AVGO vs. NVDA, AMD, AMAT, TXN, MU, INTC, ADI, MRVL, MCHP, and MPWR
Should you be buying Broadcom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadcom include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Applied Materials (AMAT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Microchip Technology (MCHP), and Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, NVIDIA had 92 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 207 mentions for NVIDIA and 115 mentions for Broadcom. NVIDIA's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Broadcom's score of 0.58 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NVIDIA has a net margin of 53.40% compared to NVIDIA's net margin of 24.10%. Broadcom's return on equity of 110.60% beat NVIDIA's return on equity.
NVIDIA presently has a consensus price target of $116.90, suggesting a potential downside of 11.36%. Broadcom has a consensus price target of $1,667.48, suggesting a potential downside of 3.89%. Given NVIDIA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Broadcom is more favorable than NVIDIA.
NVIDIA has higher revenue and earnings than Broadcom. Broadcom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVIDIA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NVIDIA has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadcom has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $21.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. NVIDIA pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadcom pays out 90.3% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Broadcom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
NVIDIA received 302 more outperform votes than Broadcom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.71% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 69.13% of users gave NVIDIA an outperform vote.
Summary
NVIDIA beats Broadcom on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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