J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG Has $9.64 Million Stock Holdings in Analog Devices, Inc. $ADI

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG trimmed its position in Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) by 69.9% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 35,532 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 82,615 shares during the quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG’s holdings in Analog Devices were worth $9,636,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Amundi grew its stake in Analog Devices by 44.8% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 6,215,129 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,507,740,000 after acquiring an additional 1,922,302 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 29.2% during the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 4,829,931 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,186,714,000 after acquiring an additional 1,091,004 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP raised its position in shares of Analog Devices by 948.2% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,085,990 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $258,487,000 after purchasing an additional 982,385 shares during the period. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main raised its position in shares of Analog Devices by 47.4% during the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 2,745,985 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $653,599,000 after purchasing an additional 882,909 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Analog Devices by 684.6% in the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 862,314 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $211,871,000 after purchasing an additional 752,411 shares in the last quarter. 86.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Analog Devices news, SVP Katsufumi Nakamura sold 500 shares of Analog Devices stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $301.46, for a total transaction of $150,730.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 12,710 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,831,556.60. This trade represents a 3.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Martin Cotter sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $278.44, for a total value of $2,784,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 49,664 shares in the company, valued at $13,828,444.16. The trade was a 16.76% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 41,449 shares of company stock worth $12,336,069 in the last ninety days. 0.36% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on ADI. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of Analog Devices from $300.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Analog Devices from $340.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $410.00 price objective on shares of Analog Devices in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Zacks Research raised shares of Analog Devices from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 1st. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $365.00 target price on shares of Analog Devices in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $367.81.

Analog Devices Trading Down 1.4%

NASDAQ ADI opened at $303.10 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.76, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $324.00 and a 200 day simple moving average of $280.41. Analog Devices, Inc. has a 12 month low of $158.65 and a 12 month high of $363.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $147.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.41, a PEG ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.00.

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 18th. The semiconductor company reported $2.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.31 by $0.15. The firm had revenue of $3.16 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10 billion. Analog Devices had a net margin of 23.02% and a return on equity of 12.49%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.63 EPS. Analog Devices has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.730-3.030 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Analog Devices, Inc. will post 7.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analog Devices Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 3rd were given a $1.10 dividend. This represents a $4.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 3rd. This is a positive change from Analog Devices’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.99. Analog Devices’s payout ratio is currently 80.44%.

Analog Devices Profile

Analog Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: ADI) is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits. Founded in 1965 by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, the company has grown into a leading supplier of components that convert, condition and process real-world signals for electronic systems. Analog Devices is headquartered in Massachusetts and serves customers around the world across multiple end markets.

The company’s product lineup includes data converters (ADCs and DACs), amplifiers, power management ICs, radio-frequency (RF) and microwave components, sensors and MEMS devices, signal chain and isolation products, timing and clocking solutions, and embedded processors and software for system-level design.