NASDAQ:AVGO - Broadcom Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Broadcom declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be paid a dividend of $3.25 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $13.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.18%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from Broadcom's previous quarterly dividend of $2.65. View Broadcom's Dividend History.

Broadcom announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock 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 stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) announced its earnings results on Thursday, December, 12th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $5.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $5.35 by $0.04. The semiconductor manufacturer earned $5.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.74 billion. Broadcom had a return on equity of 46.16% and a net margin of 12.06%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business 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 issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 12th. The company provided earnings per share 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 equities research analysts 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% 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.

News articles about AVGO stock have been trending neutral on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Broadcom earned a news sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the semiconductor manufacturer a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Broadcom.

Broadcom saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 currently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Home Depot (HD), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and salesforce.com (CRM).

Broadcom's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.95%), FMR LLC (0.92%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.68%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.51%) and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (0.48%). 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 Investec Asset Management LTD, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., GQG Partners LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Franklin Resources Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Broadcom.

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One share of AVGO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $310.70.

Broadcom has a market capitalization of $123.59 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]