21,955 Shares in Analog Devices, Inc. $ADI Bought by Caxton Associates LLP

Caxton Associates LLP acquired a new position in Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 21,955 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,428,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Analog Devices by 0.7% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 49,465,370 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $9,975,681,000 after acquiring an additional 359,841 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in Analog Devices by 26.7% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 11,425,084 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,304,098,000 after acquiring an additional 2,407,460 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in Analog Devices by 0.3% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,935,224 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $793,616,000 after acquiring an additional 12,666 shares in the last quarter. Amundi grew its position in Analog Devices by 29.2% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 3,892,848 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $785,071,000 after acquiring an additional 880,636 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its position in Analog Devices by 25.1% in the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 3,333,615 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $708,260,000 after acquiring an additional 668,023 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.81% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $290.00 price objective (up from $260.00) on shares of Analog Devices in a research note on Monday, July 7th. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of 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 target price on shares of Analog Devices from $300.00 to $310.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Analog Devices from $215.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 21st. Finally, KGI Securities started coverage on shares of Analog Devices in a report on Friday, May 23rd. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $273.53.

Analog Devices Trading Up 0.4%

NASDAQ:ADI opened at $247.07 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 2.32, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. Analog Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $158.65 and a 12 month high of $258.13. The company has a market cap of $121.55 billion, a PE ratio of 63.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $238.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $219.88.

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 20th. The semiconductor company reported $2.05 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.95 by $0.10. Analog Devices had a net margin of 18.85% and a return on equity of 10.32%. The business had revenue of $2.88 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.76 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.58 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 24.6% on a year-over-year basis. Analog Devices has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.120-2.320 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Analog Devices, Inc. will post 7.14 earnings per share for the current year.

Analog Devices Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.99 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $3.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. Analog Devices’s payout ratio is presently 101.02%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Ray Stata sold 3,125 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $239.23, for a total transaction of $747,593.75. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 167,571 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $40,088,010.33. The trade was a 1.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Vincent Roche sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $254.29, for a total transaction of $5,085,800.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 23,515 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,979,629.35. The trade was a 45.96% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 25,615 shares of company stock valued at $6,450,988 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.33% of the company’s stock.

About Analog Devices

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.