Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI lessened its holdings in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO - Free Report) by 19.4% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 150,118 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after selling 36,039 shares during the quarter. Broadcom comprises approximately 4.5% of Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI's holdings, making the stock its largest position. Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI's holdings in Broadcom were worth $25,134,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AVGO. SlateStone Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. SlateStone Wealth LLC now owns 13,832 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $3,207,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the period. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 7.2% during the fourth quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 712 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $165,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the period. Cascade Financial Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Cascade Financial Partners LLC now owns 2,882 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $668,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Samalin Investment Counsel LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Samalin Investment Counsel LLC now owns 4,983 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $1,155,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Mizuho Bank Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Broadcom by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. Mizuho Bank Ltd. now owns 750 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $174,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.43% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
AVGO has been the subject of several recent research reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded Broadcom from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday. Barclays boosted their price target on Broadcom from $215.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, June 9th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Broadcom from $225.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, May 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Broadcom from $250.00 to $325.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Broadcom from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-seven have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Broadcom has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $285.00.
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Broadcom Stock Performance
AVGO traded up $6.10 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $277.90. The company's stock had a trading volume of 20,105,827 shares, compared to its average volume of 28,408,606. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. Broadcom Inc. has a one year low of $128.50 and a one year high of $279.37. The firm has a market cap of $1.31 trillion, a PE ratio of 104.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.12. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $242.02 and its 200-day simple moving average is $217.92.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $15 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.98 billion. Broadcom had a net margin of 22.64% and a return on equity of 35.49%. The company's revenue was up 20.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $10.96 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Broadcom Inc. will post 5.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Broadcom Announces Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 20th were issued a $0.59 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 20th. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.85%. Broadcom's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 88.39%.
Broadcom announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, April 7th that authorizes the company to repurchase $10.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the semiconductor manufacturer to repurchase up to 1.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.
Insider Activity at Broadcom
In other Broadcom news, Director Henry Samueli sold 473,898 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.33, for a total value of $125,739,356.34. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 38,188,575 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,132,574,604.75. The trade was a 1.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Charlie B. Kawwas sold 10,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.88, for a total transaction of $2,528,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 789,784 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $199,720,577.92. This trade represents a 1.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 854,716 shares of company stock worth $221,433,761 in the last three months. 2.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Broadcom Profile
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Broadcom Inc designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software.
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