Broadcom (AVGO) Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Broadcom in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" AVGO shares.
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17 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Broadcom's stock. Their AVGO share price forecasts range from $555.00 to $775.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $679.21 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.4%.
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Broadcom's stock was trading at $559.13 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AVGO stock has increased by 22.0% and is now trading at $682.25.
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Broadcom saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,080,000 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the April 15th total of 5,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 1st 2023.
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Broadcom will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, June 1st at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March, 2nd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $10.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $9.38 by $0.95. The semiconductor manufacturer had revenue of $8.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.90 billion. Broadcom had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 73.52% and a net margin of 37.19%. Broadcom's quarterly revenue was up 15.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $7.68 EPS.
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Broadcom announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 22nd will be paid a dividend of $4.60 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $18.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 21st.
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Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) pays an annual dividend of $18.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.71%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 61.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AVGO will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.71% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Broadcom announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, May 26th 2022, which allows the company to buyback $10,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Broadcom updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.70 billion-$8.70 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.59 billion.

159 employees have rated Broadcom Chief Executive Officer Hock E. Tan on Glassdoor.com. Hock E. Tan has an approval rating of 38% among the company's employees. This puts Hock E. Tan in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 45.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Broadcom to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Broadcom investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Netflix (NFLX), Walt Disney (DIS), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Intel (INTC), Salesforce (CRM), AbbVie (ABBV) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Broadcom trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AVGO."

Broadcom's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.16%), State Street Corp (3.99%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.87%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.45%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (1.25%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Charlie B Kawwas, Charlie B Kawwas, Diane M Bryant, Eddy W Hartenstein, Eddy W Hartenstein, Gayla J Delly, Harry L You, Henry Samueli, Hock E Tan, Hock E Tan, Justine Lien, Justine Page, Kirsten M Spears, Kirsten M Spears, Mark David Brazeal, Raul J Fernandez, Raul J Fernandez, Thomas H Krause and Thomas H Krause.
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Shares of AVGO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AVGO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $682.25.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) has a market capitalization of $284.44 billion and generates $33.20 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor manufacturer earns $11.50 billion in net income (profit) each year or $29.71 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,000 workers across the globe.

Broadcom's mailing address is 1320 RIDDER PARK DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA, 95131. The official website for the company is www.broadcom.com. The semiconductor manufacturer can be reached via phone at (408) 433-8000 or via email at investor.relations@broadcom.com.