AVGO vs. NVDA, TXN, MU, ADI, INTC, MRVL, MCHP, MPWR, 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), Micron Technology (MU), Analog Devices (ADI), Intel (INTC), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), First Solar (FSLR), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors" industry.
Broadcom vs. Its Competitors
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.
NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. NVIDIA pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadcom pays out 88.4% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Broadcom has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Broadcom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
NVIDIA has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadcom has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NVIDIA currently has a consensus price target of $175.78, indicating a potential upside of 11.43%. Broadcom has a consensus price target of $281.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.62%. Given NVIDIA's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Broadcom.
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.
65.3% of NVIDIA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Broadcom shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Broadcom shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NVIDIA has a net margin of 51.69% compared to Broadcom's net margin of 22.64%. NVIDIA's return on equity of 105.09% beat Broadcom's return on equity.
In the previous week, NVIDIA had 176 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 361 mentions for NVIDIA and 185 mentions for Broadcom. Broadcom's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.92 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
NVIDIA beats Broadcom on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AVGO) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
