Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI – Get Free Report) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.580-1.780 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.660. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.4 billion-$2.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.5 billion. Analog Devices also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.58-1.78 EPS.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on ADI shares. UBS Group upped their price objective on Analog Devices from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Analog Devices in a research note on Thursday. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $270.00 target price (up previously from $245.00) on shares of Analog Devices in a research report on Thursday. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Analog Devices from $230.00 to $248.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Barclays dropped their price target on Analog Devices from $250.00 to $210.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Analog Devices presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $255.19.
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Analog Devices Stock Down 0.0 %
Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The semiconductor company reported $1.63 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.09. Analog Devices had a net margin of 16.75% and a return on equity of 8.91%. The company had revenue of $2.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.73 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Analog Devices will post 7.11 EPS for the current year.
Analog Devices Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 4th will be issued a $0.99 dividend. This is a boost from Analog Devices’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.92. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 4th. This represents a $3.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.62%. Analog Devices’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 117.20%.
Analog Devices announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, February 18th that authorizes the company to buyback $10.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the semiconductor company to buy up to 9.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, CEO Vincent Roche sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.49, for a total value of $2,154,900.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 21,983 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,737,116.67. This trade represents a 31.27 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.33% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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.
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