AVGO vs. NVDA, TXN, INTC, ADI, MU, MRVL, MPWR, MCHP, FSLR, and ALTR
Should you be buying Broadcom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadcom include NVIDIA (NVDA), Texas Instruments (TXN), Intel (INTC), Analog Devices (ADI), Micron Technology (MU), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Microchip Technology (MCHP), First Solar (FSLR), and Altair Engineering (ALTR). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Broadcom has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. NVIDIA pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Broadcom pays out 113.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NVIDIA pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
In the previous week, NVIDIA had 202 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 327 mentions for NVIDIA and 125 mentions for Broadcom. Broadcom's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.85 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NVIDIA received 362 more outperform votes than Broadcom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.93% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 69.70% 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.
Broadcom presently has a consensus target price of $231.68, indicating a potential upside of 27.34%. NVIDIA has a consensus target price of $168.39, indicating a potential upside of 51.80%. Given NVIDIA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Broadcom.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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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