How much a stock's price changes over time is a significant driver for most investors. Not only can price performance impact your portfolio, but it can help you compare investment results across sectors and industries as well.
Another factor that can influence investors is FOMO, or the fear of missing out, especially with tech giants and popular consumer-facing stocks.
What if you'd invested in Analog Devices (ADI) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to ADI for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?
Analog Devices' Business In-Depth
With that in mind, let's take a look at Analog Devices' main business drivers.
Analog Devices, Inc. is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The company is an original equipment manufacturer of semiconductor devices, specifically analog, mixed signal and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits.The product line is composed of amplifiers and comparators; analog-to-digital converters; digital-to-analog converters; video encoders and decoders; embedded processing products and DSPs; MEMS and temperature sensors; RF/IF components and converters; power and thermal management ICs; and audio/video converters, amplifiers, CODECs, filters and processors.
The company also offers analog, digital and RF switches and multiplexers; analog microcontrollers; clock and timing products; voltage references; interface products such as isolators, translators and transceivers; wireless products and converters; and broadband products including amplifiers, CODECs, chipsets and splitters.
Analog Devices has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Ireland and Southeast Asia. The company also uses outside foundries, mainly Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for front-end processing, and third-party subcontractors for back-end operations.
The company generated $11.02 billion in revenues in fiscal 2025. It generates revenues from four organized end markets: Industrial, Consumer, Communications and Automotive.
In the Industrial market, which represented 45% of fiscal 2025 revenues, Analog Devices caters to industrial and instrumentation, defense/aerospace, energy management and healthcare sectors.
In the Communications market, which represented 13% of fiscal 2025 revenues, Analog Devices offers products used in internet infrastructure, broadband and wireless applications
In the Automotive market, which represented 30% of fiscal 2025 revenues, the company offers products used in infotainment, electrification, autonomous, ADAS and safety applications.
The Consumer market represented 13% of fiscal 2025 revenues. Analog Devices serves demand for feature-rich, high-performance products such as portable devices and prosumer video/audio equipment.
Bottom Line
Anyone can invest, but building a successful investment portfolio requires research, patience, and a little bit of risk. So, if you had invested in Analog Devices, ten years ago, you're likely feeling pretty good about your investment today.
According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in August 2016 would be worth $5,905.34, or a gain of 490.53%, as of August 27, 2026, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.
The S&P 500 rose 253.88% and the price of gold increased 234.25% over the same time frame in comparison.
Analysts are anticipating more upside for ADI.
Analog Devices is benefiting from a broad-based recovery as Industrial demand improves and AI-related data center activity expands across optical and power applications. Long-cycle exposure to automation, test, aerospace and defense, energy systems and vehicle electrification supports durable growth. Sticky design wins and a flexible hybrid manufacturing model help capture demand while keeping channel inventories lean. The completed Empower Semiconductor acquisition deepens ADI's high-density power capabilities for AI infrastructure and expands its content opportunity. Cash generation supports dividends and repurchases. These positives outweigh risks from tariffs and export restrictions, external supply-chain exposure, intense analog competition and higher leverage after the acquisition, although execution remains important.
Over the past four weeks, shares have rallied 5.22%, and there have been 11 higher earnings estimate revisions in the past two months for fiscal 2026 compared to none lower. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.
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