Analog Devices To Report Best Quarter In Years?

Analog Devices, Inc. ADI rose almost 1 percent on Tuesday morning, as the company prepares to announce its second quarter financial results after the market closes.

Management guided the best results in years. They expect earnings of $0.72 per share on revenue of $820 million. The Street is modeling in line earnings and slightly lower revenue of $818.64 million. For its part, the crowd projects earnings one cent above guidance, and revenue of $822.82 million.

These estimates compare to earnings of $0.59 per share and revenue $694.54 million reported in the same quarter last year, and earnings of $0.63 per share on revenue of $771.99 million retrieved last quarter.

As it can be noted in the chart above, Analog Devices has managed to beat estimates and guidance in most of the latest quarters.

The chart overhead illustrates the evolution of consensus estimates over time. As it can be seen, experts’ and the crowd’s expectations have been rising as earnings got closer.

Full Year Forecasts

After the last earnings report, Deutsche Bank analysts raised their second quarter revenue estimate to $820 million (from $800 million), and EPS estimate to $0.72 from $0.69.

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For the full year, the firm anticipates revenue of $3.35 billion and EPS of $3.05. For 2016, $3.54 billion in revenue and $3.35 in EPS.

They rate the stock a Hold and have a $60 price target

In addition, Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating and boosted its price target from $60 to $68.

Their report explains, “With semis forecasted to under-ship their OEM customers in 1H15, we [the analysts] think semis are set up for upside surprises, as seen with ADI's outlook. We see a strong link between capital return and valuation, and continue to like ADI for its broad-based exposure, its target to return 80% of FCF to investors, and its op margin expansion potential.”

Jefferies now expects revenue of $3.32 billion and EPS of $2.83 for 2015, and revenues of $3.59 billion and EPS of $3.14 for 2016.