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Linear Technology Corporation
Type
Subsidiary
Founded 1981
Founder Robert H. Swanson, Jr.
Robert C. Dobkin
Headquarters Milpitas, California, USA
Number of locations
12 (10 U.S. design centers, Munich and Singapore)
Key people
Lothar Maier (CEO), Robert H. Swanson, Jr. (Chairman), Robert C. Dobkin (CTO)
Products Over 7500 products
Revenue
  • Increase US$1,475 million (2015)
  • Increase US$1,388 million (2014)
Operating income
  • Increase US$682 million (2015)
  • Increase US$639 million (2014)
Net income
  • Increase US$520 million (2015)
  • Increase US$459 million (2014)
Total assets
  • Increase US$1,884 million (2015)
  • Decrease US$1,655 million (2014)
Total equity
  • Increase US$1,577 million (2015)
  • Increase US$1,331 million (2014)
Number of employees
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.

Q reports

Period Date Adjusted Actuals EPS GAAP EPS

Ratings

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

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Major Shareholders

Name Relationship Total Shares Holding stocks
COGHLAN PAUL VP Finance & CFO 0.21%  (493504) LLTC /