Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI): Morgan Stanley Trims Price Target, Highlights End-Market Dependency Post-Earnings - InvestingChannel

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI): Morgan Stanley Trims Price Target, Highlights End-Market Dependency Post-Earnings

We recently compiled a list of the 15 Trending AI Stocks on Latest Ratings and News. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) stands against the other AI stocks.

Latest reports indicate that billionaire Masayoshi Son, the founder of Japanese multinational tech firm Softbank, is set to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Per news agency Reuters, the meeting comes as Son eyes more artificial intelligence and technology bets in the third-largest economy in Asia. Reuters further claims that Son already met Mukesh Ambani – the richest man in the South Asian country and the chief of prominent conglomerate Reliance Industries. According to sources quoted by Reuters, the duo discussed potential artificial intelligence opportunities in India. CNBC had earlier reported that Softbank is also exploring an additional $1.5 billion investment in AI startup OpenAI.

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Meanwhile, another billionaire on the other side of the world is mulling further investments in AI as well. Per a report by news publication The Wall Street Journal, xAI, the AI startup of billionaire Elon Musk, is considering the release of a standalone consumer application that follows the success of ChatGPT by OpenAI. The xAI application would be powered by the Grok bot that the startup is marketing. The app will likely arrive after xAI closes its next funding round, which could reach $5 billion and value the company at $50 billion, per the Financial Times. If successful in raising this amount, xAI would take total raised funding to $11 billion.

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Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 63 

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems products. On November 27, Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore lowered the price target on the stock to $248 from $252 and kept an Overweight rating on the shares. Analog reported an in-line October-end quarter and guided for a slightly softer than anticipated January quarter, notes the analyst. While Analog is past the trough and gets high scores for downcycle management, recovery from here is somewhat end-market dependent, the analyst added in a post-earnings note.

Overall, ADI ranks 9th on our list of the trending AI stocks on latest ratings and news. While we acknowledge the potential of ADI as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than ADI but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.

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