NASDAQ:AVGO - Broadcom Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Broadcom announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be given a dividend of $3.25 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $13.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 20th. This is an increase from Broadcom's previous quarterly dividend of $2.65. View Broadcom's Dividend History.

Broadcom announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, April 12th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $12,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 12.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) posted its earnings results on Thursday, December, 12th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $5.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.35 by $0.04. The semiconductor manufacturer earned $5.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.74 billion. Broadcom had a net margin of 12.06% and a return on equity of 46.16%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $5.85 earnings per share. View Broadcom's Earnings History.

Broadcom is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Broadcom.

Broadcom will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, March 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Broadcom updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $24.5-25.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $23.26.

33 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Broadcom's shares. Their forecasts range from $253.03 to $385.00. On average, they expect Broadcom's stock price to reach $335.93 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Broadcom.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Broadcom in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 26 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Broadcom.

Headlines about AVGO stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Broadcom earned a daily sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the semiconductor manufacturer a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Broadcom.

Broadcom saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,510,000 shares, an increase of 7.4% from the January 15th total of 4,200,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,390,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Broadcom's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Broadcom include Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Xilinx (XLNX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), Cree (CREE) and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).

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), Home Depot (HD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Intel (INTC) and salesforce.com (CRM).

Broadcom's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital World Investors (10.96%), Capital International Investors (7.43%), Capital Research Global Investors (6.83%), State Street Corp (4.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.95%) and FMR LLC (0.92%). Company insiders that own Broadcom stock include Bryan Ingram, Charlie B Kawwas, Donald Macleod, Hock E Tan, Kirsten M Spears, Lake Group LLC Silver, Lewis C Eggebrecht, Mark David Brazeal and Thomas H Krause. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Broadcom.

AVGO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Lyrical Asset Management LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc. and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Broadcom company stock in the last year include Bryan Ingram, Charlie B Kawwas, Hock E Tan, Kirsten M Spears, Mark David Brazeal and Thomas H Krause. View Insider Buying and Selling for Broadcom.

AVGO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Investec Asset Management LTD, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., GQG Partners LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Franklin Resources Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Broadcom.

Shares of AVGO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AVGO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $315.69.

Broadcom has a market capitalization of $125.58 billion and generates $22.60 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor manufacturer earns $2.72 billion in net income (profit) each year or $17.41 on an earnings per share basis. Broadcom employs 19,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Broadcom.

The official website for Broadcom is http://www.broadcom.com/.

Broadcom's mailing address is 1320 RIDDER PARK DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA, 95131. The semiconductor manufacturer can be reached via phone at 408-433-8000 or via email at [email protected]