Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) Trading 2.4% Higher After Analyst Upgrade

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO - Get Free Report) shares rose 2.4% on Tuesday after UBS Group raised their price target on the stock from $170.00 to $200.00. UBS Group currently has a buy rating on the stock. Broadcom traded as high as $174.36 and last traded at $172.59. Approximately 2,725,562 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 91% from the average daily volume of 29,885,256 shares. The stock had previously closed at $168.55.

Several other analysts have also issued reports on AVGO. Rosenblatt Securities cut their target price on shares of Broadcom from $2,400.00 to $240.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 6th. William Blair began coverage on shares of Broadcom in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. They issued an "outperform" rating on the stock. TD Cowen upgraded shares of Broadcom to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, September 16th. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $210.00 target price on shares of Broadcom in a report on Friday, September 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Broadcom from $200.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, September 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $192.79.

Insider Transactions at Broadcom

In other news, CEO Hock E. Tan sold 50,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.37, for a total transaction of $8,168,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,331,910 shares in the company, valued at approximately $217,594,136.70. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. In other news, insider Mark David Brazeal sold 20,280 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, October 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.10, for a total value of $3,591,588.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 399,460 shares in the company, valued at $70,744,366. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Hock E. Tan sold 50,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.37, for a total value of $8,168,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,331,910 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $217,594,136.70. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 311,080 shares of company stock worth $53,540,590. Insiders own 2.00% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. AXA S.A. increased its position in shares of Broadcom by 2.7% in the second quarter. AXA S.A. now owns 291,078 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $467,334,000 after buying an additional 7,608 shares in the last quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Broadcom by 943.3% in the third quarter. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC now owns 20,136 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $3,473,000 after buying an additional 18,206 shares in the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. increased its position in shares of Broadcom by 947.2% in the third quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 689,858 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $119,000,000 after buying an additional 623,983 shares in the last quarter. Summit Place Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in Broadcom by 912.6% during the 3rd quarter. Summit Place Financial Advisors LLC now owns 9,802 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $1,691,000 after purchasing an additional 8,834 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Signaturefd LLC increased its position in Broadcom by 913.0% during the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 78,977 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $13,624,000 after purchasing an additional 71,181 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.43% of the company's stock.

Broadcom Trading Up 3.2 %

The stock has a market cap of $812.21 billion, a PE ratio of 149.95, a PEG ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.17. The business has a 50-day moving average of $169.12 and a 200 day moving average of $156.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 1.04.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, September 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $13.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.98 billion. Broadcom had a return on equity of 30.12% and a net margin of 10.88%. The company's revenue was up 47.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.95 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Broadcom Inc. will post 3.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Broadcom Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 19th were issued a $0.53 dividend. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.22%. This is an increase from Broadcom's previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 19th. Broadcom's payout ratio is 184.19%.

Broadcom Company Profile

Broadcom Inc designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software.