Analog Devices key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Analog Devices had return on equity of 6.6%, an operating margin of 26.6%, debt equal to 25.4% of equity and a current ratio of 2.19. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Oct 2009 | 2010Oct 2010 | 2011Oct 2011 | 2012Nov 2012 | 2013Nov 2013 | 2014Nov 2014 | 2015Oct 2015 | 2016Oct 2016 | 2017Oct 2017 | 2018Nov 2018 | 2019Nov 2019 | 2020Oct 2020 | 2021Oct 2021 | 2022Oct 2022 | 2023Oct 2023 | 2024Nov 2024 | 2025Nov 2025 | LTMAug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 55.5% | 65.2% | 66.4% | 64.5% | 64.3% | 63.9% | 65.8% | 65.1% | 62.0% | 68.5% | 67.0% | 65.9% | 61.8% | 62.7% | 64.0% | 57.1% | 61.5% | 65.8% |
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 32.6% | 35.8% | 30.5% | 28.6% | 26.3% | 24.2% | 30.0% | 22.8% | 30.6% | 28.6% | 26.7% | 23.1% | 27.3% | 31.1% | 21.6% | 26.6% | 35.5% |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 25.8% | 29.0% | 24.1% | 25.6% | 22.0% | 20.3% | 25.2% | 15.8% | 24.3% | 22.8% | 21.8% | 19.0% | 22.9% | 26.9% | 17.3% | 20.6% | 29.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.7% | 31.9% | 26.0% | 25.3% | 30.0% | 24.2% | 21.9% | 34.0% | 18.6% | 35.3% | 33.0% | 32.9% | 32.7% | 31.4% | 28.9% | 33.1% | 38.8% | 35.6% |
| Return on equity | 9.8% | 24.9% | 24.8% | 16.4% | 15.1% | 13.3% | 14.2% | 16.8% | 10.5% | 14.1% | 11.9% | 10.3% | 5.6% | 7.4% | 9.2% | 4.6% | 6.6% | 12.3% |
| Return on assets | 7.4% | 18.5% | 18.1% | 12.0% | 11.2% | 9.5% | 10.0% | 11.5% | 5.5% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 3.8% | 5.4% | 6.7% | 3.4% | 4.7% | 8.6% |
| Asset turnover | 0.60 | 0.72 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.29 |
| Current ratio | 6.44 | 5.41 | 8.35 | 8.94 | 9.59 | 5.38 | 3.66 | 6.35 | 1.47 | 2.01 | 1.32 | 1.84 | 1.94 | 2.02 | 1.37 | 1.84 | 2.19 | 1.25 |
| Debt to equity | 15.0% | 12.5% | 23.0% | 19.4% | 18.4% | 18.3% | 17.1% | 33.5% | 77.3% | 56.2% | 46.9% | 42.9% | 17.8% | 18.0% | 19.5% | 22.7% | 25.4% | 27.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 69.6x | 86.3x | 56.0x | 31.2x | 27.8x | 21.6x | 30.7x | 11.6x | 4.6x | 7.5x | 7.5x | 7.8x | 9.2x | 16.4x | 14.4x | 6.3x | 9.2x | 14.1x |
| Effective tax rate | 16.8% | 21.1% | 18.9% | 19.9% | 17.4% | 13.7% | 14.0% | 10.0% | 13.8% | 9.0% | 8.3% | 6.9% | −4.6% | 11.3% | 8.1% | 8.0% | 16.4% | 12.1% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 22.2% | 17.8% | 16.9% | 18.9% | 19.5% | 19.5% | 18.6% | 19.1% | 19.0% | 18.8% | 18.9% | 18.7% | 17.7% | 14.2% | 13.5% | 15.8% | 16.0% | 14.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 16.5% | 14.1% | 13.6% | 14.7% | 15.0% | 15.9% | 13.9% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 11.2% | 10.8% | 11.8% | 12.5% | 10.5% | 10.3% | 11.3% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.8% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 6.2% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 4.6% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 10.3% | 7.7% | 4.8% | 4.4% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 151.8% | 123.5% | 89.6% | 104.8% | 117.2% | 110.2% | 108.2% | 135.1% | 118.0% | 145.2% | 145.1% | 151.0% | 172.0% | 137.4% | 107.3% | 190.9% | 188.7% | 119.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 94.0% | 35.1% | 32.5% | 52.9% | 60.3% | 72.2% | 70.5% | 59.6% | 74.8% | 46.7% | 57.0% | 72.6% | 79.8% | 56.2% | 50.7% | 109.8% | 84.9% | 49.4% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 63.0% | 32.9% | 78.7% | 74.1% | 59.1% | 116.8% | 95.2% | 75.9% | 68.3% | 42.5% | 70.3% | 61.4% | 155.3% | 109.1% | 130.6% | 77.2% | 95.6% | 104.7% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Nov 2024 | 2025 Q1Feb 2025 | 2025 Q2May 2025 | 2025 Q3Aug 2025 | 2025 Q4Nov 2025 | 2026 Q1Jan 2026 | 2026 Q2May 2026 | 2026 Q3Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 58.0% | 59.0% | 61.0% | 62.1% | 63.1% | 64.7% | 67.3% | 67.3% |
| Operating margin | 23.3% | 20.3% | 25.7% | 28.4% | 30.7% | 31.5% | 38.1% | 40.1% |
| Net margin | 19.6% | 16.1% | 21.6% | 18.0% | 25.6% | 26.3% | 32.5% | 33.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 36.2% | 40.4% | 27.6% | 37.7% | 48.3% | 39.8% | 20.3% | 36.3% |
| Current ratio | 1.84 | 1.93 | 2.08 | 2.32 | 2.19 | 1.76 | 1.75 | 1.25 |
| Debt to equity | 20.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% | 23.9% | 24.1% | 24.1% | 24.1% | 24.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 15.5% | 16.6% | 16.7% | 15.8% | 15.2% | 14.8% | 14.1% | 13.3% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 11.3% | 11.8% | 11.5% | 11.3% | 11.1% | 10.9% | 10.0% | 9.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $7.1bn of assets due within a year against $5.7bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $2.2bn of cash against $8.1bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 24% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 17% to 24% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $5.5bn of operating cash flow against $8.1bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $4.9bn against $351m of interest.
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Analog Devices's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 18 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 13.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 18 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 65.3%, moving by 3.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 19 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 27.4%; its worst year was 20.5%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 33.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 9 / 20
The diluted share count rose 31.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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