Valeo Financial Advisors LLC Has $1.14 Million Stake in Analog Devices, Inc. $ADI

Valeo Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,794 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Analog Devices were worth $1,141,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Analog Devices by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 49,465,370 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $9,975,681,000 after purchasing an additional 359,841 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in shares of Analog Devices by 26.7% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 11,425,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,304,098,000 after buying an additional 2,407,460 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Analog Devices by 0.3% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,935,224 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $793,616,000 after buying an additional 12,666 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its position in Analog Devices by 29.2% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 3,892,848 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $785,071,000 after acquiring an additional 880,636 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 1.9% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 3,397,181 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $685,109,000 after purchasing an additional 63,566 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.81% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on ADI shares. Benchmark lifted their target price on Analog Devices from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Analog Devices from $215.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 21st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Analog Devices in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $290.00 target price (up previously from $260.00) on shares of Analog Devices in a report on Monday, July 7th. Finally, Noble Financial raised shares of Analog Devices to an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $275.29.

Analog Devices Stock Down 3.6%

NASDAQ:ADI opened at $233.75 on Wednesday. Analog Devices, Inc. has a 1 year low of $158.65 and a 1 year high of $258.13. The company has a current ratio of 2.32, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The stock has a market cap of $114.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.63, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.09. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $241.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $223.76.

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 20th. The semiconductor company reported $2.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.95 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $2.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.76 billion. Analog Devices had a return on equity of 10.32% and a net margin of 18.85%.Analog Devices’s quarterly revenue was up 24.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.58 EPS. Analog Devices has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.120-2.320 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Analog Devices, Inc. will post 7.14 earnings per share for the current year.

Analog Devices Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.99 per share. This represents a $3.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 2nd. Analog Devices’s dividend payout ratio is currently 101.02%.

Insider Activity at Analog Devices

In related news, SVP Katsufumi Nakamura sold 2,490 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.03, for a total transaction of $617,594.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 13,549 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,360,558.47. This represents a 15.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Edward H. Frank sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $242.74, for a total value of $242,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,118 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,242,343.32. The trade was a 16.35% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 52,240 shares of company stock worth $12,980,578. Corporate insiders own 0.33% of the company’s stock.

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems products in the United States, rest of North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, and rest of Asia. The company 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.