New York, Feb 14, 2026, 17:42 (EST) — The session has ended.
- Analog Devices finished Friday’s session at $337.10, up 1.73%, hovering just shy of its recent high.
- Barclays bumped ADI up to “Overweight,” slapping on a $375 target. The call cites industrial exposure and PMIs as key drivers.
- ADI’s fiscal first-quarter numbers land Feb. 18. U.S. markets are shut Monday for Presidents Day.
Analog Devices (ADI.O) finished Friday up 1.73% at $337.10, sticking close—within 2%—to its 52-week peak, and outpacing several rivals. Shares of Broadcom dropped 1.81%. Texas Instruments picked up 1.42%, while KLA gained 0.92%. (MarketWatch)
This is worth watching, with ADI set to deliver fiscal first-quarter earnings on Feb. 18—an event that stands out for investors closely watching the analog-chip space tied to the industrial cycle. ADI plans to release its results at 7:00 a.m. ET, followed by a conference call at 10:00 a.m. ET. (Analog Devices)
Macro moves haven’t let up. U.S. January CPI came in at 2.4% year-on-year—slightly missing the 2.5% mark economists had penciled in. Treasury yields dropped, with the market doubling down on rate-cut hopes into the long weekend, Reuters said. “It is a bit of good news as we head into the long holiday weekend,” said Tim Holland, chief investment officer at Orion. (Reuters)
Barclays’ Tom O’Malley bumped up Analog Devices to “Overweight” from “Equal Weight” and took his price target to $375, up from $315. “Overweight” signals he expects the stock to do better than others he covers. O’Malley pointed out ADI’s outsized industrial exposure—calling it the biggest in the analog category “by far”—and described it as a “quality name to own” with PMIs starting to rebound. (TipRanks)
The call landed just as the stock swung sharply with the broader market action. ADI slid 1.67% on Thursday, closing at $331.36 during a broad selloff. Volume that day ran above the recent norm. It bounced back the next session. (MarketWatch)
Semiconductors bounced back. The PHLX Semiconductor Index gained 0.66% Friday, recouping part of Thursday’s sharp 2.50% slide. (Nasdaq Global Index Watch)
Semiconductor sentiment could stay volatile heading into next week. Shares of Applied Materials surged roughly 11% Friday, propelled by an upbeat forecast linked to AI-fueled demand. That rally spilled over to other chip-equipment players, giving a boost to Lam Research and KLA. (Reuters)
Traders miss out on a session—U.S. markets shut down Monday for Presidents Day, so it’s a compressed week before ADI’s numbers hit. (Nasdaq)
Analog Devices faces a straightforward but tough checklist: look for upticks in industrial demand, watch for any movement in how customers are working through inventories, and gauge if communications demand is picking up with cloud investment.
The PMI often comes up as a top scorecard in this conversation. It’s a business activity survey—generally, anything over 50 signals growth.
Still, as the share price climbs, so do expectations. Any hint of a softer outlook, or wording that implies the recovery might be fading, could easily knock down a stock trading this close to its highs.
Bigger market forces can easily overshadow individual company news. On Thursday, tech stocks slid, rattled by renewed concerns over AI disruption—a clear sign that investors’ risk tolerance remains shaky. (Reuters)
Feb. 18 brings ADI’s report and fresh guidance. That’s when the market figures out if the buying ahead of the print was smart positioning or simply overdone.
