Yahoo Finance Why Fundamental Investors Might Love Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI)
Attractive stocks have exceptional fundamentals. In the case of Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI), there's is a notable dividend-paying company that has been able to sustain great financial health over the past. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, take a look at the report on Analog Devices here.
Established dividend payer with adequate balance sheet
ADI's strong financial health means that all of its upcoming liability payments are able to be met by its current cash and short-term investment holdings. This suggests prudent control over cash and cost by management, which is an important determinant of the company’s health. ADI's has produced operating cash levels of 0.4x total debt over the past year, which implies that ADI's management has put its borrowings into good use by generating enough cash to cover a sufficient portion of borrowings.
Income investors would also be happy to know that ADI is a great dividend company, with a current yield standing at 1.9%. ADI has also been regularly increasing its dividend payments to shareholders over the past decade.
Next Steps:
For Analog Devices, I've put together three key aspects you should further examine:
Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for ADI’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for ADI’s outlook.
Historical Performance: What has ADI's returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of ADI? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
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