Q1 2026 Analog Devices Inc Earnings Call

February 18, 2026

Speaker #2: Good morning and welcome to the Analog Devices Q1 fiscal year 2026 earnings conference call, which is being audio webcast via telephone and over the web.

Operator: Good morning, and welcome to the Analog Devices' Q1 fiscal year 2026 earnings conference call, which is being audio webcast via telephone and over the web. I'd like to now introduce your host for today's call, Mr. Jeff Ambrosi, Head of Investor Relations. Sir, the floor is yours.

Speaker #2: I'd like to now introduce your host for today's call, Mr. Jeff Ambrose, Head of Investor Relations. Sir, the floor is yours.

Speaker #3: Thank you, Danny, and good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining our first quarter fiscal 2026 conference call. Joining me today is ADI CEO and Chair, Vincent Roche, and ADI CFO, Richard Puccio.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you, Danny, and good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining our first quarter fiscal 2026 conference call. Joining me today is ADI CEO and Chair, Vincent Roche, and ADI CFO, Richard Puccio. For anyone who missed the release, you can find it at investor.analog.com, along with related financial schedules. The information we're about to discuss includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, as further described in our earnings release, periodic reports, and other materials filed with the SEC. Actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking information, as these statements reflect our expectations only as of the date of this call. We undertake no obligation to update these statements except as required by law.

Speaker #3: For anyone who missed the release, you can find it at investor.analog.com, along with related financial schedules. The information we're about to discuss includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, as further described in our earnings release, periodic reports, and other materials filed with the SEC.

Speaker #3: The actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking information as these statements reflect our expectations only as of the date of this call. We undertake no obligation to update these statements except as required by law.

Speaker #3: References to gross margin, operating and non-operating expenses, operating margin, tax rate, earnings per share, and free cash flow in our comments today will be on a non-GAAP basis, which excludes special items.

Jeff Ambrosi: References to gross margin, operating and non-operating expenses, operating margin, tax rate, earnings per share, and free cash flow in our comments today will be on a non-GAAP basis, which excludes special items. When comparing our results to our historical performance, special items are also excluded from prior periods. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures and additional information about our non-GAAP measures are included in today's earnings release. References to earnings per share are on a fully diluted basis. With that, I will turn the call over to ADI CEO and Chair, Vincent Roche.

Speaker #3: When comparing our results to our historical performance, special items are also excluded from prior periods. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures and additional information about our non-GAAP measures are included in today's earnings release.

Speaker #3: References to earnings per share are on a fully diluted basis. And with that, I'll turn the call over to ADI CEO and Chair, Vincent Roche.

Speaker #2: Thank you, Jeff, and a very good morning to you all. Well, we extended our momentum through the first quarter, with revenue, profitability, and earnings per share all coming in above the midpoint of our guidance.

Vincent Roche: Thank you, Jeff, and a very good morning to you all. Well, we extended our momentum through Q1 with revenue, profitability, and earnings per share, all coming in above the midpoint of our guidance. Year-over-year growth was broad-based across our end markets, with particular strengths in industrial and communications, reflecting both cyclical improvement and company-specific execution. This performance underscores the strength of ADI's diversified and resilient business model, enabling us to navigate uncertainty while continuing to capture share in the markets that matter most. As you've heard me say many times before, the wellspring of ADI's prosperity is built on a culture of relentless innovation and deep customer engagement across the life cycle of our solutions. As such, these activities are always our first call on capital, and now we're investing at record levels.

Speaker #2: Year-over-year growth was broad-based across our end markets, with particular strength in industrial and communications reflecting both cyclical improvement and company-specific execution. This performance underscores the strength of ADI's diversified and resilient business model, enabling us to navigate uncertainty while continuing to capture share in the markets that matter most.

Speaker #2: As you've heard me say many times before, the wellspring of ADI's prosperity is built on a culture of relentless innovation and deep customer engagement across the lifecycle of our solutions.

Speaker #2: As such, these activities are always our first calling capital and now we're investing at record levels. At the same time, we remain committed to returning 100% of our free cash flow to shareholders over the long term, and I'm pleased to share that we just announced an 11% increase to this year's dividend, extending our impressive track record of annual dividend growth and reinforcing our focus on delivering consistent shareholder returns.

Vincent Roche: At the same time, we remain committed to returning 100% of our free cash flow to shareholders over the long term. I'm pleased to share that we just announced an 11% increase to this year's dividend, extending our impressive track record of annual dividend growth and reinforcing our focus on delivering consistent shareholder returns. Looking ahead, a strong Q2 outlook and improving demand signals reinforce our belief that fiscal 2026 has the potential to be a banner year for ADI, barring unforeseen material changes in the macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop. Now, as mentioned in previous calls, we're aligning our strategic investments to key mega trends that we believe offer outsized, long-term, secular growth potential: namely, autonomy, proactive healthcare, sustainable energy transition, immersive sensory experience, and AI-driven computing and connectivity. It's in this last area that I will focus the remainder of my comments today.

Speaker #2: Looking ahead, a strong second-quarter outlook and improving demand signals reinforce our belief that fiscal '26 has the potential to be a banner year for ADI, barring unforeseen material changes in the macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop.

Speaker #2: Now, as mentioned in previous calls, we're aligning our strategic investments to key megatrends that we believe offer outsized long-term secular growth potential—namely, autonomy, proactive healthcare, sustainable energy transition, immersive sensory experience, and AI-driven computing and connectivity.

Speaker #2: And it's in this last area that I will focus the remainder of my comments today. Over our history, we have prided ourselves on our ability to sense the early signals of emerging trends and to invest aggressively to ensure leadership as those trends proliferate.

Vincent Roche: Over our history, we have prided ourselves on our ability to sense the early signals of emerging trends and to invest aggressively to ensure leadership as those trends proliferate. Artificial intelligence is a good case in point. Our investments targeting solutions for AI's massive performance requirements are generating substantial returns in two distinct parts of ADI, our automated test equipment and data center businesses, which collectively make up close to 20% of our revenue. Now, let me begin with automated test equipment, or ATE. Revenue increased approximately 40% in fiscal 2025 and further accelerated in the first quarter of 2026, fueled by several factors. ADI's ATE portfolio sits at the heart of the most complex semiconductor production test systems for digital SoC, memory, RF, millimeter wave, and power devices, as well as system-level products.

Speaker #2: Artificial intelligence is a good case in point. Our investments targeting solutions for AI's massive performance requirements are generating substantial returns in two distinct parts of ADI: our automated test equipment and data center businesses, which collectively make up close to 20% of our revenue.

Speaker #2: Now, let me begin with automated test equipment, or ATE. Revenue increased approximately 40% in fiscal '25, and further accelerated in the first quarter of '26, fueled by several factors.

Speaker #2: ADI's ATE portfolio sits at the heart of the most complex semiconductor production test systems for digital SOC, memory RF and millimeter wave, and power devices, as well as system-level products.

Speaker #2: We deliver the integrated pin electronics, device power supplies, and parametric measurement units that drive, sense, and precisely characterize every pin and rail on complex ICs, under the most demanding real-world conditions.

Vincent Roche: We deliver the integrated pin electronics, device power supplies, and parametric measurement units that drive, sense, and precisely characterize every pin and rail on complex ICs under the most demanding real-world conditions. Our application-specific solutions are complemented by a suite of analog, RF, and power products, enabling complete high-density test subsystems. These solutions enable customers to increase platform channel density and throughput to validate the most advanced nodes and packaging technologies faster and more thoroughly at lower costs, with up to 30% less energy consumption per system. As a result, we enjoy industry leadership across the major test platforms, and our content per tester stretches into the tens of thousands of dollars. Importantly, we've earned a durable role as the leading-edge technology partner in the fast-evolving ATE market, which continues to grow with rising semiconductor complexity and the proliferation of connected intelligent devices.

Speaker #2: Our application-specific solutions are complemented by a suite of analog, RF, and power products, enabling complete high-density tests of systems. These solutions enable customers to increase platform channel density and throughput to validate the most advanced nodes and packaging technologies, faster and more thoroughly, at lower cost, with up to 30% less energy consumption per system.

Speaker #2: As a result, we enjoy industry leadership across the major test platforms, and our content per tester stretches into the tens of thousands of dollars.

Speaker #2: Importantly, we've earned a durable role as the leading-edge technology partner in the fast-evolving ATE market, which continues to grow with rising semiconductor complexity and the proliferation of connected intelligent devices.

Speaker #2: Now, let me turn to our data center business, which grew approximately 50% in fiscal '25 and also saw accelerated growth in the most recent quarter.

Vincent Roche: Now let me turn to our data center business, which grew approximately 50% in fiscal 25 and also saw accelerated growth in the most recent quarter. Several factors are driving this expansion. AI's demand for faster processing speeds and greater power density, combined with the monumental increase in data volume, is creating exponentially greater complexity in data centers. This, in turn, drives the need for faster innovation cycles and new architectures. And ADI's analog and mixed-signal, power, and optical portfolios are critical to this evolution. I'll talk a bit now about power management, which is increasingly a system-level differentiator in AI data centers. At a high level, it breaks down into power delivery and power control. Think of power delivery as the vascular system, moving energy across the data center. As customers migrate to higher voltage architectures, safely moving larger amounts of power becomes foundational.

Speaker #2: Several factors are driving this expansion. AI's demand for faster processing speeds and greater power density combined with the monumental increase in data volume is creating exponentially greater complexity in data centers.

Speaker #2: This in turn drives the need for faster innovation cycles and new architectures. And ADI's analog and mixed signal power and optical portfolios are critical to this evolution.

Speaker #2: I'll talk a bit now about power management, which is increasingly a system-level differentiator in AI data centers. At a high level, it breaks down into power delivery and power control.

Speaker #2: Think of power delivery as the vascular system moving energy across the data center. As customers migrate to higher-voltage architectures, safely moving larger amounts of power becomes foundational.

Speaker #2: Protection is non-negotiable. As the consequences of false rise sharply for both uptime and safety, ADI's hot swap and high-performance protection solutions which represent roughly one-third of our data center power revenue today enable predictable fault isolation, fast recovery, and live maintenance, allowing racks to run continuously even as power levels increase.

Vincent Roche: Protection is non-negotiable, as the consequences of faults rise sharply for both uptime and safety. ADI's hot swap and high-performance protection solutions, which represent roughly 1/3 of our data center power revenue today, enable predictable fault isolation, fast recovery, and live maintenance, allowing racks to run continuously even as power levels increase. Beyond protection, architectural change is also expanding our role in power delivery. We continue to see strong growth in point of load converters, micromodules, and high-performance regulators. Newer approaches, such as vertical power and higher voltage distribution, are now opening incremental SAM for ADI. We shipped our smart power stage to our first vertical power customer last quarter, and adoption of our intermediate bus converter modules is accelerating for 48 and 54 volt architectures. Now think of power control as the brain of the data center energy system.

Speaker #2: Beyond protection, architectural change is also expanding our role in power delivery. We continue to see strong growth in point-of-load converters, micro-modules, and high-performance regulators, newer approaches such as vertical power and higher-voltage distribution, are now opening incremental SAM for ADI.

Speaker #2: We shipped our smart power stage to our first vertical power customer last quarter, and adoption of our intermediate bus converter modules is accelerating for 48- and 54-volt architectures.

Speaker #2: Now, think of power control as the brain of the data center energy system. AI performance per watt depends on how precisely power is regulated and converted at the GPU or CPU.

Vincent Roche: AI performance per watt depends on how precisely power is regulated and converted at the GPU or CPU. Roughly 1/3 of our data center power revenue comes from DC power control, including our power system management ICs and multi-phase controllers. AI accelerators demand fast, highly efficient, digitally controlled power conversion from the rack down to tightly regulated core voltages. ADI's analog and mixed signal solutions abilities to enable higher compute density and better system-level performance are driving increasing demand and design wins. To sum up our AI data center power story, ADI enables customers to move power safely, regulate it intelligently, and scale AI infrastructure for the future. As power becomes a strategic constraint in AI data centers, our suite of high-performance technologies and system-level approach position us well for the next wave of infrastructure growth. Finally, turning to our optical connectivity portfolio.

Speaker #2: Roughly one-third of our data center power revenue comes from DC power control, including our power system management ICs and multi-phase controllers. AI accelerators demand fast, highly efficient, digitally controlled power conversion, from the rack down to tightly regulated core voltages.

Speaker #2: ADI's analog and mixed signal solutions' abilities to enable higher compute density and better system-level performance are driving increasing demand and design wins. To sum up our AI data center power story, ADI enables customers to move power safely, regulated intelligently, and scale AI infrastructure for the future.

Speaker #2: As power becomes a strategic constraint in AI data centers, our suite of high-performance technologies and system-level approach positions us well for the next wave of infrastructure growth.

Speaker #2: Finally, turning to our optical connectivity portfolio, as AI continues to scale, the amount of data that must move within and between data centers is increasing exponentially.

Vincent Roche: As AI continues to scale, the amount of data that must move within and between data centers is increasing exponentially. To deliver AI class bandwidth and latency, industry leaders are rearchitecting their networks, increasingly replacing traditional electrical switching with optical circuit switches or OCSs. In this environment, performance is no longer defined solely by the optical modem system. It increasingly depends on the precision control, monitoring, and power solutions, the nervous system, if you will, around the laser DSP and photodiode signal chain. By tightly integrating precision control, temperature regulation, real-time monitoring, and compact high-performance power management, ADI allows optical systems to operate at higher speeds with lower power and in smaller form factors. This enables data center operators and carriers to increase front panel bandwidth density, reduce power consumption and cost per bit, and accelerate time to market.

Speaker #2: To deliver AI-class bandwidth and latency, industry leaders are re-architecting their networks increasingly replacing traditional electrical switching with optical circuit switches or OCSs. In this environment, performance is no longer defined solely by the optical modem system.

Speaker #2: It increasingly depends on the precision control monitoring and power solutions, the nervous system, if you will, around the laser DSP and photodiode signal chain.

Speaker #2: By tightly integrating precision control, temperature regulation, real-time monitoring, and compact high-performance power management, ADI allows optical systems to operate at higher speeds, with lower power and in smaller form factors.

Speaker #2: This enables data center operators and carriers to increase front-panel bandwidth density, reduce power consumption, and cost per bit, and accelerate time to market. As AI workloads continue to drive faster upgrade cycles, and new network architectures, our ability to help our customers manage optical complexity, performance, and economics positions us well to benefit from AI-driven infrastructure investment in the future.

Vincent Roche: As AI workloads continue to drive faster upgrade cycles and new network architectures, our ability to help our customers manage optical complexity, performance, and economics positions us well to benefit from AI-driven infrastructure investment in the future. So in closing, it's important to remember that AI is just a part of our larger growth story. Our diverse business model is enabling profitable growth across numerous trends, markets, and applications. And as a result, we've never been more optimistic about our future at the intelligent edge. And with that, I'll pass it over to Rich.

Speaker #2: So in closing, it's important to remember that AI is just a part of our larger growth story. Our diverse business model is enabling profitable growth across numerous trends: markets and applications.

Speaker #2: And as a result, we've never been more optimistic about our future at the intelligent edge. And with that, I'll pass it over to Rich.

Speaker #1: Thank you, Vince. And let me add my welcome to our first quarter earnings call. Revenue in the first quarter came in toward the higher end of our outlook at $3.16 billion, growing 3% sequentially and 30% year over year.

Richard Puccio: Thank you, Vince. Let me add my welcome to our first quarter earnings call. Revenue in the first quarter came in toward the higher end of our outlook at $3.16 billion, growing 3% sequentially and 30% year-over-year. Industrial represented 47% of our first quarter revenue, finishing up 5% sequentially and 38% year-over-year. Strength was broad-based, with all segments delivering growth of 25% or more on a year-over-year basis, including record quarters for ATE and Aerospace and Defense. Automotive represented 25% of revenue, finishing down 8% sequentially and up 8% year-over-year. We saw continued year-over-year growth for our leading connectivity and functionally safe power portfolios, driven by our strong position in Level 2+ ADAS systems.

Speaker #1: Industrial represented 47% of our first quarter revenue, finishing up 5% sequentially and 38% year over year. Strength was broad-based, with all segments delivering growth of 25% or more on a year-over-year basis, including record quarters for ATE and aerospace and defense.

Speaker #1: Automotive represented 25% of revenue, finishing down 8% sequentially and up 8% year over year. We saw continued year-over-year growth for our leading connectivity and functionally safe power portfolios driven by our strong position in Level 2+ ADAT systems.

Speaker #1: Communications represented 15% of revenue, finishing up 20% sequentially and 63% year over year. Accelerating year-over-year growth was led by our data center business, as increasing investments in AI infrastructure continue to drive robust demand for our optical and power portfolios.

Richard Puccio: Communications represented 15% of revenue, finishing up 20% sequentially and 63% year-over-year. Accelerating year-over-year growth was led by our data center business, as increasing investments in AI infrastructure continue to drive robust demand for our optical and power portfolios. Wireless also recorded accelerated growth, driven by cyclical improvements, and has now grown double digits for 3 consecutive quarters. And lastly, consumer represented 13% of quarterly revenue, finishing up 2% sequentially and 27% year-over-year. Year-over-year growth was due to an upside across all consumer applications, with notable benefits from content and share gains in the fast-growing wearables market and in premium handsets. Now on to the rest of the P&L.

Speaker #1: Wireless also recorded accelerated growth driven by cyclical improvements and is now grown double digits for three consecutive quarters. And lastly, consumer represented 13% of quarterly revenue, finishing up 2% sequentially and 27% year over year.

Speaker #1: Year-over-year growth was due to an upside across all consumer applications, with notable benefits from content and share gains in the fast-growing wearables market and in premium handsets.

Speaker #1: Now onto the rest of the P&L. First quarter gross margin was 71.2%, up 140 basis points sequentially and 240 basis points year over year, driven by higher utilization, favorable mix, and roughly 50 basis points from discrete items which were not included in our original forecast.

Richard Puccio: Q1 gross margin was 71.2%, up 140 basis points sequentially and 240 basis points year-over-year, driven by higher utilization, favorable mix, and roughly 50 basis points from discrete items, which were not included in our original forecast. OpEx in the quarter was $812 million, resulting in an operating margin of 45.5%, above the high end of our guidance, up 200 basis points sequentially and 500 basis points year-over-year. Non-operating expenses were $53 million, and the tax rate for the quarter was 12.7%. All told, EPS was $2.46, up 9% sequentially and 51% year-over-year. Now I'd like to highlight a few items from our balance sheet and cash flow statements.

Speaker #1: OPEX in the quarter was $812 million, resulting in an operating margin of 45.5%, above the high end of our guidance, up 200 basis points sequentially and 500 basis points year over year.

Speaker #1: Non-operating expenses were $53 million, and the tax rate for the quarter was 12.7%. All told, EPS was $2.46, up 9% sequentially and 51% year over year.

Speaker #1: Now, I'd like to highlight a few items from our balance sheet and cash flow statements. Cash and short-term investments finished the quarter at $4 billion, and our net leverage ratio decreased to 0.8.

Richard Puccio: Cash and short-term investments finished the quarter at $4 billion, and our net leverage ratio decreased to 0.8. Inventory increased $111 million sequentially, with days of inventory finishing at 171. Channel inventory increased, ending within our 6- to 7-week range. We are continuing to build die bank and finished goods buffers to help support the upsides we are seeing while balancing a strategically designed leaner channel position. Over the trailing twelve months, operating cash flow and CapEx were $5.1 billion and $0.5 billion, respectively. We continue to expect fiscal 2026 CapEx to be within our long-term model of 4% to 6% of revenue. Free cash flow over the trailing twelve months was $4.6 billion or 39% of revenue.

Speaker #1: Inventory increased $111 million sequentially, with days of inventory finishing at 171. Channel inventory increased, ending within our six-to-seven-week range. We are continuing to build die bank and finished goods buffers to help support the upsides we are seeing while balancing a strategically leaner channel position.

Speaker #1: Over the trailing 12 months, operating cash flow and capex were $5.1 billion and $0.5 billion, respectively. We continue to expect fiscal 2026 capex to be within our long-term model of 4 to 6% of revenue.

Speaker #1: Free cash flow over the trailing 12 months was $4.6 billion, or 39% of revenue. As a reminder, we target 100% free cash flow return over the long term, using 40 to 60% for our dividend and the remainder for share count reduction.

Richard Puccio: As a reminder, we target 100% free cash flow return over the long term, using 40 to 60% for our dividend and the remainder for share count reduction. To that end, since the inception of our capital return program in 2004, we have returned more than $32 billion to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases. And since our Maxim acquisition in 2021, we have returned more than 100% of free cash flow to our shareholders. And as Vince mentioned, yesterday, we announced our 22nd consecutive annual dividend increase, raising the quarterly amount by 11% to $1.10. Now moving on to our Q2 outlook. Revenue is expected to be $3.5 billion ±100 million.

Speaker #1: To that end, since the inception of our capital return program in 2004, we have returned more than $32 billion to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases.

Speaker #1: And since our maximum acquisition in 2021, we have returned more than 100% of free cash flow to our shareholders. And as Vince mentioned, yesterday we announced our 22nd consecutive annual dividend increase raising the quarterly amount by 11% to $1.10.

Speaker #1: Now moving on to our second quarter outlook. Revenue is expected to be 3.5 billion, plus or minus 100 million. Operating margin at the midpoint is expected to be 47.5%, plus or minus 100 basis points.

Richard Puccio: Operating margin at the midpoint is expected to be 47.5% ±100 basis points. Our tax rate is expected to be between 11% and 13%, and based on these inputs, adjusted EPS is expected to be $2.88 ±$0.15. In closing, our strong Q1 performance and favorable Q2 outlook underscores ADI's disciplined execution and the growing momentum we are seeing with customers across our end markets. While the macro backdrop remains fluid, demand indicators continue to trend favorably, and I believe we are well positioned to continue capitalizing on the opportunities ahead. With that, I'll give it back to Jeff for Q&A.

Speaker #1: Our tax rate is expected to be between 11 and 13%, and based on these inputs, adjusted EPS is expected to be $2.88, plus or minus 15 cents.

Speaker #1: In closing, our strong first quarter performance and favorable second quarter outlook underscores ADI's disciplined execution and the growing momentum we are seeing with customers across our end markets.

Speaker #1: While the macro backdrop remains fluid, demand indicators continue to trend favorably, and I believe we are well positioned to continue capitalizing on the opportunities ahead.

Speaker #1: With that, I'll give it back.

Speaker #2: Thank you, Rich. Now let's get to our Q&A session. We ask that you limit yourself to one question in order to allow for additional participants on the call this morning.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you, Rich. Now let's get to our Q&A session. We ask that you limit yourself to one question in order to allow for additional participants on the call this morning. If you have a follow-up, please requeue, and we will take your question if time allows. With that, operator, we will have our first question, please.

Speaker #2: If you have a follow-up, please re-queue, and we will take your question if time allows. With that, operator, we will have our first question.

Speaker #2: Please

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Operator: Thank you. For those participating by telephone dial-in, if you have a question, please press star one, one on your phone to enter the queue. If your question has been answered and you wish to be removed from the queue, please press star one, one again. If you are listening on a speakerphone, please pick up the handset when asking your question. We'll pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Our first question comes from Jim Schneider with Goldman Sachs. Your line is open.

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Speaker #3: Our first question comes from Jim Schneider with Goldman Sachs. Your line is open.

Speaker #1: Good morning. Thanks for taking my question. Good job on the results. I'm curious, as you look forward over the next quarter or two, whether you expect to continue to see above seasonal performance in the industrial segment in particular, and can you maybe also discuss whether you're seeing any kind of signs of OEM customer restocking at this stage or not yet?

Jim Schneider: Good morning, and thanks for taking my question. Good job on the results. I'm curious, as you look forward over the next quarter or two, whether you expect to continue to see above-seasonal performance in the industrial segment in particular, and can you maybe also discuss whether you're seeing any kind of signs of OEM customer restocking at this stage or not yet? Thank you.

Speaker #1: Thank you.

Speaker #4: Sure, Jim. Thanks for the question. So, obviously, Q2 was our strongest sequential quarter—normally, we're up in the mid-single digits, around 4 or 5 percent.

Richard Puccio: Sure, Jim, thanks for the question. You know, so obviously Q2 is our strongest sequentially-- strongest sequential quarter, normally up in the mid single digits, 4 or 5%. And our outlook, which embeds sell-in equal to sell-through, reflects about an 11% sequential growth, implying, you know, obviously significantly above seasonal growth. You know, by end market, as we look out for Q2, what we expect to see is industrial continuing strong, up 20% sequentially, and well above seasonal at 50% year-over-year. You know, clearly being aided by the cyclical recovery and our strength in ATE and ADF. You know, we expect comms to be up high single digits sequentially, excuse me, above seasonal and about 60% year-over-year.

Speaker #4: And our outlook, which embeds sell-in equal to sell-through, reflects about 11% sequential growth, implying obviously significantly above seasonal growth. By end market, as we look out for Q2, what we expect to see is industrial continuing strong—up 20% sequentially, and well above seasonal at 50% year over year—clearly being aided by the cyclical recovery and our strength in ATE and ADEF.

Speaker #4: We expect comms to be up high single digits sequentially, excuse me, above seasonal and about 60% year over year. Again, as we've talked about now, the AI surge for data center and the wireless cyclical recovery of both driving.

Richard Puccio: Again, we, as we've talked about now, AI surge for data center and the wireless cyclical recovery are both thriving. You know, from an auto perspective, we do expect that to be flat to down sequentially, a bit below seasonal, and this is, as we've talked about, largely due to the tariff and macro, pull-in unwind that we've been talking about since the Q2 and Q3, of last year. And then consumer in Q2, we expect to be down mid-single digits in line with seasonality. And then, you know, obviously we don't guide out to the Q3, but I'll remind everybody that our, you know, our Q3 is typically up, low single digits.

Speaker #4: From an auto perspective, we do expect that to be flat to down sequentially, a bit below seasonal, and this is, as we've talked about, largely due to the tariff and macro pull-in unwind that we've been talking about since the second and third quarters of last year.

Speaker #4: And then consumer in Q2, we expect to be down mid single digits in line with seasonality. And then obviously, we don't guide out to the third quarter, but I'll remind everybody that our third quarter is typically up low single digits.

Speaker #5: Yeah, I think, Jim, one other comment you asked is a little bit any evidence of restocking? We don't see any evidence whatsoever of that at this point in the cycle.

Vincent Roche: Yeah, I think, Jim, one other comment you asked as well about any evidence of restocking. We don't see any evidence whatsoever of that at this point in the cycle.

Speaker #1: Thank you, Jim. We'll move to our next caller, please.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you, Jim. Move to our next caller, please.

Speaker #3: Thank you. Our next question comes from Stacey Raskin with Bernstein Research, your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from Stacy Rasgon with Bernstein Research. Your line is open.

Speaker #6: Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. I was wondering if you could give us some color on gross margin and OPEX drivers embedded in the guide.

Stacy Rasgon (Bernstein Research: Hi, guys, thanks for taking my questions. I was wondering if you could give us some color on Gross Margin and OpEx drivers embedded in the guide. I know, OpEx, I presume, is up on variable comp. Gross Margin, I assume mix and utilization. And just any color you can give us on those drivers within the model would be helpful. Thank you.

Stacy Rasgon: Hi, guys, thanks for taking my questions. I was wondering if you could give us some color on Gross Margin and OpEx drivers embedded in the guide. I know, OpEx, I presume, is up on variable comp. Gross Margin, I assume mix and utilization. And just any color you can give us on those drivers within the model would be helpful. Thank you.

Speaker #6: I know OPEX, I presume, is up on variable comp. Gross margin, I assume, mix and utilization. And just any color you can give us on those drivers within the model would be helpful.

Speaker #6: Thank you.

Speaker #4: Thanks, Stacey. I'll start. I'll go through the GM question first. So obviously, as you saw in the post, Q1's gross margin was 71.2%. This was higher than expected on better mix, stronger utilization, and then a few items that we did not forecast.

Richard Puccio: Thanks, Stacy. I'll, I'll start. I'll go through the, the GM question first. So obviously, as you saw in the, in the post, Q1's gross margin was 71.2%. This was higher than expected on better mix, stronger utilization, and then a few items that we did not forecast. You know, we've gotten closer to our optimal utilization level. So as we look out, we expect only to see modest upside from utilization. And in, in our Q2 outlook, we're assuming 100 basis points of gross margin expansion or up essentially 150 basis points versus Q1, because that excludes the discrete items that I mentioned in my prepared remarks.

Speaker #4: During Q1, we've gotten closer to our optimal utilization level. So as we look out, we expect only to see modest upside from utilization. And in our Q2 outlook, we're assuming 100 bips of gross margin expansion or essentially 150 bips versus Q1 because that excludes the discrete items that I mentioned in my prepared remarks.

Speaker #4: And again, the expected increase here is driven by favorable mix and uplift from price, which includes 50 bps that will not repeat in Q3 since it relates to the one-time effect of repricing our inventory in the channel.

Richard Puccio: And again, the expected increase here is driven by favorable mix and uplift from price, which includes 50 bps that will not repeat in Q3, since it relates to the one-time effect of repricing our inventory in the channel. So you know, you would expect us not to see that same 50 bps recur. On the operating margin side, you know, for us, Q1 was roughly in line with expectations. You know, the beat at the operating margin line was driven mostly by the stronger gross margin we just talked about. You know, in Q2, I see OpEx growing in the mid-single-digit range. Obviously, we have no shutdown in the second quarter. We're continuing to hire in strategic investment areas.

Speaker #4: So you expect us not to see that same 50 bips recur on the operating margin side. For us, Q1 was roughly in line with expectations.

Speaker #4: The beat at the operating margin line was driven mostly by the stronger gross margin we just talked about. In Q2, I see OPEX growing in the mid-single-digit range.

Speaker #4: Obviously, we have no shutdown in the second quarter. We're continuing to hire in strategic investment areas. We've got to hire bonus factor. We've got our GTC conference.

Richard Puccio: We've got a higher bonus factor, we've got our GTC conference, but we will see OpEx as a percent of revenue fall. And with the expected growth in gross margin, we see about 200 basis points of sequential improvement in Q2, so 47.5 at the midpoint. And, you know, for the full year, we continue to expect OpEx growth to trail revenue growth, growth by roughly half. You know, one of the things-

Speaker #4: But we will see OPEX as a percent of revenue fall. And with the expected growth in gross margin, we see about 200 basis points of sequential improvement in Q2.

Speaker #4: So 47.5 at the midpoint. And for the full year, we continue to expect OPEX growth to trail revenue growth by roughly half. One of the things we've been talking oh, sorry, Stacey, one last point.

Stacy Rasgon (Bernstein Research: Got it. Just-

Stacy Rasgon: Got it. Just-

Richard Puccio: Oh, sorry, Stacy. One last point?

Speaker #1: I was just interested, just to clarify, on the gross margins—on a reported basis, up 100 bps, and excluding the 50 bps of one-time would be up 150 on a normalized basis.

Stacy Rasgon (Bernstein Research: I was just saying, just to clarify on the gross margins on a reported basis, up 100 bps and excluding the 50, the 50 bps of one time, it'd be up 150 on a normalized basis. That's what you said?

Stacy Rasgon: I was just saying, just to clarify on the gross margins on a reported basis, up 100 bps and excluding the 50, the 50 bps of one time, it'd be up 150 on a normalized basis. That's what you said?

Speaker #1: That's what you said? Got it. Just wanted to make sure I had that. Thank you.

Richard Puccio: Yes. Correct, Stacy.

Stacy Rasgon (Bernstein Research: Got it. I just wanted to make sure I had that. Thank you.

Stacy Rasgon: Got it. I just wanted to make sure I had that. Thank you.

Speaker #4: Yep. Yeah, and then the line runs between highlighted no, it's okay, Stacey. Obviously, I've been talking about seeing increased leverage this year in part, which is the large reset on the variable comp head when we spoke about last year.

Richard Puccio: Yep. Yeah, and then the last thing I would highlight is-

Stacy Rasgon (Bernstein Research: Sorry to interrupt you.

Stacy Rasgon: Sorry to interrupt you.

Richard Puccio: No, it's okay, Stacy. You know, we obviously have been talking about seeing increased leverage this year, and part of which is the large reset on the variable comp head when we spoke about last year. And obviously, we're seeing that leverage play out.

Speaker #4: And obviously, we're seeing that leverage play out.

Speaker #1: All right. Thank you, Stacey. Take our next caller, please.

Stacy Rasgon (Bernstein Research: All right. Thank you, Stacy.

Jeff Ambrosi: All right. Thank you, Stacy.

Richard Puccio: Take our next caller, please.

Jeff Ambrosi: Take our next caller, please.

Speaker #4: Thanks, Stacey.

Stacy Rasgon (Bernstein Research: Thanks, Stacy.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thanks, Stacy.

Speaker #1: Thank you.

Richard Puccio: Thank you.

Stacy Rasgon: Thank you.

Speaker #3: Thank you. Our next question comes from Harlan, sir, with JPMorgan. Your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from Harlan Sur, with JP Morgan. Your line is open.

Speaker #6: Yeah, good morning, and congratulations on the strong quarterly execution. Within your AI business—connectivity, power, ATE—that was a great overview, Vince, of the differentiation in your prepared remarks.

Harlan Sur: Yeah, good morning, and congratulations on the strong quarterly execution. Within your AI business, you know, connectivity, power, ATE, that was a great overview, Vince, of the differentiation in your prepared remarks. You articulated a strong portfolio of RF mixed signal, power products and performance differentiation, but the analog team has always further differentiated on systems-level integration, software, digital signal processing. So how are you leveraging your software, DSP, and systems capabilities to gain further traction in this very fast-growing end market?

Speaker #6: You articulated a strong portfolio of RF, mixed signal, power products, and performance differentiation, but the analog team has always further differentiated on systems-level integration, software, digital signal processing.

Speaker #6: So how are you leveraging your software, DSP, and systems capabilities to gain further traction in this very fast-growing end market?

Speaker #5: Yeah, thanks, Harlan. Good question. Well, I'd say, first and foremost, if you look at ADI's trajectory over the last five to ten years, we've been approaching our innovation activities centered around application system knowledge.

Vincent Roche: Yeah, thanks, Harlan. Good question. Well, I'd say first and foremost, if you look at ADI's trajectory over the last 5 to 10 years, we've been approaching our innovation activities centered around application system knowledge. And that's enabled us to capture more of the customer's complexity, boil it down, increase our ASPs. So I think what we see in certainly the power side of things is a mix of all the technologies. You know, up to kind of the last 3 or 4 years, most of the power business was about the analog circuits that configured the power systems. But tomorrow's systems are going to be more and more digitally controlled, if you like.

Speaker #5: And that's enabled us to capture more of the customer's complexity, boil it down, and increase our ASPs. So, I think what we see, certainly on the power side of things, is a mix of all the technologies.

Speaker #5: In the last, up to kind of the last three or four years, most of the power business was about the analog circuits that configured the power systems.

Speaker #5: But tomorrow's systems are going to be more and more digitally controlled, if you like. So that's where a lot of our digital signal processing heritage will come increasingly into play in these multi-phase, very, very high-speed conversion systems where precision is critically important.

Vincent Roche: So that's where a lot of our digital signal processing heritage will come increasingly into play in these multi-phase, very, very high-speed conversion systems, where precision is critically important and being able to manage more and more rails of power. So that is a very, very good use and example of where our digital heritage comes into play with the, with the mixed signal as well as the power technologies. In the optical sector and around the optical modem, the nervous system, as we call it, again, that's a mix of a lot of digital functionality that partners with our mixed signal conversion systems, as well as the power. So everything we do these days has a strong mix of analog, increasingly digital, and increasingly software.

Speaker #5: And being able to manage more and more rails of power. So that is a very, very good use and example of where our digital heritage comes into play with the mixed-signal as well as the power technologies.

Speaker #5: In the optical sector, around the optical mode and the nervous system, as we call it, again, that's a mix of a lot of digital functionality that partners with our mixed-signal conversion systems as well as the power.

Speaker #5: So everything we do these days has a strong mix of analog, increasingly digital, and increasingly software. And even you may have seen, I think, on the last earnings call, we talked about a couple of product platforms that we had brought to market in the fourth quarter that had machine learning embedded in them as well.

Vincent Roche: Even you may have seen, I think, on the last earnings call, we talked about a couple of product platforms that we had brought to market in Q4 that had machine learning embedded in them as well.

Harlan Sur: Mm-hmm.

Operator: Thank you, Harlan.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you, Harlan.

Speaker #1: Thank you, Harlan.

Harlan Sur: Perfect. Thank you, Vince.

Speaker #4: Thank you, Vince.

Speaker #1: We'll move to our next caller, please.

Operator: We'll move to our next caller, please. Thank you. Our next question comes from Vivek Arya, with Bank of America Securities. Your line is open.

Jeff Ambrosi: We'll move to our next caller, please.

Speaker #3: Thank you. Our next question comes from Vivek Arya with Bank of America Securities. Your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from Vivek Arya, with Bank of America Securities. Your line is open.

Vivek Arya: Thanks for taking my question. I was hoping you could quantify your data center exposure across ATE, optical, and power. What's that exposure right now? How much did it grow last year? And then, what is the right way to kind of model growth for that segment going forward? And part of that, you know, power is a high-growth segment, but it tends to be very crowded. So I'm curious, Vince, what's your visibility around keeping or extending your market share in that segment? Thank you.

Speaker #6: Thanks for taking my question. I was hoping you could quantify your data center exposure across ATE, optical, and power. What's that exposure right now?

Speaker #6: How much did it grow last year? And then what is the right way to kind of model growth for that segment going forward? And part of that, power is a high-growth segment, but it tends to be very crowded.

Speaker #6: So I'm curious what's your visibility around keeping or extending your market share in that segment? Thank you.

Speaker #5: Yeah, so maybe I'll start with the last piece. Yeah, look, ADI thrives in an environment of incredibly hard problems. And the problems in the power system are becoming increasingly difficult.

Vincent Roche: Yes. Maybe I'll start with the last piece. Yeah, look, the ADI thrives in an environment of incredibly hard problems, and the problems in the power system are becoming increasingly difficult in both scope and form. So that is the sweet spot for ADI, and we're able to approach the solution of these problems at the system level by virtue of the knowledge that we have in the area of thermodynamics, for example, electromagnetics, coupled with our circuit magic, and all the mixed signal and signal processing technology that will go around those things. So I think the problems are becoming more and more difficult.

Speaker #5: In both scope and form, so that is the sweet spot for ADI. And we're able to approach the solution of these problems at the system level by virtue of the knowledge that we have in the area of thermodynamics, for example, electromagnetics, coupled with our circuit magic and all the mixed signal and signal processing technology that will go around those things.

Speaker #5: So I think the problems are becoming more and more difficult. And in fact, there's a norm in the high-performance computing world that ultimately computing performance equals availability of power.

Vincent Roche: And in fact, there's a norm in the high-performance computing world that ultimately computing performance equals availability of power, and that power has got to be delivered with increasing efficiency, you know, in tighter and tighter spaces. So we feel good about the possibility of differentiating for the long term there. What was the growth stuff, Rich? You want-

Speaker #5: And that power has got to be delivered with increasing efficiency, in tighter and tighter spaces, so we feel good about the possibility of differentiating for the long term there.

Speaker #5: What was the growth stuff, Rich?

Jeff Ambrosi: The breakdown between ATE, data center, and then within that. Yeah. Yeah, so Vivek, so if you think about our data center business, Vince commented on the call, is roughly 20% of total ADI now. It's over a $2 billion run rate. And, and to think about the breakdown there, about 40% of that is ATE, the rest is data center, and then within data center, it's pretty balanced between power and optical.

Speaker #1: The breakdown between ATE, data center, and then within—yeah, yeah. So Vivek, if you think about our data center business, as Vince commented on the call, it's roughly 20% of total ADI now.

Speaker #1: It’s over a $2 billion run rate. And to think about the breakdown there, about 40% of that’s ATE. The rest is data center. And then within data center, it’s pretty balanced between power and optical.

Speaker #4: And historical, and any forward kind of looking growth objectives, Jeff, if you have them?

Vivek Arya: Historical and any forward kind of looking growth objectives, Jeff, if you have them?

Speaker #6: Well, I think it's safe to say that these areas will all grow at double digits over the next several years.

Vincent Roche: Well, I think it's safe to say that these areas will all grow at double digits over the next several years.

Vivek Arya: Okay.

Speaker #1: Thank you, Vivek. We'll move to our next question, please.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you, Vivek. We'll move to our next question, please.

Speaker #3: Thank you, our next question comes from Timothy Arcuri with UBS, your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from Timothy Arcuri with UBS. Your line is open.

Speaker #7: Thanks a lot. You had been thinking that you're shipping about 10 to 12 percent below consumption? Where do you see that in the guidance for April and then do you think by the end of the year, if you're sort of seasonal plus through the fiscal year, will you be shipping to consumption by the end of the year?

Timothy Arcuri: Thanks a lot. You had been thinking that you're shipping about 10 to 12% below consumption. Where do you see that in the guidance for April? And then, do you think by the end of the year, if you're sort of, you know, seasonal plus, you know, through the fiscal year, will you be shipping to consumption by the end of the year?

Speaker #4: Thanks, Tim. I'll take that one. So, as we've talked about, if you look at that longer-term trend line, where we've been shipping well under in '24 and '25, our sense now is customers are through that digestion phase and are essentially ordering to consumption.

Richard Puccio: Thanks, Tim. I'll take that one. So, you know, as we've talked about, if you look at that longer-term trend line, you know, where we've been shipping well under in 2024 and 2025, you know, our sense now is customers are through that digestion phase and are essentially ordering to consumption. And we think that's broadly true across the end markets, but, you know, there's probably some differences across the diversified, you know, customer and application base. You know, and obviously for everybody who we don't talk always about this, when we talk about consumption, you know, we're talking about that long-term linear trend line for shipments. But we do expect that we are nearing, you know, customers ordering at consumption across the board.

Speaker #4: And we think that's broadly true across the end markets, but there's probably some differences across the diversified customer and application base. And obviously, for everybody who we don't talk always about this, when we talk about consumption, we're talking about that long-term linear trend line for shipments.

Speaker #4: But we do expect that we are nearing customers ordering at consumption across the board. And I think Vince mentioned earlier, we have not seen evidence yet that there's been restocking activity across our portfolio.

Richard Puccio: I think, Vince mentioned earlier, we have not seen evidence yet that there's been restocking activity across our portfolio.

Speaker #1: Thank you, Tim. We'll move to our next question, please.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you, Tim. We'll move to our next question, please.

Speaker #3: Thank you, our next question comes from Joshua Colter with TD Cowen, your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from Joshua Buchalter with TD Cowen. Your line is open.

Speaker #8: Hey, guys, thanks for taking my question and congrats on another set of strong results and guidance. In response to an earlier question, you mentioned industry was growing because of a cyclical recovery but again, you've been very clear that you're not seeing evidence of restocking.

Joshua Buchalter: Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my question, and then congrats on another set of strong results and guidance. In response to an earlier question, you mentioned that industrial was growing because of a cyclical recovery. But you know, again, you've been very clear that you're not seeing evidence of restocking. Any help you can give us on where you're seeing the biggest signs of demand recovery? Because the outlook does seem, you know, well better than most of your peers. And how much of this is idiosyncratic growth drivers, and any help you can give us on how much industrial is growing ex ATE, in the near term? Thank you.

Speaker #8: Any help you can give us on where you're seeing the biggest signs of demand recovery? Because Outlook does seem well better than most of your peers and how much of this is idiosyncratic growth drivers and any help you can give us on how much industrial is growing ex-ATE in the near term?

Speaker #8: Thank you.

Speaker #4: All right, thanks for that question, Josh. So I'll just do a little bit of a level set. Since we call the bottom industrial, obviously, our most profitable business has grown sequentially every quarter.

Richard Puccio: All right. Thanks for that question, Josh. So I'll just do a little bit of a level set. You know, since we called the bottom, industrial, obviously, our most profitable business, has grown sequentially every quarter, and in Q1, our - actually, our book to bill was well above one, and that does include ex - excuse me, does exclude any impact from pricing. So we feel very good about where we are landing from an orders perspective on the industrial. You know, and for four straight quarters, we've been an above-seasonal growth with double-digit year-over-year growth, and that is driven by strength across all of the industrial segments. I think that's part of what is indicative of the cyclical momentum we've been highlighting.

Speaker #4: And in Q1, actually, our book-to-bill was well above 1. And that does exclude any impact from pricing. So we feel very good about where we are landing from an orders perspective on the industrial.

Speaker #4: For four straight quarters, we've had above-seasonal growth with double-digit year-over-year growth. And that is driven by strength across all of the industrial segments.

Speaker #4: And I think that's part of what is indicative of the cyclical momentum. We've been highlighting—adding to that is our strength in ATE and aerospace and defense, which, as we've talked about, is about a third of our industrial.

Richard Puccio: Adding to that is our strength in ATE and aerospace and defense, which, as we've talked about, is about 1/3 of our industrial, each of which are continuing to achieve new highs. And given that momentum in bookings and backlog, we don't see this trend stopping. As for the other 2/3 of industrial, we're still 20% below previous peaks, so we've got plenty of room to go as the cyclical momentum continues, evidenced by improving PMIs, positive book-to-bill across all industrial sectors and all geographies. And embedded in our outlook for industrial is to, as we said, to lead our growth sequentially up 20%+, and we expect all of our segments to increase, led by ATE, which is growing greater than 30% sequentially.

Speaker #4: Each of which are continuing to achieve new highs and given that momentum in bookings and backlog, we don't see this trend stopping. As for the other two-thirds of industrial, we're still 20% below previous peaks.

Speaker #4: So we've got plenty of room to go as the cyclical momentum continues, evidenced by improving PMIs, positive book-to-bill across all industrial sectors, and all geographies.

Speaker #4: And embedded in our outlook for industrial is, as we said, to lead our growth sequentially up 20% plus and we expect all of our segments to increase led by ATE, which is growing greater than 30% sequentially.

Speaker #4: So very broad-based. And I'll highlight one other point that we've been talking about and this is one of the pieces of evidence we look for in the cyclical piece.

Richard Puccio: So very broad-based, and I'll highlight one other point that we've been talking about, and this is one of the pieces of evidence we look for in the cyclical piece, that we continue to see growth in the broad market industrial. You know, we're now seeing normalized ordering patterns for an upcycle in the broad-based industrial market.

Speaker #4: We continue to see growth in the broad market industrial. We're now seeing the normalized ordering patterns for an upcycle in the broad-based industrial market.

Speaker #1: Thank you, Josh.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you, Josh.

Joshua Buchalter: Great. Thank you.

Speaker #8: Thank you.

Speaker #1: We'll move to our next question, please.

Jeff Ambrosi: Move to our next question, please.

Speaker #3: Thank you. Our next question comes from Tom O'Malley with Barclays. Your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from Tom O'Malley with Barclays. Your line is open.

Speaker #9: Hi, this is Nat Penn on for Tom O'Malley. Just curious if you're seeing any particular strength or weakness from a regional perspective? Thank you.

Matt Pan: Hi, this is Matt Pan on for Tom O'Malley. Just curious if you're seeing any particular strength or weakness, from a regional perspective. Thank you.

Matthew Pan: Hi, this is Matt Pan on for Tom O'Malley. Just curious if you're seeing any particular strength or weakness, from a regional perspective. Thank you.

Speaker #4: Yeah, so geographically, we can in Q1, we saw a broad-based strength. We had double-digit year-over-year growth in Asia, Americas, and in Europe. When we look at it on a sequential basis, we saw strength in Asia and Europe while Americas were down from typical buying customer buying behavior and consumer and the weaker auto demand.

Richard Puccio: Yeah. So geographically, you know, we can, in Q1, we saw a broad-based strength. We had double-digit year-over-year growth in Asia, the Americas, and in Europe. When we look at it on a sequential basis, we saw strength in Asia and Europe, while Americas were down from typical buying, you know, customer buying behavior in consumer and the weaker auto demand.

Speaker #1: Thank you. We'll move to our next question, please.

Vincent Roche: ... Thank you. We'll move to our next question, please.

Jeff Ambrosi: ... Thank you. We'll move to our next question, please.

Speaker #3: Thank you. Our next question comes from Joe Moore with Morgan Stanley. Your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from Joe Moore with Morgan Stanley. Your line is open.

Speaker #4: Great, thank you. You talked about the reasons for auto remaining a little bit softer. Any signs there of stabilization or potential growth as you move past this subsidy environment?

Joe Moore: Great, thank you. You talked about the reasons for auto remaining a little bit softer. Any signs there of, you know, stabilization or potential growth as you, as you move past this subsidy environment?

Speaker #9: Sure. I'll give a little bit of context and then what we think we're seeing and what we've got baked into our guide. Obviously, this has been a really strong growth market for us.

Richard Puccio: Sure. I'll give a little bit of context, and then what we think we're seeing and what we've got and baked into our guide. You know, obviously, this has been a really strong growth market for us. We've been growing double digits through the cycle, particularly as we've gained, you know, content and share in particularly in our connectivity and power for the ADAS systems. And as we've talked about in the past, we've had notable share gain in China, which is, you know, largely taking light vehicle share from other regions. So drove a record 25.

Speaker #9: We've been growing double digits through the cycle. Particularly as we've gained content and share, particularly in our connectivity and power for the ADAS systems.

Speaker #9: And as we've talked about in the past, we've had notable share gain in China, which is taking largely taking light vehicle share from other regions.

Speaker #9: So drove a record 25. So now you look near term, we said in the prior call that we were approaching Q1 with some caution.

Richard Puccio: Now you look near term, you know, we said in the prior call that we were approaching Q1 with some caution, as we had flagged some unusual behavior related to tariffs, where we thought we saw some order acceleration. We suspected it would be a headwind in Q1 and feel that is probably what happened here. You know, while we managed to grow 8% year-over-year, Q1 was well below seasonal, and our book-to-bill did end under 1. Given the softer bookings we saw and the fact that we now have greater exposure to China than ever, which is typically light in Q2 due to the Chinese New Year, you know, our expectation is that auto will be below seasonally Q2 or flat versus our typical seasonality of plus mid-single digits.

Speaker #9: As we had flagged some unusual behavior related to tariffs, where we thought we saw some order acceleration. We suspected it would be a headwind in Q1 and feel that is probably what happened here.

Speaker #9: While we managed to grow 8% year over year, Q1 was well below seasonal, and our book-to-bill did end under 1. So, given the softer bookings we saw and the fact that we now have greater exposure to China than ever—which is typically light in Q2 due to the Chinese New Year—our expectation is that auto will be below seasonal in Q2 or flat versus our typical seasonality of plus mid-single digits.

Speaker #9: Now, what's important to note is, nothing has changed with respect to our strong share position and underlying content growth. Therefore, we're pretty confident that once we get past the headwinds in the first half, our second half will be stronger, and I actually believe that auto will grow in fiscal '26 versus what was a record fiscal '25.

Richard Puccio: Now, what's important to note is nothing has changed with respect to our strong share position and underlying content growth. That, therefore, we're pretty confident that once we get past the headwinds in the first half, our second half will be stronger, and I actually believe that auto will grow in fiscal 2026 versus what was a record fiscal 2025.

Speaker #1: Great, thank you. We'll move to our next caller, please.

Joe Moore: Great. Thank you.

Vincent Roche: Thank you. Move to our next caller, please.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you. Move to our next caller, please.

Speaker #3: Thank you. Our next question comes from Ross Seymour with Deutsche Bank. Your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from Ross Seymour with Deutsche Bank. Your line is open.

Speaker #10: Hi, guys. I just wanted to dive back into the industrial side. Guiding up 20%, I can't remember you guys ever unless it was a maxim or linear quarter guiding that business up.

Ross Seymore: Hi, guys. I just wanted to dive back into the industrial side. Guiding up 20%, I can't remember you guys ever, unless it was a Maxim or Linear quarter, guiding that business up. So how much of that is ASPs, and how much of it is secular, and how much is cyclical? Any sort of breakdown on that would be helpful.

Speaker #10: So how much of that is ASPs, and how much of it is secular, and how much is cyclical? Any sort of breakdown on that would be helpful.

Jeff Ambrosi: Yeah, yeah. Maybe I'll kind of break down the growth. So, you know, you know, 20%+, obviously a very strong sequential growth, Ross. You know, we're not going to break out price by end market, but, you know, as we commented on, there is some lift there from price. But importantly, I think what Rich said was, if you exclude any pricing impact, our book-to-bill in industrial was well above one, and that included strength across regions and across applications. So everything, you know, is driving growth for us really in our industrial market. And then as far as what's cyclical and what's secular, you know, if you just take our ATE and aerospace and defense business, that's roughly 1/3 of industrial. And as Rich talked about, that's those are continuing to drive new highs, pretty clear end demand drivers in those markets.

Speaker #4: Yeah, maybe I'll kind of break down the growth. So, 20% plus—obviously, very strong sequential growth. Ross, we're not going to break out price by end market, but as we commented on, there is some lift there from price.

Speaker #4: But importantly, I think what Rich said was if you exclude any pricing impact, our book-to-bill and industrial was well above 1. And that included strength across regions and across applications.

Speaker #4: So everything is driving growth for us really in our industrial market. And then as far as what's cyclical and what's secular, if you just take our ATE and aerospace and defense business, that's roughly one-third of industrial, and as Rich talked about, those are continuing to drive new highs—pretty clear end demand drivers in those markets.

Speaker #4: And then, while there are—there's probably more secular tailwinds in the other parts of industrial, but right now, kind of where those are relative to their past peaks, you can kind of call that cyclical. But there’s certainly content gain elsewhere if you think about automation and energy and healthcare.

Jeff Ambrosi: And then, you know, while there are cyclical, there's probably more secular tailwinds in the other parts of industrial, but right now, you know, kind of where those are relative to their past peaks, you can kind of, you know, call that cyclical, but there's certainly content gain elsewhere. If you think about automation and you know, energy, and healthcare, there's definitely secular trends there as well.

Speaker #4: There's definitely secular trends there as well.

Speaker #2: Yeah, I think it's worth noting that none of this has happened by accident. Industrial has always really been, when we think about the sectors within ATE— aerospace and defense, healthcare, and so on—instrumentation.

Vincent Roche: Yeah, I think it's worth noting that none of this has happened by accident. You know, industrial has always really been when we think about the sectors within ATE, aerospace and defense, healthcare, and so on, instrumentation. You know, these are very, very core parts of the identity of ADI, and we've been investing. We've been you know, bringing new strands of innovation to that business now for several years, and we're seeing the benefit of that, particularly right now in the ATE as well as the aerospace and defense area. But you know, as Jeff and Rich have unpacked the story for you, you know, price resiliency is also very, very strong in this business. Life cycles are long. So overall, we've got stability with some very, very good tailwinds driving the industrial business ahead.

Speaker #2: These are very, very core parts of the identity of ADI, and we've been investing. We've been bringing new strands of innovation to that business now for several years, and we're seeing the benefit of that, particularly right now in the ATE as well as the aerospace and defense areas.

Speaker #2: So but as Jeff and Rich have unpacked the story for you, price resiliency is also very, very strong in this business. The lifecycles are long.

Speaker #2: So overall, we've got stability with some very, very good tailwinds driving the industrial business ahead.

Speaker #1: Thank you. We'll move to our last caller, please.

Jeff Ambrosi: Thank you. We'll move to our last caller, please.

Speaker #3: Thank you, our final question comes from Chris Caso with Wolf Research, your line is open.

Operator: Thank you. Our final question comes from Chris Caso with Wolfe Research. Your line is open.

Speaker #10: Yes, thank you. Good morning. I just wanted to ask a bit more about your comments on pricing. I understand that some of that pricing benefit is one-time because of what's going on in the channel, but perhaps you could speak more broadly on what you're seeing with pricing, where you'd expect your blended pricing to be for the year, and how much of this is coming down to what customers are actually paying.

Richard Puccio: Yes, thank you. Good morning. I just wanted to ask a bit more on your comments on pricing and understand that some of that pricing benefit is one time because what's going on in the channel. But perhaps you could speak more broadly on what you're seeing with pricing, where you'd expect your blended pricing to be for the year. And you know, what you know, how much of this is coming down to what the customers are actually paying?

Chris Caso: Yes, thank you. Good morning. I just wanted to ask a bit more on your comments on pricing and understand that some of that pricing benefit is one time because what's going on in the channel. But perhaps you could speak more broadly on what you're seeing with pricing, where you'd expect your blended pricing to be for the year. And you know, what you know, how much of this is coming down to what the customers are actually paying?

Speaker #2: Yeah, well, Chris, thank you for the question. The first thing I'll say is that really not much has changed in our approach to pricing.

Vincent Roche: Yeah. Well, Chris, thank you for the question. The first thing I'll say is that really not much has changed in our approach to pricing. You know, as a company, we've always been dynamically adjusting the, the price, the, the prices of the portfolio, really to reflect the value of the solutions that we deliver over the life cycle, the entire life cycle of our products. So, you know, I think our ability, and our track record of delivering the highest level of system performance in the analog space, and ultimately, the total cost of ownership benefits to our customers, has always enabled ADI to attract a premium, an innovation premium, and that premium actually is extending.

Speaker #2: As a company, we've always been dynamically adjusting the prices of the portfolio, really to reflect the value of the solutions that we deliver over the lifecycle—the entire lifecycle—of our products.

Speaker #2: So, I think our ability and our track record of delivering the highest level of system performance in the analog space, and ultimately the total cost of ownership benefits to our customers, has always enabled ADI to attract a premium and innovation premium, and that premium actually is extending.

Speaker #2: And over the last few years, as you know, we've committed quite a bit of capital to augment the supply side of our value proposition, the support side, and giving our customers greater optionality from a regional and geographic perspective.

Vincent Roche: You know, over the last few years, as you know, we've committed quite a bit of capital to augment the supply side of our value proposition, the support side, and you know, giving our customers greater optionality from a regional and geographic perspective. But at the same time, we have, like everybody else, we've been facing persistent inflation. And what we've done in terms of this latest tranche of price increase was really just a practical response to the inflationary environment. So I think that's the way to think about it. There's a dynamic, ongoing element to what we do and a response to the current economic environment. Rich, do you want to say anything else on this or Jeff?

Speaker #2: But at the same time, we have like everybody else, we've been facing persistent inflation. And what we've done in terms of this latest tranche of price increase was really just a practical response to the inflationary environment.

Speaker #2: So I think that's the way to think about it. We there's a dynamic ongoing element to what we do and a response to the current economic environment.

Speaker #2: Rich, do you want to say anything else on this or Jeff?

Speaker #4: Yeah, so obviously, as you've heard us talk about the pricing adjustments that we made with our channel partners that went into effect at the start of Q2, I would add a couple of things.

Richard Puccio: Yeah, so obviously, as you heard us talk about the pricing adjustments that we made with our channel partners that went into effect at the start of Q2, I would add a couple of things. We are also largely through our annual negotiation with our direct customers, so our Q2 results should reflect the full scope of our recent pricing actions. The way to think about it, just to help you guys out here, the overall impact of the pricing actions on our Q2-Q3 outlook is about 1/3 of the quarter-over-quarter revenue increase at the midpoint is related to price. Excluding the pricing uplift, our sequential growth outlook is more like 7% versus the 11% I mentioned before, still nicely above our 4% to 5% seasonality.

Speaker #4: We're also largely through our annual negotiation with our direct customers. So our Q2 results should reflect the full scope of our recent pricing actions.

Speaker #4: And the way to think about it, just to help you guys out here, the overall impact of the pricing actions on our Q2 outlook is that about a third of the quarter-over-quarter revenue increase at the midpoint is related to price.

Speaker #4: Excluding the pricing uplift, our sequential growth outlook is more like 7% versus the 11% I mentioned before. Still nicely above our 4 to 5% seasonality.

Richard Puccio: Importantly, as I mentioned, roughly half of the price lift relates to repricing of channel inventory, which will not repeat in Q3. You know, the other thing I'll just to help you out as you think going forward, you know, I think that we would expect about 50 bps of incremental growth in each of Q3 and Q4 related to price. So it's, you know, over the full period, it's not a huge number, but that's the right kind of sizing.

Speaker #4: And importantly, as I mentioned, roughly half of the price lift relates to repricing of channel inventory, which will not repeat in Q3. The other thing, just to help you out as you think going forward: I think that we would expect about 50 bps of incremental growth in each of Q3 and Q4 related to price.

Speaker #4: So it's over the full period, it's not a huge number, but that's the right kind of sizing.

Vincent Roche: All right.

Chris Caso: All right.

Speaker #1: All right, thank you, Chris. All right, thank everyone. For joining us today. A copy of this transcript will be available on our website and all available reconciliations and additional information can also be found in the quarterly results section of our investor relations website.

Jeff Ambrosi: All right. Thank you, Craig.

Vincent Roche: Thanks.

Chris Caso: Thanks.

Jeff Ambrosi: All right. Thanks everyone for joining us today. A copy of this transcript will be available on our website, and all available reconciliations and additional information can also be found in the Quarterly Results section of our investor relations website, investor.analog.com. Thank you for your continued interest in Analog Devices.

Speaker #1: investor.analog.com. And thank you for your continued interest in Analog Devices.

Operator: This concludes today's Analog Devices conference call. You may now disconnect.

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