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Broadcom Inc. $AVGO Stock Position Raised by Griffin Asset Management Inc.

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Key Points

  • Griffin Asset Management increased its Broadcom stake by 34.5% in the first quarter, buying 8,215 additional shares and bringing its total holdings to 32,052 shares worth about $9.92 million.
  • Broadcom’s latest quarterly results topped expectations, with EPS of $2.44 and revenue of $22.19 billion, while revenue rose 47.9% year over year. Analysts remain broadly bullish, with a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and a target price around $493.24.
  • The stock fell 4.0% to $384.05 amid recent volatility, even as the company paid a quarterly dividend of $0.65 per share and insiders also reported notable share sales in July.
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Griffin Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO - Free Report) by 34.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 32,052 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after purchasing an additional 8,215 shares during the quarter. Griffin Asset Management Inc.'s holdings in Broadcom were worth $9,920,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Sovran Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Broadcom by 121.3% in the fourth quarter. Sovran Advisors LLC now owns 30,631 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $10,507,000 after acquiring an additional 16,789 shares in the last quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 406.1% during the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 11,994 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $4,151,000 after acquiring an additional 9,624 shares in the last quarter. Aspiriant LLC boosted its position in Broadcom by 18.5% during the 4th quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 12,016 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $4,158,000 after purchasing an additional 1,872 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors increased its holdings in Broadcom by 16.1% in the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 177,710 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $61,505,000 after purchasing an additional 24,703 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Western Financial Corp CA increased its holdings in Broadcom by 90.5% in the 4th quarter. Western Financial Corp CA now owns 6,481 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $2,243,000 after purchasing an additional 3,079 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 76.43% of the company's stock.

Broadcom Stock Down 4.0%

Shares of Broadcom stock opened at $384.05 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.83 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 64.01, a PEG ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 1.45. Broadcom Inc. has a twelve month low of $269.58 and a twelve month high of $495.00. The company has a current ratio of 2.24, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $404.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $364.53.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.40 by $0.04. Broadcom had a net margin of 38.85% and a return on equity of 41.61%. The firm had revenue of $22.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.13 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.58 EPS. Broadcom's quarterly revenue was up 47.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts forecast that Broadcom Inc. will post 10.24 earnings per share for the current year.

Broadcom Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 22nd were issued a dividend of $0.65 per share. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 22nd. Broadcom's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 43.33%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Benchmark boosted their target price on shares of Broadcom from $485.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Evercore reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $582.00 price target on shares of Broadcom in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $525.00 price target on shares of Broadcom in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $545.00 price objective (up from $430.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, UBS Group set a $485.00 target price on Broadcom and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Broadcom presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $493.24.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Broadcom

In other news, insider Mark David Brazeal sold 25,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $379.19, for a total transaction of $9,479,750.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 219,989 shares of the company's stock, valued at $83,417,628.91. The trade was a 10.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Gayla J. Delly sold 1,890 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $385.38, for a total transaction of $728,368.20. Following the sale, the director directly owned 31,326 shares of the company's stock, valued at $12,072,413.88. This represents a 5.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 36,644 shares of company stock valued at $13,982,964. 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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Broadcom Company Profile

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Broadcom Inc NASDAQ: AVGO is a global technology company that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions for a broad range of markets. The company's semiconductor business provides components and systems for wired and wireless communications, enterprise and cloud storage, networking and broadband access, serving original equipment manufacturers, cloud service providers, telecommunications carriers and industrial customers worldwide. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, California, and operates globally with research, development and sales organizations across North America, Europe and Asia.

On the semiconductor side, Broadcom's portfolio includes system-on-chip (SoC) and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) solutions, radio-frequency and connectivity components, Ethernet switching and PHY devices, storage adapters and controllers, optical transceivers and other networking silicon.

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