Whipplewood Advisors LLC Has $75,000 Stake in Analog Devices, Inc. $ADI

Whipplewood Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) by 49.2% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 314 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 304 shares during the period. Whipplewood Advisors LLC’s holdings in Analog Devices were worth $75,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in ADI. Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased its holdings in Analog Devices by 3.9% in the second quarter. Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft now owns 1,156 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $270,000 after buying an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Bennett Associates Wealth Management increased its holdings in Analog Devices by 2.9% in the second quarter. Bennett Associates Wealth Management now owns 1,624 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $387,000 after buying an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. EFG Asset Management North America Corp. increased its holdings in Analog Devices by 0.3% in the first quarter. EFG Asset Management North America Corp. now owns 14,209 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,866,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Plimoth Trust Co. LLC increased its holdings in Analog Devices by 1.8% in the second quarter. Plimoth Trust Co. LLC now owns 2,623 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $624,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Regatta Capital Group LLC increased its holdings in Analog Devices by 4.5% in the second quarter. Regatta Capital Group LLC now owns 1,124 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $268,000 after buying an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.81% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Benchmark increased their price objective on Analog Devices from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Evercore ISI increased their price objective on Analog Devices from $280.00 to $303.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Morgan Stanley increased 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. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Analog Devices from $235.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Analog Devices in a research report on Thursday, August 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Analog Devices currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.29.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Katsufumi Nakamura sold 2,490 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.03, for a total value of $617,594.70. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 13,549 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,360,558.47. This represents a 15.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Martin Cotter sold 12,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the senior vice president directly owned 63,048 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,525,570. This represents a 16.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 49,115 shares of company stock valued at $12,232,985 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.33% of the company’s stock.

Analog Devices Stock Down 2.2%

ADI opened at $238.01 on Monday. Analog Devices, Inc. has a 1-year low of $158.65 and a 1-year high of $258.13. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $117.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 60.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.09. The business has a 50 day moving average of $244.35 and a 200-day moving average of $228.23.

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 20th. The semiconductor company reported $2.05 earnings per share 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.76 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.58 earnings per share. Analog Devices’s revenue for the quarter 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, sell-side analysts anticipate 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 was paid on Tuesday, September 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were given a $0.99 dividend. This represents a $3.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 2nd. Analog Devices’s dividend payout ratio is currently 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.