AVGO vs. NVDA, TXN, MU, ADI, MRVL, INTC, 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), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Intel (INTC), 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.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
NVIDIA presently has a consensus price target of $164.63, suggesting a potential upside of 19.55%. Broadcom has a consensus price target of $225.83, suggesting a potential downside of 4.89%. Given NVIDIA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Broadcom.
In the previous week, NVIDIA had 150 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 267 mentions for NVIDIA and 117 mentions for Broadcom. Broadcom's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.99 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NVIDIA received 349 more outperform votes than Broadcom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.86% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 69.66% of users gave NVIDIA an outperform vote.
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 pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. NVIDIA pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadcom pays out 192.5% 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 15 consecutive years. Broadcom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
NVIDIA has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadcom has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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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This page (NASDAQ:AVGO) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
