Analog Devices: F2Q26 (Apr) Preview: Another beat brewing

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Analog Devices: F2Q26 (Apr) Preview: Another beat brewing

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Rating Company Date

Hold Analog Devices 13 May 2026

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North America

United States

Reuters Bloomberg Exchange Ticker Price at 12 May 2026 (USD) 419.65

ADI.OQ ADI US NMS ADI

Price target 330.00

TMT

422.73 -

Semiconductors 52-week range 210.47

F2Q26 (Apr) Preview: Another beat

Valuation & Risks brewing

Ross Seymore

ADI is due to release its F2Q26 results on Wednesday, May 20th at 7am ET, with

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a call to follow at 10am ET. +1-415-617-3268

Heading into ADI's F2Q26 earnings we expect another solid quarter, with revs of DJ Sebastian

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~$3.56b (~2% above the midpoint of guidance matching ADI’s typical beat), driven

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by both growing cyclical demand as well as secular AI exposure. Strength in the

Industrial segment is particularly notable, where we forecast +23% q/q growth in

F2Q on the back of five straight quarters of above-seasonal growth thanks to broad-

based demand improvement bolstered by ADI-specific drivers in ATE and Aero &

Defense (DBe > 1/3 of segment). We see Communications also contributing to the

upside with +13% q/q growth, driven by AI-related DC demand and a cyclical

recovery in wireless. This strength is expected to be partially offset by a ~flat q/q

performance in Automotive, which is still working through the unwind of tariff and

macro-related pull-ins from last year. Looking to F3Q, we see revs growing q/q once

more (albeit moderating at +2% q/q as co faces ~2ppt q/q headwind from pre-

payments in F2Q), with a potentially conservative sequential decline in the

Industrial segment offsetting growth from ADI's remaining segments. On the GM

front, we expect ADI to report GMs of ~72.4%, up ~120bps q/q, driven by favorable