What does the company do?
Analog Devices, Inc. is engaged in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs) used in industrial, communication, computer and consumer applications. The ICs are designed to address a range of signal processing applications. During the fiscal year ended November 1, 2008, the Company completed the selling of baseband chipset business and related support operations to MediaTek Inc. and the sale of the central processing unit (CPU) voltage regulation and personal computer (PC) thermal monitoring business to the subsidiaries of ON Semiconductor Corporation.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Analog Devices one-year sales: 2.01 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Broad Line group: -90.70% - Analog Devices one-year income: 247.41 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Broad Line group: -82.11%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 2.01 Bil | 21.68 Bil | | Income | 247.41 Mil | 1.38 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Analog Devices one-year sales growth: -22.00%.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Broad Line group: -1.30 pct. pts. - Analog Devices one-year income growth: -52.90%.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Broad Line group: -4.20 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -22.00% | -20.70% | | Income Growth | -52.90% | -48.70% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Analog Devices one-year net profit margin: 12.3%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -6.6 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 12.3% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 18.9% | | Industry | -1.1% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
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