Analog Devices, Inc. $ADI Shares Purchased by L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP

L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP raised its stake in shares of Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) by 2.2% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 38,289 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 821 shares during the period. Analog Devices accounts for about 1.1% of L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP’s portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest position. L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP’s holdings in Analog Devices were worth $9,114,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of ADI. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in Analog Devices by 39.5% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,867 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $397,000 after buying an additional 529 shares during the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 8.9% during the first quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,111 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $224,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares during the last quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 89.6% during the first quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,694 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $745,000 after purchasing an additional 1,746 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 26.7% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 10,967 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,212,000 after purchasing an additional 2,314 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Simplicity Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Analog Devices during the first quarter worth $257,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.81% of the company’s stock.

Analog Devices Price Performance

Shares of Analog Devices stock opened at $237.88 on Friday. Analog Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $158.65 and a twelve month high of $258.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $117.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.68, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.09. 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 business’s fifty day moving average price is $241.59 and its 200 day moving average price is $224.03.

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

Analog Devices Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Analog Devices news, Director Ray Stata sold 3,125 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.92, for a total value of $771,625.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 155,071 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $38,290,131.32. This trade represents a 1.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Martin Cotter sold 12,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.25, for a total value of $3,078,125.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 63,048 shares in the company, valued at $15,525,570. This trade represents a 16.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 52,240 shares of company stock valued at $12,980,578 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.33% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on ADI shares. Noble Financial upgraded Analog Devices to an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. Zacks Research upgraded Analog Devices from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 22nd. KeyCorp raised 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 raised 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. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Analog Devices from $273.00 to $288.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $275.29.

Analog Devices 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.