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ADI vs. AAPL, ACLS, AMD, AVGO, AVT, CSCO, NVDA, ON, ANET, and CRM

Should you be buying Analog Devices stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Analog Devices include Apple (AAPL), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Avnet (AVT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), ON Semiconductor (ON), Arista Networks (ANET), and Salesforce (CRM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Analog Devices vs. Its Competitors

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analog Devices has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Analog Devices' net margin of 18.85%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Analog Devices' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Analog Devices18.85% 10.32% 7.50%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

Analog Devices pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Analog Devices pays out 107.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Analog Devices has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Analog Devices is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Apple had 193 more articles in the media than Analog Devices. MarketBeat recorded 282 mentions for Apple and 89 mentions for Analog Devices. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Apple's score of 0.89 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Analog Devices
43 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
24 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
167 Very Positive mention(s)
36 Positive mention(s)
50 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
8 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Analog Devices. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Analog Devices$9.43B13.00$1.64B$3.6767.29
Apple$391.04B8.54$93.74B$6.5934.13

86.8% of Analog Devices shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analog Devices presently has a consensus target price of $273.53, suggesting a potential upside of 10.76%. Apple has a consensus target price of $237.98, suggesting a potential upside of 5.81%. Given Analog Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Analog Devices is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Analog Devices
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Summary

Analog Devices and Apple tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ADI vs. The Competition

MetricAnalog DevicesSEMI IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$121.52B$29.40B$29.19B$9.58B
Dividend Yield1.62%1.72%3.10%4.09%
P/E Ratio63.0039.1752.7325.19
Price / Sales13.007.501,276.03115.92
Price / Cash22.9934.6235.4258.42
Price / Book3.605.029.206.24
Net Income$1.64B$692.87M$804.70M$265.30M
7 Day Performance6.61%-0.55%-0.55%-0.84%
1 Month Performance4.86%-7.39%-2.17%-1.53%
1 Year Performance11.28%-0.14%24,105.14%17.73%

Analog Devices Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADI
Analog Devices
4.9099 of 5 stars
$246.95
+0.8%
$273.53
+10.8%
+8.5%$121.52B$9.43B63.0024,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
AAPL
Apple
4.5988 of 5 stars
$230.89
-0.3%
$237.60
+2.9%
-0.7%$3.43T$391.04B35.04164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ACLS
Axcelis Technologies
4.0223 of 5 stars
$80.73
+0.3%
$90.00
+11.5%
-32.1%$2.54B$1.02B16.511,563Positive News
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.6817 of 5 stars
$176.13
-0.8%
$180.12
+2.3%
+3.7%$285.83B$25.79B101.2328,000Trending News
AVGO
Broadcom
4.8077 of 5 stars
$305.83
-0.2%
$295.96
-3.2%
+74.7%$1.44T$51.57B114.5437,000Positive News
AVT
Avnet
4.3885 of 5 stars
$53.46
0.0%
$49.00
-8.3%
-4.2%$4.48B$22.20B19.5815,462Positive News
Dividend Increase
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.9392 of 5 stars
$66.95
+1.1%
$74.53
+11.3%
+32.8%$265.13B$56.65B25.5590,400Trending News
Insider Trade
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.541 of 5 stars
$182.08
+0.9%
$187.61
+3.0%
+36.2%$4.44T$130.50B58.7436,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.6367 of 5 stars
$50.58
-1.0%
$56.84
+12.4%
-36.3%$20.69B$7.08B47.2726,490Trending News
ANET
Arista Networks
4.4554 of 5 stars
$137.99
+0.5%
$138.07
+0.1%
+48.2%$173.43B$7.00B54.274,412Positive News
Insider Trade
CRM
Salesforce
4.9664 of 5 stars
$244.15
+0.7%
$342.89
+40.4%
-5.8%$233.41B$37.90B38.2176,453Trending News
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:ADI) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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