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.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
76.4% of Broadcom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of NVIDIA shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Broadcom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NVIDIA had 110 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 337 mentions for NVIDIA and 227 mentions for Broadcom. NVIDIA's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Broadcom's score of 1.06 indicating that NVIDIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NVIDIA received 369 more outperform votes than Broadcom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.01% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 69.78% of users gave NVIDIA an outperform vote.
Broadcom currently has a consensus target price of $272.71, indicating a potential upside of 11.64%. NVIDIA has a consensus target price of $171.66, indicating a potential upside of 20.35%. Given NVIDIA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Broadcom.
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 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 pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadcom has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and NVIDIA has increased 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 has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Summary
NVIDIA beats Broadcom on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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