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AVGO vs. AAPL, AMD, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, SNPS, and TSLA

Should you be buying Broadcom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadcom include Apple (AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Synopsys (SNPS), and Tesla (TSLA).

Broadcom vs. Its Competitors

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) 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 valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Broadcom has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 231 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 388 mentions for Apple and 157 mentions for Broadcom. Broadcom's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Apple's score of 0.88 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Broadcom
123 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
215 Very Positive mention(s)
56 Positive mention(s)
84 Neutral mention(s)
19 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

76.4% of Broadcom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Broadcom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Broadcom currently has a consensus price target of $294.92, indicating a potential downside of 3.30%. Apple has a consensus price target of $237.60, indicating a potential upside of 3.60%. Given Apple's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Broadcom.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Broadcom
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
26 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. 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. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadcom has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Broadcom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Broadcom. Apple 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$51.57B27.81$5.90B$2.67114.22
Apple$391.04B8.70$93.74B$6.5934.80

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Broadcom's net margin of 22.64%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Broadcom's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Broadcom22.64% 35.49% 14.58%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

Summary

Broadcom and Apple tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AVGO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AVGO vs. The Competition

MetricBroadcomELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.43T$40.29B$29.75B$9.72B
Dividend Yield0.77%2.42%3.12%4.12%
P/E Ratio114.22564.3050.4424.76
Price / Sales27.81271.811,533.1998.33
Price / Cash50.9290.5736.1158.47
Price / Book21.125.167.295.59
Net Income$5.90B$555.81M$804.94M$265.99M
7 Day Performance5.66%1.16%1.37%5.07%
1 Month Performance10.74%-7.34%-1.11%0.61%
1 Year Performance105.70%45.58%24,146.63%22.83%

Broadcom Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVGO
Broadcom
4.7764 of 5 stars
$304.97
+0.4%
$294.92
-3.3%
+105.7%$1.43T$51.57B114.2237,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
AAPL
Apple
4.7361 of 5 stars
$203.69
+0.6%
$237.25
+16.5%
+6.1%$3.05T$391.04B30.94164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.3693 of 5 stars
$177.32
+3.3%
$162.94
-8.1%
+28.7%$288.00B$25.79B130.6028,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7793 of 5 stars
$212.69
-1.0%
$262.45
+23.4%
+33.4%$2.26T$670.04B32.461,556,000Trending News
Insider Trade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.7927 of 5 stars
$195.34
+2.8%
$215.19
+10.2%
+22.2%$2.36T$350.02B20.82190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.1394 of 5 stars
$194.50
+2.8%
$211.39
+8.7%
+23.1%$2.35T$350.02B20.73183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
META
Meta Platforms
4.3043 of 5 stars
$774.50
+3.3%
$820.32
+5.9%
+48.6%$1.95T$164.50B28.0474,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9441 of 5 stars
$537.19
+2.5%
$609.86
+13.5%
+28.6%$4.00T$281.72B39.41228,000Trending News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.6616 of 5 stars
$179.39
+3.3%
$182.03
+1.5%
+74.4%$4.38T$148.52B57.9436,000Trending News
Insider Trade
SNPS
Synopsys
4.2256 of 5 stars
$631.68
+2.1%
$622.33
-1.5%
+18.0%$98.01B$6.13B45.6120,000News Coverage
Positive News
TSLA
Tesla
4.355 of 5 stars
$309.06
+2.1%
$303.31
-1.9%
+64.8%$996.11B$92.72B178.51125,665Trending News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:AVGO) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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