Analog Devices, Inc. $ADI Holdings Lowered by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP reduced its stake in Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) by 11.0% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,353,037 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 292,135 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned 0.48% of Analog Devices worth $578,117,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Howard Hughes Medical Institute bought a new position in Analog Devices during the 2nd quarter valued at $25,000. Clayton Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Analog Devices in the third quarter valued at $31,000. Y.D. More Investments Ltd bought a new position in Analog Devices during the third quarter valued at about $32,000. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA grew its holdings in Analog Devices by 92.9% during the third quarter. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA now owns 135 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the period. Finally, Valley Wealth Managers Inc. bought a new stake in Analog Devices in the third quarter worth about $38,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.81% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Analog Devices

In other Analog Devices news, Director Ray Stata sold 3,125 shares of Analog Devices stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $317.30, for a total transaction of $991,562.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 123,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $39,288,403.30. This trade represents a 2.46% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, SVP Katsufumi Nakamura sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $301.46, for a total transaction of $150,730.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 12,710 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,831,556.60. This represents a 3.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 57,743 shares of company stock valued at $16,836,340 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Analog Devices Trading Down 3.8%

NASDAQ ADI opened at $338.99 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $313.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $271.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.76. Analog Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $158.65 and a twelve month high of $363.20. The stock has a market cap of $165.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.97, a PEG ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.00.

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The semiconductor company reported $2.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.31 by $0.15. Analog Devices had a return on equity of 12.49% and a net margin of 23.02%.The company had revenue of $3.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.10 billion. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.63 earnings per share. Analog Devices has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.730-3.030 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Analog Devices, Inc. will post 7.14 EPS for the current year.

Analog Devices Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 3rd will be given a $1.10 dividend. This represents a $4.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. This is a positive change from Analog Devices’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.99. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 3rd. Analog Devices’s payout ratio is currently 72.39%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on ADI. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of Analog Devices from $375.00 to $430.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Analog Devices from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 1st. Bank of America upped their price target on Analog Devices from $320.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Analog Devices from $291.00 to $364.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $405.00 target price on Analog Devices and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Analog Devices has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $366.96.

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: ADI) is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits. Founded in 1965 by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, the company has grown into a leading supplier of components that convert, condition and process real-world signals for electronic systems. Analog Devices is headquartered in Massachusetts and serves customers around the world across multiple end markets.

The company’s product lineup includes data converters (ADCs and DACs), amplifiers, power management ICs, radio-frequency (RF) and microwave components, sensors and MEMS devices, signal chain and isolation products, timing and clocking solutions, and embedded processors and software for system-level design.