. Over the past quarter, shares of Analog Devices have risen 14.49%, and are up 35.69% in the last year. Investors should also take note of Analog Devices Inc ‘s average 20-day trading volume since it establishes a good price-to-volume baseline.

A rising stock with above average volume is generally a bullish sign, whereas a declining stock on above average volume is typically bearish. ADI is currently averaging 2,830,094 shares. Over the past two months, 13 earnings estimates moved higher compared to none lower for the full year.

Looking at the next fiscal year, 9 estimates have moved upwards while there have been no downward revisions at the same time. Analog Devices Inc. shareholders have witnessed a decrease in hedge fund sentiment of late. ADI was in 50 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the first quarter of 2025. The all-time high is 58.

Data from this analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.

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