Industrial Business Recovery and Inventory Dynamics
ADI's industrial business has shown a consistent recovery, with growth accelerating across all subsectors including aerospace, defense, and healthcare.
Channel inventories remain lean, with end demand still below consumption by double digits, indicating ongoing inventory digestion.
Management expects Q4 industrial growth to be in the low to mid-teens quarter-over-quarter, despite typical seasonal declines.
The company has observed some catch-up in demand in Q4, supported by increased activity in aerospace, defense, and automation sectors.
Supply constraints in aerospace and defense are primarily due to capacity limitations and tooling delays, not demand shortages.
CapEx investments are being deployed to expand manufacturing capacity, especially in proprietary aerospace and defense products, to meet surging demand.