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$231.68 +1.05 (+0.46%)
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AVGO vs. NVDA, TXN, ADI, MU, INTC, MRVL, MPWR, MCHP, FSLR, and SWKS

Should you be buying Broadcom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadcom include NVIDIA (NVDA), Texas Instruments (TXN), Analog Devices (ADI), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Microchip Technology (MCHP), First Solar (FSLR), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.

Broadcom vs.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

NVIDIA has a net margin of 55.69% compared to Broadcom's net margin of 11.43%. NVIDIA's return on equity of 114.83% beat Broadcom's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Broadcom11.43% 28.00% 11.16%
NVIDIA 55.69%114.83%76.61%

Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Broadcom pays out 113.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NVIDIA pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadcom has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and NVIDIA has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Broadcom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Broadcom presently has a consensus target price of $229.48, indicating a potential upside of 0.10%. NVIDIA has a consensus target price of $164.84, indicating a potential upside of 23.84%. Given NVIDIA's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Broadcom.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Broadcom
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.96
NVIDIA
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
36 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Broadcom has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NVIDIA had 306 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 414 mentions for NVIDIA and 108 mentions for Broadcom. Broadcom's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.99 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Broadcom
75 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NVIDIA
261 Very Positive mention(s)
56 Positive mention(s)
75 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NVIDIA received 373 more outperform votes than Broadcom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.95% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 69.75% of users gave NVIDIA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BroadcomOutperform Votes
2516
82.95%
Underperform Votes
517
17.05%
NVIDIAOutperform Votes
2889
69.75%
Underperform Votes
1253
30.25%

76.4% of Broadcom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of NVIDIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Broadcom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

NVIDIA has higher revenue and earnings than Broadcom. NVIDIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadcom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Broadcom$54.53B19.77$5.90B$2.08110.22
NVIDIA$130.50B24.95$29.76B$2.9445.28

Summary

NVIDIA beats Broadcom on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AVGO vs. The Competition

MetricBroadcomSemiconductors & related devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.08T$58.81B$25.23B$8.47B
Dividend Yield1.01%2.19%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio187.2441.8945.0419.98
Price / Sales19.77108.202,194.93118.16
Price / Cash36.5126.4934.8134.62
Price / Book15.887.096.784.59
Net Income$5.90B$760.21M$738.01M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-1.36%-1.90%0.21%2.32%
1 Month Performance34.08%23.04%14.14%14.75%
1 Year Performance62.13%23.09%52,433.01%7.14%

Broadcom Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVGO
Broadcom
4.781 of 5 stars
$231.68
+0.5%
$229.48
-0.9%
+65.3%$1.09T$54.53B188.9720,000Trending News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8536 of 5 stars
$135.40
+0.0%
$164.84
+21.7%
+46.6%$3.31T$130.50B53.3226,200Trending News
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.6084 of 5 stars
$188.21
-0.2%
$189.41
+0.6%
-3.4%$171.04B$16.05B36.2833,000Positive News
ADI
Analog Devices
4.9019 of 5 stars
$225.56
-0.7%
$251.20
+11.4%
+4.9%$112.04B$9.34B71.9424,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MU
Micron Technology
4.9449 of 5 stars
$98.48
+0.5%
$126.48
+28.4%
-21.3%$110.14B$31.32B28.4048,000Positive News
INTC
Intel
3.1022 of 5 stars
$21.45
-1.0%
$21.67
+1.0%
-32.8%$93.54B$53.04B-4.90131,900Trending News
MRVL
Marvell Technology
4.926 of 5 stars
$62.68
-1.7%
$110.69
+76.6%
-13.0%$54.12B$5.77B-36.856,730Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
4.9721 of 5 stars
$700.06
-2.1%
$779.83
+11.4%
-3.8%$33.43B$2.39B18.993,250Positive News
MCHP
Microchip Technology
4.4233 of 5 stars
$60.85
-0.6%
$67.42
+10.8%
-35.8%$32.80B$4.40B108.7321,000Positive News
FSLR
First Solar
4.9819 of 5 stars
$163.21
-8.5%
$226.30
+38.7%
-16.5%$17.54B$4.26B14.084,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
SWKS
Skyworks Solutions
4.3389 of 5 stars
$72.71
-0.8%
$78.29
+7.7%
-22.1%$10.92B$3.95B22.3111,200Positive News

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