ADI Analog Devices Inc

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on technology stocks, has published updated outlooks for Analog Devices (Nasdaq: ADI), Linear Technologies (Nasdaq: LLTC), Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN), Maxim Integrated Products (Nasdaq: MXIM) and Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP).

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In his quarterly earnings preview for Analog Devices, McWilliams takes a deep dive into the world of "high-value" analog integrated circuits.  Here he evaluates Analog Devices, Linear Technology, Maxim, Microchip and Texas Instruments.

There are a number of common threads that tie these companies together with market valuation being the most obvious.  Even though TI is going through a significant business model transition at this time and is actually a highly diversified semiconductor company, it still trades at a price-to-sales ratio of 2.6 to 1, nearly 50% above Intel's ratio of 1.8 to 1.

However, when we look at the niche players in the sector we can see price to sales ratios there run as high as 5.8 to 1; Analog Devices comes in second in this category at 4.5 to 1.  According to McWilliams, there are four distinct reasons why these high-value analog companies are valued so richly by Wall Street.

Some pundits claim that digital semiconductor companies and the deep penetration of microcontroller technology into the perennial strongholds for analog ICs will eat into the market for high-value analog. While McWilliams acknowledges there is no stopping the march of Moore's Law and that it captures new analog functions every year, he says there is a flip side to the coin that is often ignored. 

In his special preview for Analog Devices, McWilliams explains this flipside and digs deeper into a number of questions investors in the high-value analog IC sector need to evaluate:

-- What is TI in the midst of changing in its business model and how does that threaten the four classic high-value analog IC companies discussed above?  Are any of the four threatened to the degree that McWilliams would avoid the stock?

-- Which of the five companies are trading far enough below what McWilliams considers to be a "full value" price that investors should consider buying shares today? 

-- What is the paradigm all analog companies face that McWilliams calls the "Evolutionary Path of Analog" and why does it threaten companies that are not prepared to deal with its reality?

-- What are the four unique factors that set Analog Devices apart from the other four companies?  Does McWilliams think Analog Devices is the most underestimated and undervalued of the five companies?  What three vertical markets does McWilliams think will drive growth above expectations at Analog Devices going forward?  Does McWilliams think near-term expectations from the analysts covering Analog Devices are realistic?  What does McWilliams view as a full value price for Analog Devices and the other four high-value analog IC companies?

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