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Analog Devices

NASDAQ: ADI · USD

Analog Devices (ADI) Economic Moat Analysis—

Avantages concurrentiels, preuves datées et risques d’érosion.

Analyse à actualiser

Incertain avantage concurrentiel

ADI has proprietary processes, reusable technology platforms and long-lived analog products that support a plausible intangible-assets advantage. The passages do not establish the comparative barriers to replication or material customer switching costs. Actual competitive price declines and market-share losses in certain markets constrain pricing power. Strong demand, cash generation and operating recovery demonstrate execution, but do not establish durable protection from competition.

Intangible assets

Proprietary manufacturing processes and technology reused across products are established capabilities. Their ability to sustain a defensible economic advantage remains insufficiently demonstrated; comparative performance superiority is principally an issuer assertion.

Durabilité
Long product life cycles and reuse of existing platforms support potential persistence, but the catalog does not establish the duration of competitive protection or competitors' replication costs.
Concurrents
Comparaison non établie
Risques d’érosion
Competition has already reduced selling prices, gross margins and market share in certain markets. Alternate-source products, independent technology development and potential exposure of proprietary information could weaken differentiation.
Ce qui invaliderait la thèse
The proposed advantage would be invalidated by evidence that competitors routinely match relevant performance and reliability without substantial development barriers, or that comparable products consistently displace ADI's established products through price competition.
Preuves (5) · Contre-preuves (4)

Évolution depuis la dernière analyse

  • The uncertain verdict is retained after re-examining the current catalog; all four moat criteria remain null because durable competitive protection is not established.
  • Previously assessed pricing and management grades are supported anew by current catalog references rather than carried forward as evidence.
  • The earlier capital-discipline reference to Alif is supported here only as an agreed, conditional transaction, not completed spending or demonstrated acquisition returns.
  • The product-lifecycle webpage supports an issuer policy statement; October 18, 2026 is its retrieval date, not an established publication date.

Limites de l’analyse

  • The competitive passages name no current competing companies. Supplier names, acquisition targets and compensation-related entities do not establish named competitor coverage.
  • The catalog lacks quantified switching costs, customer cohort purchasing histories, comparative replication costs and sustained company-wide price realization.
  • Proprietary processes and reported results are concrete disclosures; superiority, customer trust and future AI or acquisition benefits remain issuer claims or potential.
  • The January 2026 proxy establishes governance and incentive arrangements at its disclosure date, not subsequent election results or later ownership. Proposed plan provisions are not treated as proof of adoption or vesting.
  • The latest supplied operating results cover August 1, 2026. Acquisition returns and the ultimate consequences of the June 2026 cybersecurity incident remain unresolved.

Indicateurs financiers à confronter à la thèse

Ratios calculés à partir des publications annuelles. Une valeur manquante reste indisponible. Les graphiques détaillés sont accessibles dans les autres onglets.

Indicateurs financiers à confronter à la thèse
PériodeGross marginOperating marginROICFCF margin
202161.8%23.1%—32.7%
202262.7%27.3%6.9%31.4%
202364.0%31.1%8.5%28.9%
202457.1%21.6%4.5%33.1%
202561.5%26.6%6.0%38.8%

Pouvoir de fixation des prix—

Données vérifiées insuffisantes pour attribuer un score.

Management—

Données vérifiées insuffisantes pour attribuer un score.

Sources et méthode

Analyse à actualiser · Mis à jour 19/10/2026 · Version 7

Interprétation IA fondée sur des extraits vérifiés. Les déclarations de l’entreprise et les limites de couverture restent explicites.

Méthode quality-scores-2 : six catégories de même poids. Le score global exige une couverture complète. Les données manquantes ne valent pas zéro. Les évaluations qualitatives sont des interprétations sourcées, pas des probabilités. 3/6 · 23/10/2026

Moat—

Awaiting a sourced assessment under the current scoring policy and financial basis.

Pouvoir de fixation des prix—

Awaiting a sourced assessment under the current scoring policy and financial basis.

Prévisibilité74

Five consecutive annual periods. Equal weights: nondeclining revenue frequency; revenue-growth volatility (5–40pp); positive FCF frequency; FCF-margin volatility (3–20pp). Stability indicator, not a growth forecast.

Nondeclining revenue years (%)
75.00
Revenue growth volatility (pp)
31.83
Positive FCF years (%)
100.00
FCF margin volatility (pp)
3.27

Solidité financière80

Equal-weight grades: debt/FCF (1–8x), net debt/earnings before interest and tax (0–5x), interest service (1–12x), current ratio (0.75–2x). Earnings use reported operating income, or reported pretax profit plus reported interest expense when operating income is unavailable. Interest service uses earnings/interest expense; if unavailable, it uses reported operating cash flow/cash interest paid, without relabeling cash paid as accrued expense. Nonpositive cash flow/earnings score 0 for their service component; reported zero interest with a positive numerator scores 100. Net cash scores 100 for net leverage. Missing disclosures remain unavailable. General nonfinancial-company rubric, not a credit rating; exceptional and nonoperating gains are not normalized out. IFRS finance-cost and cash-flow classifications retain their reported scope.

debtFcfGrade
85.60
netDebtEbitGrade
58.45
interestCoverageGrade
74.82
currentRatioGrade
100.00
Debt / FCF (x)
2.01
Net debt / operating income (x)
2.08
Interest coverage (x)
9.23
Current ratio (x)
2.19

Allocation du capital81

Three-year equal-weight indicators: pretax return on average invested capital (0–25%; equity + debt − cash, each year and its prior year), share-count growth (0–5%, lower better), share-based cost/revenue (2–20%, lower better), consolidated FCF/net income (0–1x). Return uses reported operating income or, if unavailable, EBIT calculated from reported pretax profit plus reported interest expense; exceptional/nonoperating gains are not normalized out. Share-based cost uses the reported cash-flow add-back or, if absent, separately reported recognized compensation expense; the latter never becomes an FCF adjustment. Nonpositive net income scores 0 for cash conversion; absent income/FCF stays unavailable. Nonpositive invested capital has no defined return and remains unavailable. Does not establish acquisition quality or buyback timing.

3-year pre-tax operating return (%)
7.12
3-year average dilution (%)
-1.61
3-year average SBC / revenue (%)
2.71
cashConversionGrade
100.00

Qualité du management—

Awaiting a sourced assessment under the current scoring policy and financial basis.

Preuves

Our IC products are fabricated on proprietary processes at our internal production facilities in Wilmington, Massachusetts; Camas, Washington; Beaverton, Oregon; and Limerick, Ireland and also on a mix of proprietary and non-proprietary processes at third-party wafer fabricators.

Business / Production Resources · Dépôt 25/11/2025

The Company uses a highly-integrated approach in developing its products in that discrete technologies developed by the Company are frequently integrated across many of its products, and substantially all of the Company’s ICs are manufactured under similar processes with raw materials in either the Company’s own production facilities or by third-party wafer fabricators using proprietary processes.

Notes / Industry and Segment Information · Dépôt 25/11/2025

In certain cases, because we have already developed the core technology platform for our general-purpose products, we can create application-specific solutions quickly and efficiently.

Business / Products / reuse of core technology · Dépôt 25/11/2025

Our analog ICs typically have long product life cycles.

Business / Products / analog product life cycles · Dépôt 25/11/2025

We believe that the principal advantages these products have as compared to competitors’ products include higher accuracy, higher speed, smaller size, lower power consumption and fewer components, resulting in improved performance and reliability.

Business / Products / issuer comparison with competing products · Dépôt 25/11/2025

Increased competition in certain markets has resulted in and may continue to result in declining average selling prices, reduced gross margins and loss of market share in those markets.

Risk Factors / realized competitive pricing and market-share erosion · Dépôt 25/11/2025

Some of them also sell products that compete with our products, including those for which we are an alternate source.

Business / Sales Channels / alternate-source products · Dépôt 25/11/2025

Our competitors may also be able to develop similar technology independently or design around our patents.

Risk Factors / independent development and patent design-arounds · Dépôt 25/11/2025

As occurred in the June 2026 incident, such events can result in the exfiltration of data from our systems and could expose our proprietary information or that of our employees, contractors, partners, customers, suppliers or other third parties to misappropriation or misuse.

Risk Factors / June 2026 data exfiltration and potential proprietary exposure · Dépôt 19/08/2026

As is customary in the semiconductor industry, we allow most orders to be canceled within a reasonable notification period or deliveries to be delayed by customers without significant penalty, while also allowing certain distributors to receive price adjustment credits and to return qualifying products for credit, typically as determined by us, in order to reduce the amounts of slow-moving, discontinued or obsolete product from their inventory.

Business / order cancellation and distributor adjustment terms · Dépôt 25/11/2025

We typically do not have long-term sales contracts with our customers.

Business / absence of typical long-term sales contracts · Dépôt 25/11/2025

Price protection represents price discounts granted to certain distributors to allow the distributor to earn an appropriate margin on sales negotiated with certain customers and in the event of a price decrease subsequent to the date the product was shipped and billed to the distributor.

Revenue Recognition / distributor price-protection discounts · Dépôt 25/11/2025

During 2025, sales to distributors were $6.1 billion net of expected price protection credits and rights of return for which the liability balance as of November 1, 2025 was $785 million, of which the vast majority relates to the price protection credits.

Auditor's Report / distributor revenue and price-protection liability · Dépôt 25/11/2025

Three Months Ended August 1, 2026 August 2, 2025 Revenue % of Revenue* Y/Y% Revenue % of Revenue* Industrial $ 1,971,926 49 % 53 % $ 1,292,988 45 % Automotive 998,227 25 % 16 % 857,146 30 % Communications 654,515 16 % 84 % 354,768 12 % Consumer 397,231 10 % 6 % 375,446 13 % Total revenue $ 4,021,899 100 % 40 % $ 2,880,348 100 % Nine Months Ended August 1, 2026 August 2, 2025 Revenue % of Revenue* Y/Y% Revenue % of Revenue* Industrial $ 5,269,825 49 % 50 % $ 3,512,896 44 % Automotive 2,685,246 25 % 9 % 2,454,845 31 % Communications 1,659,553 15 % 72 % 965,036 12 % Consumer 1,191,003 11 % 18 % 1,010,813 13 % Total revenue $ 10,805,627 100 % 36 % $ 7,943,590 100 % * The sum of the individual percentages may not equal the total due to rounding.

MD&A / Revenue Trends by End Market · Dépôt 19/08/2026

Gross Margin Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended August 1, 2026 August 2, 2025 $ Change % Change August 1, 2026 August 2, 2025 $ Change % Change Gross margin $ 2,707,544 $ 1,789,748 $ 917,796 51 % $ 7,192,318 $ 4,831,661 $ 2,360,657 49 % Gross margin % 67.3 % 62.1 % 66.6 % 60.8 % Gross margin percentage increased by 520 and 580 basis points in the three- and nine-month periods ended August 1, 2026 as compared to the same periods of the prior fiscal year, primarily due to higher utilization of our manufacturing fixed costs as a result of increased customer demand and favorable mix of products sold into our end markets.

MD&A / Gross Margin / results and utilization and mix explanation · Dépôt 19/08/2026

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited) (in thousands, except per share amounts) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended August 1, 2026 August 2, 2025 August 1, 2026 August 2, 2025 Revenue $ 4,021,899 $ 2,880,348 $ 10,805,627 $ 7,943,590 Cost of sales 1,314,355 1,090,600 3,613,309 3,111,929 Gross margin 2,707,544 1,789,748 7,192,318 4,831,661 Operating expenses: Research and development 533,480 454,251 1,510,203 1,298,980 Selling, marketing, general and administrative 397,326 325,706 1,105,389 913,171 Amortization of intangibles 187,985 187,415 563,285 562,245 Special charges, net (24,216) 4,348 23,766 69,980 Total operating expenses 1,094,575 971,720 3,202,643 2,844,376 Operating income: 1,612,969 818,028 3,989,675 1,987,285 Nonoperating expense (income): Interest expense 88,728 79,592 262,692 229,559 Interest income (25,377) (27,083) (86,199) (72,295) Other, net 3,749 2,110 (3,386) 5,108 Total nonoperating expense (income) 67,100 54,619 173,107 162,372 Income before income taxes 1,545,869 763,409 3,816,568 1,824,913 Provision for income taxes 205,779 244,891 469,302 345,309 Net income $ 1,340,090 $ 518,518 $ 3,347,266 $ 1,479,604 Shares used to compute earnings per common share – basic 486,021 494,390 487,500 495,560 Shares used to compute earnings per common share – diluted 488,837 496,726 490,317 497,865 Basic earnings per common share $ 2.76 $ 1.05 $ 6.87 $ 2.99 Diluted earnings per common share $ 2.74 $ 1.04 $ 6.83 $ 2.97 See accompanying notes.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income / nine-month operating results · Dépôt 19/08/2026

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) (in thousands) Nine Months Ended August 1, 2026 August 2, 2025 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 3,347,266 $ 1,479,604 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations: Depreciation 315,298 301,323 Amortization of intangibles 1,160,358 1,202,179 Stock-based compensation expense 263,651 235,108 Deferred income taxes (281,941) (97,318) Other (19,377) (1,496) Changes in operating assets and liabilities (940,740) (8,008) Total adjustments 497,249 1,631,788 Net cash provided by operating activities 3,844,515 3,111,392 Cash flows from investing activities: Purchases of short-term available-for-sale investments — (1,150,240) Maturities of short-term available-for-sale investments 990,657 372,778 Additions to property, plant and equipment, net (392,677) (318,399) Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment, net — 58,892 Proceeds from sale of a subsidiary, net 96,592 — Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired (1,536,049) (45,652) Other (32,425) (13,595) Net cash used for investing activities (873,902) (1,096,216) Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from debt — 1,490,785 Debt repayments — (399,998) Proceeds from commercial paper notes 13,061,198 6,867,508 Payments of commercial paper notes (12,502,732) (6,866,581) Repurchase of common stock (2,446,409) (1,484,166) Dividend payments to shareholders (1,556,028) (1,437,521) Proceeds from employee stock plans 121,171 104,329 Other 18,651 40,317 Net cash used for financing activities (3,304,149) (1,685,327) Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (333,536) 329,849 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 2,499,406 1,991,342 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 2,165,870 $ 2,321,191 See accompanying notes.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows / spending, distributions and financing · Dépôt 19/08/2026

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Unaudited) (in thousands) Three Months Ended August 1, 2026 Capital in Accumulated Other Common Stock Excess of Retained Comprehensive Shares Amount Par Value Earnings Loss BALANCE, MAY 2, 2026 487,087 $ 81,183 $ 22,287,095 $ 11,525,998 $ (152,243) Net income 1,340,090 Dividends declared and paid - $1.10 per share (535,309) Issuance of stock under stock plans and other 360 59 61,625 Stock-based compensation expense 96,255 Other comprehensive income 3,152 Common stock repurchased (2,882) (480) (1,156,528) BALANCE, AUGUST 1, 2026 484,565 $ 80,762 $ 21,288,447 $ 12,330,779 $ (149,091) Nine Months Ended August 1, 2026 Capital in Accumulated Other Common Stock Excess of Retained Comprehensive Shares Amount Par Value Earnings Loss BALANCE, NOVEMBER 1, 2025 489,654 $ 81,611 $ 23,349,185 $ 10,539,541 $ (154,582) Net income 3,347,266 Dividends declared and paid - $3.19 per share (1,556,028) Issuance of stock under stock plans and other 2,023 337 120,834 Stock-based compensation expense 263,651 Other comprehensive income 5,491 Common stock repurchased (7,112) (1,186) (2,445,223) BALANCE, AUGUST 1, 2026 484,565 $ 80,762 $ 21,288,447 $ 12,330,779 $ (149,091) See accompanying notes.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity / repurchases and issuance · Dépôt 19/08/2026

$1.35 billion of upfront consideration in cash, subject to the terms of the definitive agreement.

Transaction Details / agreed upfront cash consideration · Dépôt 09/09/2026

In addition, ADI may pay an incremental contingent consideration of up to $200 million.

Transaction Details / contingent consideration · Dépôt 09/09/2026

of calendar year 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and the expiration of the applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

Transaction Details / expected closing and conditions · Dépôt 09/09/2026

For fiscal year 2025 the variable cash incentive payout factor under our executive performance incentive plan was approximately 161% of target, compared to approximately 27% for fiscal year 2024 and approximately 182% for the fiscal year ended October 29, 2023 (fiscal year 2023).

Executive Compensation / actual historical cash incentive payout factors · Dépôt 23/01/2026

The Compensation and Talent Committee continued to include Financial Metric PRSUs as part of our annual equity program for our executive officers, based on non-GAAP operating profit in dollars, to incentivize long-term profitable growth measured over a three-year period.

Executive Compensation / existing three-year financial performance awards · Dépôt 23/01/2026

For example: What We Do What We Don’t Do uReview compensation practices of peers aligned with ADI’s business uProvide for annual cash incentives that are based solely on our financial performance uDesign compensation programs to align a significant portion of equity awards to long-term performance achievement uTie incentive awards to challenging performance targets aligned with our corporate strategy uCap payouts for Relative TSR PRSUs at target if absolute TSR is negative and set target objectives at above-median relative TSR performance uProvide for compensation clawbacks pursuant to a clawback policy for our CEO and other officers uRequire significant share ownership by executive officers pursuant to stock ownership guidelines uConduct an annual “say-on-pay” vote uNo hedging and pledging of ADI securities uNo excessive perquisites to our executive officers uNo gross-ups or compensation paid to officers or directors for any income tax owed for approved travel 44 Executive Compensation Process for Determining Compensation Roles and Responsibilities As part of its annual review of our executive compensation programs, including NEO compensation, our Compensation and Talent Committee solicits the input of Mr.

Executive Compensation / ownership, clawback and trading safeguards · Dépôt 23/01/2026

The Compensation and Talent Committee may adjust the OPBT margin and year-over-year revenue growth metrics in its sole discretion to exclude special items such as (but not limited to) restructuring-related expense, acquisition-related expense, amortization of intangibles, gain or loss on disposition of businesses, non-recurring royalty payments, and other similar non-cash or non-recurring items.

Executive Compensation / discretion to adjust performance metrics · Dépôt 23/01/2026

Under our 2020 Plan and our 2006 Plan, in the event of a change in control, all of our employees who continue to remain employed on the closing of the change in control, including our NEOs, would have the vesting of one-half of the shares of common stock subject to their then outstanding unvested equity awards accelerate and become immediately exercisable and free from forfeiture.

Executive Compensation / existing change-in-control acceleration · Dépôt 23/01/2026

Wainer Director Election Process All members of our Board of Directors are elected annually by our shareholders.

Board of Directors / annual elections · Dépôt 23/01/2026

Our Board of Directors currently consists of eleven directors, of whom nine are deemed to be “independent directors” as defined and in accordance with the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

Board of Directors / independence as disclosed in January 2026 · Dépôt 23/01/2026

Each of the committees is comprised of independent, non-employee directors.

Corporate Governance / independent standing committees · Dépôt 23/01/2026

ANALOG DEVICES, INC. Date: August 19, 2026 By: /s/ Vincent Roche Vincent Roche Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) Date: August 19, 2026 By: /s/ Richard C.

Signatures / combined CEO and board chair · Dépôt 19/08/2026

While our operations were not interrupted as a result of the June 2026 incident, and based on information currently known, we do not believe this incident is reasonably likely to materially impact our business, operations, or financial condition, our investigation into the nature and scope of the exfiltrated information remains ongoing.

Risk Factors / uninterrupted operations and ongoing cyber investigation · Dépôt 19/08/2026

Producing the same products decade after decade is a cornerstone of our business

Product-lifecycle policy / issuer webpage retrieved October 18, 2026 · Consulté 18/10/2026

Puccio, Jr. 6,519 6,519 * Vincent Roche(6) 104,628 686,226 790,854 * Ray Stata(7) 784,257 7,640 791,897 * Andrea F.

Beneficial Ownership / executive and director holdings as of January 8, 2026 · Dépôt 23/01/2026

Historique des publications

Historique des publications
VersionMis à jourAvantage concurrentiel
723/10/2026uncertain
622/10/2026uncertain
519/10/2026uncertain
419/10/2026uncertain
318/10/2026uncertain
218/10/2026uncertain
118/10/2026Indisponible

Sources

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