Whalen Wealth Management Inc. Buys Shares of 1,043 Analog Devices, Inc. $ADI

Whalen Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,043 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $248,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ADI. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position 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 acquiring an additional 529 shares in the last quarter. Avidian Wealth Enterprises LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 22.3% during the 1st quarter. Avidian Wealth Enterprises LLC now owns 1,415 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $285,000 after purchasing an additional 258 shares during the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,472 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $902,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 32.3% during the 1st quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 458,677 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $92,491,000 after purchasing an additional 111,905 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Phraction Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 1.9% during the 1st quarter. Phraction Management LLC now owns 68,345 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $13,783,000 after purchasing an additional 1,265 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.81% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Analog Devices in a report on Thursday, August 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Analog Devices in a report on Thursday, July 10th. They set a “buy” rating and a $285.00 price objective for the company. UBS Group decreased their price objective on Analog Devices from $285.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, July 7th. KeyCorp increased their price objective on Analog Devices from $300.00 to $310.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Finally, Benchmark increased their price objective on Analog Devices from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.29.

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 dated Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.92, for a total transaction of $771,625.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 155,071 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,290,131.32. This trade represents a 1.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Vincent Roche sold 20,000 shares of Analog Devices stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $254.29, for a total value of $5,085,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 23,515 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,979,629.35. The trade was a 45.96% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 49,115 shares of company stock worth $12,232,985. Insiders own 0.33% of the company’s stock.

Analog Devices Stock Performance

Shares of ADI stock opened at $235.04 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $115.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 2.32 and a quick ratio of 1.79. The business has a fifty day moving average of $244.56 and a 200 day moving average of $229.37. Analog Devices, Inc. has a 1 year low of $158.65 and a 1 year high of $258.13.

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 20th. The semiconductor company reported $2.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.95 by $0.10. The company 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%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 24.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.58 EPS. Analog Devices has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.120-2.320 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect 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 paid a dividend of $0.99 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $3.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.7%. Analog Devices’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 101.02%.

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.