Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) CEO Vincent Roche Sells 10,000 Shares

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) CEO Vincent Roche sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.95, for a total transaction of $2,349,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 163,640 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,447,218. This represents a 5.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Vincent Roche also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, October 1st, Vincent Roche sold 10,000 shares of Analog Devices stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $243.71, for a total transaction of $2,437,100.00.
• On Wednesday, August 27th, Vincent Roche sold 20,000 shares of Analog Devices stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $254.29, for a total transaction of $5,085,800.00.

Analog Devices Price Performance

Analog Devices stock traded down $4.23 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $229.38. The company had a trading volume of 3,828,360 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,771,483. Analog Devices, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $158.65 and a fifty-two week 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 company has a market cap of $112.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 58.52, a P/E/G ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.09. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $243.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $230.92.

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

Analog Devices Announces Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have commented on ADI shares. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on Analog Devices from $300.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Barclays boosted their price objective on Analog Devices from $185.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on shares of Analog Devices in a research report on Tuesday. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $300.00 price objective for the company. Benchmark upped their price objective on shares of Analog Devices from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 21st. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Analog Devices in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have issued a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $277.89.

Institutional Trading of Analog Devices

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Analog Devices by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 50,227,231 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,955,086,000 after buying an additional 761,861 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in Analog Devices by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 23,317,256 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,549,973,000 after purchasing an additional 506,507 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Analog Devices by 5.7% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,687,660 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,770,448,000 after purchasing an additional 633,425 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in Analog Devices by 26.7% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 11,425,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,304,098,000 after purchasing an additional 2,407,460 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in Analog Devices in the 2nd quarter worth $1,803,377,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.81% of the company’s stock.

Analog Devices Company Profile

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.