We're taking a closer look at Analog Devices today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -1.3% compared to -0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Analog Devices, Inc. designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems that leverage analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing technologies.
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Analog Devices has moved 9.0% over the last year compared to 14.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -5.0%
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ADI has an average analyst rating of buy and is -10.2% away from its mean target price of $201.96 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $7.35
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Analog Devices has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $8.28 and its forward P/E ratio is 21.9
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ADI has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of -31.45, which shows the company is fairly valued compared to its earnings.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.52 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Analog Devices is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 27.16 and an average P/B of 6.23
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Analog Devices has on average reported free cash flows of $2.64 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 9.1%