Slow Capital Inc. Acquires 835 Shares of Analog Devices, Inc. $ADI

Slow Capital Inc. increased its stake in shares of Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 38,283 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 835 shares during the period. Analog Devices accounts for approximately 1.1% of Slow Capital Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Slow Capital Inc.’s holdings in Analog Devices were worth $9,112,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ADI. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in Analog Devices by 26.7% in the 1st 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 purchasing an additional 2,407,460 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Analog Devices in the 1st quarter valued at $351,943,000. Amundi raised its position in shares of Analog Devices by 29.2% during 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 during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in shares of Analog Devices by 229.6% during the first quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 796,824 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $160,695,000 after acquiring an additional 555,065 shares during the period. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Analog Devices by 211.9% during the first quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 745,251 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $150,295,000 after acquiring an additional 506,314 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.81% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP Katsufumi Nakamura sold 2,490 shares of Analog Devices stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.03, for a total transaction of $617,594.70. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 13,549 shares in the company, valued at $3,360,558.47. The trade was a 15.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Ray Stata sold 3,125 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.92, for a total value of $771,625.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 155,071 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $38,290,131.32. This represents a 1.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 51,240 shares of company stock worth $12,737,838. 0.33% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analog Devices Trading Up 0.2%

ADI opened at $242.50 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $241.13 and its two-hundred day moving average is $223.69. The firm has a market cap of $119.30 billion, a PE ratio of 61.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.09. Analog Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $158.65 and a twelve month high of $258.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a current ratio of 2.32.

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 20th. The semiconductor company reported $2.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 net margin of 18.85% and a return on equity of 10.32%. The firm’s revenue was up 24.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.58 EPS. Analog Devices has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.120-2.320 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Analog Devices, Inc. will post 7.14 EPS for the current year.

Analog Devices Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were issued a $0.99 dividend. This represents a $3.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 2nd. Analog Devices’s dividend payout ratio is 101.02%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on ADI. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Analog Devices from $235.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 21st. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Analog Devices from $248.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Analog Devices from $185.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Analog Devices from $280.00 to $303.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. Finally, KeyCorp lifted 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. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $275.29.

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.