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| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Robert H. Swanson, Jr. Robert C. Dobkin |
| Headquarters | Milpitas, California, USA |
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12 (10 U.S. design centers, Munich and Singapore) |
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Lothar Maier (CEO), Robert H. Swanson, Jr. (Chairman), Robert C. Dobkin (CTO) |
| Products | Over 7500 products |
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4,865 (June 2015) |
| Parent | Analog Devices |
| Website | http://www.linear.com |
Linear Technology Corporation designs, manufactures and markets a broad line of standard high performance analog integrated circuits. Applications for the company's products include telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products, notebook and desktop computers, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, automotive electronics, factory automation, process control, military and space systems.
The company was founded in 1981 by Robert H. Swanson, Jr. and Robert C. Dobkin. In August 2010, Forbes called the company "one of the tech industry's most profitable companies".
In July 2016 Analog Devices agreed to buy Linear Technology for 14.8 billion dollars. This acquisition was finalized on March 10, 2017.
As of August 2010, the company makes over 7500 products, which they organize into seven product categories: data conversion (analog to digital converters, digital to analog converters), signal conditioning (operational amplifiers, comparators, voltage references), power management (switching regulators, linear regulators, battery management, led drivers), interface (RS232, RS485), radio frequency (mixers, quadrature modulators), oscillators, and space and military ICs.
The company maintains LTspice, a freely downloadable version of SPICE that includes schematic capture.
Corporate headquarters are in Milpitas, California. In the United States, the company has design centers in Phoenix, Arizona; Grass Valley, California; Santa Barbara, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; North Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Manchester, New Hampshire; Cary, North Carolina; Plano, Texas; and Burlington, Vermont. It also has centers in Munich and Singapore.
The company's wafer fabrication facilities are located in Camas, Washington and Milpitas, California.
| 2016-06-02 | Initiated Coverage | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | $46.00 |
| 2016-06-02 | Initiated Coverage | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Neutral | $46.00 |
| 2016-05-16 | Initiated Coverage | Credit Agricole | Underperform | $45.00 |
| 2016-05-16 | Initiated Coverage | Credit Agricole SA | Underperform | $45.00 |
| 2016-05-13 | Reiterated Rating | Wells Fargo | Outperform | |
| 2016-05-13 | Reiterated Rating | Wells Fargo & Co. | Outperform | |
| 2016-04-25 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $44.00 |
| 2016-04-20 | Reiterated Rating | Jefferies Group | Buy | |
| 2016-04-20 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $44.00 |
| 2016-03-01 | Downgrade | Bank of America | Neutral to Underperform | $44.00 |
| 2016-03-01 | Initiated Coverage | Drexel Hamilton | Hold | |
| 2016-03-01 | Downgrade | Bank of America Corp. | Neutral to Underperform | $44.00 |
| 2016-01-25 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $44.00 |
| 2016-01-21 | Lower Price Target | SunTrust | Neutral | $45.00 to $44.00 |
| 2016-01-21 | Boost Price Target | Nomura | Neutral | $38.00 to $40.00 |
| 2016-01-21 | Boost Price Target | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | $50.00 |
| 2016-01-21 | Lower Price Target | SunTrust Banks Inc. | Neutral | $45.00 to $44.00 |
| 2016-01-21 | Boost Price Target | Nomura Holdings Inc. | Neutral | $38.00 to $40.00 |
| 2016-01-20 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $44.00 |
| 2016-01-20 | Reiterated Rating | Oppenheimer | Outperform | $55.00 |
| 2016-01-20 | Reiterated Rating | Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. | Outperform | $55.00 |
| 2016-01-15 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $44.00 |
| 2015-11-14 | Reiterated Rating | Nomura | Hold | |
| 2015-10-27 | Reiterated Rating | Oppenheimer | Buy | |
| 2015-10-19 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $44.00 |
| 2015-10-15 | Boost Price Target | Susquehanna | Neutral | $40.00 to $41.00 |
| 2015-10-15 | Boost Price Target | Jefferies Group | Buy | $46.00 to $50.00 |
| 2015-10-15 | Boost Price Target | Citigroup Inc. | Sell | $35.00 to $37.00 |
| 2015-10-15 | Boost Price Target | BMO Capital Markets | Market Perform | $40.00 to $42.00 |
| 2015-10-15 | Reiterated Rating | Oppenheimer | Outperform | |
| 2015-10-14 | Boost Price Target | B. Riley | Neutral | $40.00 to $44.00 |
| 2015-10-09 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $41.00 to $40.00 |
| 2015-07-27 | Downgrade | Hilliard Lyons | Buy to Neutral | |
| 2015-07-27 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $41.00 |
| 2015-07-23 | Lower Price Target | Macquarie | Neutral | $48.00 to $40.00 |
| 2015-07-23 | Lower Price Target | Jefferies Group | Buy | $52.00 to $46.00 |
| 2015-07-23 | Lower Price Target | BMO Capital Markets | Market Perform | $45.00 to $40.00 |
| 2015-07-23 | Lower Price Target | Oppenheimer | Outperform | $52.00 to $47.00 |
| 2015-07-23 | Reiterated Rating | Deutsche Bank | Hold | $42.00 |
| 2015-07-23 | Reiterated Rating | Deutsche Bank AG | Hold | $42.00 |
| 2015-07-22 | Downgrade | Drexel Hamilton | Buy to Hold | $60.00 to $45.00 |
| 2015-07-22 | Lower Price Target | B. Riley | Neutral | $47.00 to $41.00 |
| 2015-07-21 | Reiterated Rating | Oppenheimer | Outperform | $52.00 |
| 2015-05-16 | Reiterated Rating | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | |
| 2015-05-14 | Upgrade | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight to Neutral | $40.00 to $48.00 |
| 2015-05-09 | Reiterated Rating | Citigroup Inc. | Sell | $39.00 |
| 2015-04-22 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Buy | $47.00 |
| 2015-04-15 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $47.00 |
| 2015-04-10 | Reiterated Rating | Oppenheimer | Outperform | $52.00 |
| 2015-01-15 | Boost Price Target | Jefferies Group | Buy | $49.00 to $52.00 |
| 2015-01-15 | Boost Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $35.00 to $40.00 |
| 2015-01-14 | Reiterated Rating | Oppenheimer | Outperform | |
| 2015-01-14 | Reiterated Rating | B. Riley | Neutral | $47.00 |
| 2015-01-08 | Downgrade | Bank of America | Buy to Neutral | |
| 2015-01-05 | Downgrade | Macquarie | Outperform to Neutral | |
| 2014-12-30 | Downgrade | Bank of America | Buy to Neutral | |
| 2014-12-19 | Downgrade | Bank of America | Buy to Neutral | $45.00 to $49.00 |
| 2014-12-18 | Downgrade | Citigroup Inc. | Neutral to Sell | |
| 2014-10-16 | Upgrade | Evercore ISI | Sell to Neutral | |
| 2014-10-15 | Reiterated Rating | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | $48.00 |
| 2014-10-14 | Lower Price Target | Oppenheimer | Outperform | $55.00 to $46.00 |
| 2014-07-24 | Reiterated Rating | Nomura | Neutral | $40.00 to $42.00 |
| 2014-04-25 | Downgrade | Citigroup Inc. | Buy to Neutral | $50.00 |
| 2014-04-17 | Boost Price Target | Credit Suisse | $40.00 to $42.00 | |
| 2014-04-10 | Initiated Coverage | Evercore ISI | Cautious | $46.00 |
| 2014-04-08 | Boost Price Target | Oppenheimer | $51.00 to $55.00 | |
| 2014-02-24 | Initiated Coverage | Hilliard Lyons | Buy | |
| 2014-01-31 | Upgrade | Citigroup Inc. | Neutral to Buy | $43.00 to $53.00 |
| 2014-01-29 | Reiterated Rating | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | $47.00 to $54.00 |
| 2014-01-16 | Upgrade | Pacific Crest | Sector Perform | |
| 2014-01-15 | Boost Price Target | B. Riley | $38.00 to $44.00 | |
| 2014-01-14 | Boost Price Target | BMO Capital Markets | $35.00 to $40.00 | |
| 2013-11-14 | Reiterated Rating | Morgan Stanley | Outperform | |
| 2013-10-21 | Initiated Coverage | Drexel Hamilton | Buy | |
| 2013-10-17 | Boost Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $25.00 to $29.00 |
| 2013-10-16 | Lower Price Target | Piper Jaffray | Hold | $44.00 to $42.00 |
| 2013-10-16 | Lower Price Target | B. Riley | Neutral | $39.00 to $38.00 |
| 2012-04-02 | Downgrade | UBS | Buy to Neutral | $35 to $35 |
| 2012-01-19 | Reiterated | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | $34 to $38 |
| 2011-12-16 | Upgrade | Oppenheimer | Perform to Outperform | $36 |
| 2011-10-19 | Reiterated | FBR Capital | Underperform | $30 to $27 |
| 2011-04-05 | Upgrade | Auriga U.S.A | Sell to Hold | $28 to $34 |
| 2016-06-02 | Initiated Coverage | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | $46.00 |
| 2016-06-02 | Initiated Coverage | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Neutral | $46.00 |
| 2016-05-16 | Initiated Coverage | Credit Agricole | Underperform | $45.00 |
| 2016-05-16 | Initiated Coverage | Credit Agricole SA | Underperform | $45.00 |
| 2016-05-13 | Reiterated Rating | Wells Fargo | Outperform |
There is presents forecasts of rating agencies and recommendations for investors about this ticker
In LLTC 87 funds of 2213 total. Show all
| Fund name | Ticker shares |
|---|---|
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. | 6.43M |
| MANAGED ACCOUNT ADVISORS LLC | 6.02M |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors | 4.92M |
| BlackRock Group LTD | 1.98M |
| RUSSELL FRANK CO/ | 0.91M |
| BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 0.53M |
| BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd | 0.30M |
| BLACKROCK ADVISORS LLC | 0.27M |
| Placemark Investments, Inc. | 0.14M |
| SPECTRUM ADVISORY SERVICES INC | 92811 |
| CITY NATIONAL BANK | 79567 |
| HHG & Company, LLC | 50439 |
| TBP ADVISORS LTD | 33919 |
| Schonfeld Group Holdings LLC | 12413 |
| Ohio National Investments, Inc. | 11555 |
| Name Relationship | Total Shares | Holding stocks |
|---|---|---|
| COGHLAN PAUL VP Finance & CFO | 0.21% (493504) | LLTC / |
UM
US$1,475 million (2015) 
US$1,655 million (2014)