Stocks · Technology · Semiconductors

Analog Devices, Inc. ADI

$417.15 +3.10% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $203.19B

Strong trendLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 24, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $8.43, up 115.1% year over year.
  2. Operating margin widened to 35.5% from 24.6% a year earlier.
  3. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 12 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +4.4%).

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth77Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 15%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 18%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 21%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Quality71Positive

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 28%
  • Gross marginTop 32%
  • Operating marginTop 5%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 33%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 26%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 41%
  • Interest coverTop 24%
Value46Neutral

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 39%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 47%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 50%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 16%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 45%
Momentum83Strong

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 22%
  • 6-month returnTop 44%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 20%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 13%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Revisions67Positive

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 19%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 20%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 36%
Stability80Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 7%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 3%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 38%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 41%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)29.8%33.6%↑
EPS growth (YoY)83.4%115.1%↑
Gross margin60.2%65.8%↑
Operating margin24.6%35.5%↑
FCF margin35.4%35.6%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)33.6%29.8%↑Top 15%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)115.1%83.4%↑Top 18%
Gross margin65.8%60.2%↑Top 32%
Operating margin35.5%24.6%↑Top 5%
Net margin29.8%18.8%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin35.6%35.4%↑—
Return on invested capital9.6%—Top 28%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-2.8%—Bottom 21%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.34×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-2.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
2.5%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+20.2 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.06×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
14.1×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
1.01%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
1.48%
Shareholder yield
2.48%
Share count change, 1 year
-1.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.9%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Aug 19, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
12
Beats in the last 8 reports
8 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+4.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.6%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$480.24
Target vs current price
+15.1%
Analysts with a rating
54
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
83%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 19, 2026+3.3%-0.9%-0.8%-3.9%—
May 20, 2026+6.9%-3.9%+0.6%+0.0%-6.0%
Feb 18, 2026+6.5%+2.6%+5.5%-7.1%+28.1%
Nov 25, 2025+0.9%+5.3%+14.0%+15.6%+48.4%
Aug 20, 2025+5.1%+6.3%+10.9%+6.9%+4.8%
May 22, 2025+8.8%-4.6%-2.9%+2.8%+4.2%
Feb 19, 2025+5.8%+9.7%+6.8%-5.0%+3.0%
Nov 26, 2024+1.8%-2.0%-0.9%-2.5%+5.2%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 19, 2026$3.45$3.34+3.3%$4.02B
May 20, 2026$3.09$2.89+6.9%$3.62B
Feb 18, 2026$2.46$2.31+6.5%$3.16B
Nov 25, 2025$2.26$2.24+0.9%$3.08B
Aug 20, 2025$2.05$1.95+5.1%$2.88B
May 22, 2025$1.85$1.70+8.8%$2.64B
Feb 19, 2025$1.63$1.54+5.8%$2.42B
Nov 26, 2024$1.67$1.64+1.8%$2.44B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)49.5×49.0×52thTop 39%
P/E (forward)32.4×———
EV / EBITDA32.2×——Top 50%
EV / Sales15.14×——Bottom 16%
Free-cash-flow yield2.43%——Bottom 47%
Earnings yield2.02%——Top 39%

P/E over the past five years

Range 24.1× – 77.0× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+74.3%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+115.1%
Change in P/E multiple
-29.1%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✓ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
11
Days above the 200-day average
216
50-day average slope (20 days)
-0.8%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+3.4%
Distance from 50-day average
+11.1%
Distance from 200-day average
+16.0%
RSI (14)
72.1
Relative volume
0.80×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
31.8%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
54th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.59
Correlation with S&P 500
0.67
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-6.4%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-32.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Feb 20, 2025Apr 4, 2025-32.5%31 days60 days (Jul 2, 2025)
Nov 19, 2021Oct 14, 2022-27.6%226 days84 days (Feb 15, 2023)
Jul 31, 2023Oct 30, 2023-21.9%64 days32 days (Dec 14, 2023)
Jun 22, 2026Jul 29, 2026-20.7%26 daysNot yet recovered
Jul 16, 2024Aug 5, 2024-17.6%14 days136 days (Feb 20, 2025)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$203.19B
P/E (TTM)
49.5
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$8.43
Revenue (TTM)
$13.88B
Dividend yield
1.03%
52-week range
$223.47 – $445.91
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$7.32B$12.01B$12.31B$9.43B$11.02B
Gross profit$4.86B$7.80B$7.88B$5.38B$6.77B
Operating income$1.69B$3.28B$3.82B$2.03B$2.93B
Net income$1.39B$2.75B$3.31B$1.64B$2.27B
EPS (diluted)$3.46$5.25$6.55$3.28$4.56
Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026Q3 2026
Revenue$2.44B$2.42B$2.64B$2.88B$3.08B$3.16B$3.62B$4.02B
Net income$478.1M$391.3M$569.8M$518.5M$787.7M$830.8M$1.18B$1.34B
EPS (diluted)$0.96$0.78$1.14$1.04$1.60$1.69$2.40$2.74
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$2.74B$4.48B$4.82B$3.85B$4.81B
Capital expenditure-$343.7M-$699.3M-$1.26B-$730.5M-$533.6M
Free cash flow$2.39B$3.78B$3.56B$3.12B$4.28B
Dividends paid-$1.11B-$1.54B-$1.68B-$1.80B-$1.92B
Net share buybacks-$3.11B-$2.58B-$2.96B-$615.6M-$2.06B

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$2.32B
Total assets
$48.42B
Total liabilities
$14.87B
Total debt
$9.12B
Net debt
$6.96B
Shareholders’ equity
$33.55B

As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Aug 19, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 1, 2026$1.10Sep 15, 2026
Jun 2, 2026$1.10Jun 16, 2026
Mar 3, 2026$1.10Mar 17, 2026
Dec 8, 2025$0.99Dec 22, 2025
Sep 2, 2025$0.99Sep 16, 2025
Jun 4, 2025$0.99Jun 18, 2025
Mar 4, 2025$0.99Mar 17, 2025
Dec 9, 2024$0.92Dec 20, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
8,621,427
Days to cover
2.67
Change vs previous report
-1.5%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Mar 16, 2000
2-for-1
Jan 7, 1997
4-for-3
Jan 4, 1996
3-for-2
Jan 5, 1995
3-for-2
Apr 15, 1986
4-for-3