What does Analog Devices do?

ADI · Plain-English company overview

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In the company's own words, from Item 1 (Business) of its latest annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the SEC on 2025-11-25.

Analog Devices, Inc. (we, Analog Devices or the Company) is a global semiconductor leader dedicated to solving our customers’ most complex engineering challenges. We deliver innovations that connect technology to human breakthroughs and play a critical role at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds by providing the building blocks to sense, measure, interpret, connect and power. 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. Our comprehensive product portfolio, deep domain expertise and advanced manufacturing capabilities extend across high-performance precision and high-speed mixed-signal, power management and processing technologies – including data converters, amplifiers, power management, radio frequency (RF) ICs, edge processors and other sensors.

The Intelligent Edge is characterized by ubiquitous sensing, hyper-scale and edge computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and pervasive connectivity. These technological trends drive new generations of applications that expand the demand for Analog Devices’ high-performance analog, mixed-signal, power and RF ICs. We have positioned our business to capitalize on these long-term growth opportunities and to deliver innovative solutions across industries. Central to our strategy is our focus on solving challenges that our customers face across the most impactful application areas. This strategy is built around the following key priorities, which we believe will continue to drive our long-term success:

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How did Analog Devices's latest earnings compare?

An earnings release is a company's quarterly report of how much money it made. Analysts predict these numbers ahead of time, and the actual results are compared against those predictions.

In the most recent quarter (2026-09-30), Analog Devices reported earnings of $3.45 per share. Analysts expected $3.3681 per share, so the company beat expectations.

SEC Filings

Key filings
Annual report (10-K)
The company's big yearly financial report.
2025-11-25
Quarterly report (10-Q)
A financial update covering the last 3 months.
2026-08-19
Material event (8-K)
A heads-up about something important that just happened.
2026-08-19
Most recent filings
Proposed share sale (144)
Notice that an insider plans to sell some shares.
2026-08-26
Insider trade (4)
An executive or director bought or sold company shares.
2026-08-19
Insider trade (4)
An executive or director bought or sold company shares.
2026-08-19
Insider trade (4)
An executive or director bought or sold company shares.
2026-08-19
Insider trade (4)
An executive or director bought or sold company shares.
2026-08-19
Insider trade (4)
An executive or director bought or sold company shares.
2026-08-19
Insider trade (4)
An executive or director bought or sold company shares.
2026-08-19
Quarterly report (10-Q)
A financial update covering the last 3 months.
2026-08-19
Material event (8-K)
A heads-up about something important that just happened.
2026-08-19
Insider trade (4)
An executive or director bought or sold company shares.
2026-08-06
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