NEW YORK, Feb 12, 2026, 16:17 (EST) — Trading extended into after-hours
Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) slipped 1.7% to $331.38 by Thursday’s close, surrendering earlier gains after peaking at $343.69. This came despite Barclays upgrading its view on the analog chipmaker.
The retreat comes right after a 3.6% jump for ADI, which hit $337 and notched a fresh 52-week high just a day ago. Now, with shares having surged, attention is turning to next week’s results and what management will say about demand. 1
Barclays’ Tom O’Malley boosted his rating on Analog Devices, shifting it to Overweight from Equal Weight and bumping up the price target to $375, previously $315. O’Malley cited the company’s significant industrial customer base as the key factor. For reference, “overweight” signals his view that the stock will outperform its sector. 2
O’Malley says the group is beginning to catch “the PMI inflection” — that’s the purchasing managers’ indexes, a favorite shortcut for investors tracking business activity. Barclays flagged a wrinkle: distributor stockpiles have settled down, but “company inventories remain historically high.” That’s still a drag on factory usage and margins. Barclays gave Microchip and ON Semiconductor Equal Weight ratings, setting price targets at $80 and $75. 3
Tech stocks seesawed Thursday, with U.S. equities dropping after Cisco’s earnings rattled nerves over AI spending and disruption, Reuters reported. Inflation numbers still loomed, keeping investors on edge. “What sectors… can increase productivity from AI investments” versus “what industries are going to be disrupted” is the fight in the market right now, GuideStone Funds’ Jack Herr said. 4
Still, this upgrade is a wager on timing — and timing isn’t bulletproof. Should the industrial comeback falter, or inventories linger through spring, ADI’s next move probably hinges more on its own commentary than on any analyst outlooks.
Analog Devices plans to report its first-quarter fiscal 2026 results at 7:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 18, with a conference call slated for 10:00 a.m. ET that same morning, according to the company. 5
First up: the U.S. consumer price index for January lands Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET—Feb. 13. That one tends to jolt rate bets and usually stirs up rate-sensitive tech. 6
Up next for investors: the CPI lands Feb. 13, followed by ADI’s outlook and demand signals on Feb. 18. What they say about industrial orders and inventories could spell out whether Thursday’s move was just a breather or the opening act of a sharper drop.
