NVIDIA (NVDA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NVDA or AVGO?

NVIDIA received 361 more outperform votes than Broadcom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.77% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 69.63% of users gave NVIDIA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NVIDIA	Outperform Votes 2845 69.63%	Underperform Votes 1241 30.37%
Broadcom	Outperform Votes 2484 82.77%	Underperform Votes 517 17.23%

Which has more risk & volatility, NVDA or AVGO?

NVIDIA has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadcom has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NVDA or AVGO?

NVIDIA currently has a consensus target price of $164.15, indicating a potential upside of 19.52%. Broadcom has a consensus target price of $198.09, indicating a potential upside of 9.65%. Given NVIDIA's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Broadcom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NVIDIA	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	39 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95
Broadcom	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.96

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NVDA or AVGO?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Broadcom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NVDA or AVGO a better dividend stock?

NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. NVIDIA pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadcom pays out 184.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Broadcom has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Broadcom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to NVDA or AVGO?

In the previous week, NVIDIA had 95 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 252 mentions for NVIDIA and 157 mentions for Broadcom. Broadcom's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.83 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NVIDIA	162 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	43 Neutral mention(s)	27 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Broadcom	121 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NVDA or AVGO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NVIDIA	$113.27B	29.69	$29.76B	$2.54	54.07
Broadcom	$46.82B	18.02	$14.08B	$1.15	157.10

Is NVDA or AVGO more profitable?

NVIDIA has a net margin of 55.69% compared to Broadcom's net margin of 10.88%. NVIDIA's return on equity of 114.83% beat Broadcom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NVIDIA	55.69%	114.83%	76.61%
Broadcom	10.88%	30.12%	11.66%

Summary

NVIDIA beats Broadcom on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.