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Analog Devices Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 1972 · Revenue 12 mo. $13.9B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
6.4
of 10 7 of 11 points High Match To the score
Price
$363.56
1 Y +46.5%
Market cap
$178B
Phase
Payout
core business profitable, at least half of operating cash flow goes to shareholders
Revenue −2.8% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 26.6%Payout 88.6% of operating cash flow

Summary

Analog Devices Inc is around the middle of the Technology sector overall

54.8 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 18.4% FCF growth a year: more than over the last 5 years, less than over the last 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €3.8B (2025), it supports €42.7B. The remaining €117.1B of the market value assume it grows 18.4% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

18.4%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€159.7B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€42.7B without growth
€117.1B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved 11.0%
  • 10 yrs achieved 18.5%
  • priced in 18.4%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 32.1×, above its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 20.7× to 29.7×, median 27.1×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

1 sign supports the expectation, none speaks against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Low capital needs capex median 4.7% of revenue (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No anomaly in the stored figures.

AI summary of the 2025 annual report

The business of Analog Devices Inc according to its report

A language model selected and condensed statements from the report. Each statement carries a verbatim quote. The selection is not complete and shows the state of the report. It gives no rating and does not feed into the score.

Form 10-K, fiscal year ended 11/01/2025, filed 11/25/2025. Open the report at the SEC

Business model according to the report

  • The company designs, makes, tests and sells a wide range of integrated circuits (ICs), software and subsystems based on analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing technology.

    Quote
    We design, manufacture, test and market a broad portfolio of solutions, including integrated circuits (ICs), software and subsystems that leverage high-performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing technologies.
  • Data converters change real-world analog signals into digital data and digital data back into analog signals.

    Quote
    Data converters translate real-world analog signals into digital data and also translate digital data into analog signals.
  • Power management and reference products include functions such as power conversion, driver monitoring, sequencing and energy management for automotive, communications, industrial and high-end consumer markets.

    Quote
    Power management and reference products, which include functions such as power conversion, driver monitoring, sequencing and energy management, provide efficient solutions for power management and conversion applications in the automotive, communications, industrial and high-end consumer markets.
  • The company offers an updated open-source development platform, CodeFusion Studio 2.0, for embedded systems, covering signal processing, edge computing and connectivity.

    Quote
    an upgrade to our open-source embedded development platform, CodeFusion Studio 2.0, designed to support embedded system design through integrated workflows for signal processing, edge computing and connectivity.
  • The company sells its products worldwide through its own sales force, third-party distributors, independent sales representatives and its website.

    Quote
    We sell our products globally through a direct sales force, third-party distributors, independent sales representatives and via our website.

Customers according to the report

  • Customers include equipment makers (OEMs) and companies that build electronic subsystems for integration into larger systems.

    Quote
    Our customers include original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and customers who build electronic subsystems for integration into larger systems.
  • The company sells integrated circuits (ICs) to customers worldwide, many of whom use products across its core technologies in a wide range of applications.

    Quote
    We sell our ICs to customers worldwide, many of whom use products spanning our core technologies in a wide range of applications.
  • Sales to third-party distributors made up approximately 56% of revenue in the year ended November 1, 2025.

    Quote
    Sales to third-party distributors accounted for approximately 56% of our revenue in the year ended November 1, 2025.

Competition according to the report

  • Competition is generally based on innovation, design, quality and reliability, performance, features, pricing, availability, capacity, service and support, and integrated system solutions.

    Quote
    Competition is generally based on innovation, design, quality and reliability of products, product performance, features and functionality, product pricing, availability and capacity, technological service and support and the availability of integrated system solutions.
  • Many companies have enough financial, manufacturing, technical, sales and marketing resources to develop and sell products that compete with the company's products.

    Quote
    Many companies have sufficient financial, manufacturing, technical, sales and marketing resources to develop and market products that compete with our products.
  • Some of the company's competitors may have more advantageous supply or development relationships with current and potential customers or suppliers.

    Quote
    Some of our competitors may have more advantageous supply or development relationships with our current and potential customers or suppliers.

Risks according to the report

  • Export restrictions limit the company's ability to sell to certain Chinese companies and to third parties that do business with them.

    Quote
    In addition, export restrictions limit our ability to sell to certain Chinese companies and to third parties that do business with those companies.
  • The company generally does not require bank payment guarantees from its distributors, including its largest one, and is not protected against unpaid receivables or distributor bankruptcies.

    Quote
    In addition, we generally do not require letters of credit from our distributors, including our largest distributor, and are not protected against accounts receivable default or declarations of bankruptcy by these distributors.
  • Tensions across the Taiwan Strait or other geopolitical events could disrupt TSMC's operations, which would hurt the company's ability to make certain products.

    Quote
    With respect to TSMC in particular, tensions across the Taiwan Strait or other geopolitical events could disrupt TSMC’s operations, which would adversely affect our ability to manufacture certain products
  • In certain cases, failing to follow the terms of a government contract or regulations could lead to lower contract prices or refund obligations for the company.

    Quote
    In certain circumstances, if we do not comply with the terms of a government contract or with regulations or statutes, we could be subject to downward contract price adjustments or refund obligations

Since the last quarter

Q2 → Q3 2026

Mostly better than the previous quarter: 5 of 6 changes for the better.

  • Revenue, 12 mo.$12.7B → $13.9B+9.0%better
  • FCF, 12 mo.$4.6B → $4.9B+8.2%better
  • Gross margin64.5% → 65.8%+1.3 ppbetter
  • EBIT margin32.5% → 35.6%+3.1 ppbetter
  • Net debt$6.2B → $7.0B+11.3%worse
  • Return on equity9.8% → 12.3%+2.5 ppbetter

2 more unchanged: FCF margin, Shares outstanding

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability63.1above the middleEarns more than the sector: FCF margin 38.83%, sector 18.54%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity6.70%14.60%Rank 26
Return on capital (Greenblatt)40.85%29.77%Rank 58
EBIT margin26.61%17.40%Rank 74
FCF margin38.83%18.54%Rank 92
Gross margin61.47%48.47%Rank 67
Growth44.4around the middleGrows about as fast as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year16.89%12.70%Rank 64
Earnings growth, 3 years per year−4.58%9.54%Rank 21
Earnings growth, 5 years per year6.82%14.07%Rank 27
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)4.84%2.87%Rank 66
Valuation24.3below the middleValued higher than the sector: EV/sales 16.61, sector 5.18.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield1.26%2.64%Rank 24
FCF yield2.40%3.06%Rank 41
EV/saleslower is better16.615.18Rank 14
EV/EBITlower is better62.4026.24Rank 18
Momentum65.4above the middleShare price doing better than the sector: Share price, 1 year 46.51%, sector −0.59%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year46.51%−0.59%Rank 87
Share price, 6 months−12.23%−4.46%Rank 42
Share price, 3 months−1.63%−5.84%Rank 58
Distance from 52-week high−18.39%−33.23%Rank 76
Quality69.7above the middleQuality above the sector: Dividend streak in years 22, sector 8.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better−2.54%1.65%Rank 76
Change in share countlower is better−0.40%−0.17%Rank 55
Dividend streak in years228Rank 96
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−1.12%−1.57%Rank 52
Balance sheet & risk62.0above the middleLess risk than the sector: Volatility, 1 year 36.56%, sector 50.37%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio70.46%53.98%Rank 82
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better1.00−0.20Rank 25
Debt to equitylower is better0.260.33Rank 58
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better36.56%50.37%Rank 83

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $3.4B (2016) to $11.0B (2025), 13.9% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt
20163.430.1%$1.2B312M$811.0M
20175.222.2%$908.5M350M$6.8B
20186.230.5%$2.2B375M$5.5B
20196.028.6%$2.0B373M$4.8B
20205.626.7%$1.8B372M$4.1B
20217.323.1%$2.4B401M$4.8B
202212.027.3%$3.8B523M$5.1B
202312.331.1%$3.6B506M$6.1B
20249.421.6%$3.1B499M$5.7B
202511.026.6%$4.3B497M$6.2B
6.4 / 10High MatchStockScorer score7 of 11 points

4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Analog Devices Inc mainly meets criteria in the Momentum category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How Analog Devices Inc's score is built

Analog Devices Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

4 of 7 rules met

7 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector mediannot met0 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%met2 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketmet1 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Analog Devices Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • Growth Momentum (CAN SLIM principle)
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check
  • Defensive: Low Volatility
  • Moat Quality
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Mohanram G-Score: Growth Quality
  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Balanced GARP
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)
  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum

Analog Devices Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Analog Devices Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio79.635.1
P/B ratio5.35.5
Return on equity (ROE)6.7%14.6%
Equity ratio70.5%54.0%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.260.33
Dividend yield1.2%0.9%

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Frequently asked questions about Analog Devices Inc stock

How does Analog Devices Inc stock (ADI) score in the StockScorer model?
Analog Devices Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 6.4 out of 10, which is a high match with the rule-based strategies. 4 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is Analog Devices Inc's P/E ratio?
Analog Devices Inc's P/E ratio is 79.6. The Technology sector median is 35.1.
What sector is Analog Devices Inc in?
Analog Devices Inc is assigned to the Technology sector. Its rank within the sector is 54.8 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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