NVIDIA (NVDA) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AVGO or NVDA?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of NVIDIA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend AVGO or NVDA?

Broadcom presently has a consensus target price of $231.48, suggesting a potential upside of 20.78%. NVIDIA has a consensus target price of $171.51, suggesting a potential upside of 45.72%. Given NVIDIA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NVIDIA is more favorable than Broadcom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Broadcom	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
NVIDIA	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	37 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.98

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVGO or NVDA?

NVIDIA received 362 more outperform votes than Broadcom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.91% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 69.72% of users gave NVIDIA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Broadcom	Outperform Votes 2509 82.91%	Underperform Votes 517 17.09%
NVIDIA	Outperform Votes 2871 69.72%	Underperform Votes 1247 30.28%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AVGO or NVDA?

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
Broadcom	$54.53B	16.53	$5.90B	$2.08	92.14
NVIDIA	$130.50B	22.01	$29.76B	$2.94	40.03

Is AVGO or NVDA a better dividend stock?

Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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.

Is AVGO or NVDA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Broadcom	11.43%	28.00%	11.16%
NVIDIA	55.69%	114.83%	76.61%

Does the media refer more to AVGO or NVDA?

In the previous week, NVIDIA had 434 more articles in the media than Broadcom. MarketBeat recorded 543 mentions for NVIDIA and 109 mentions for Broadcom. Broadcom's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat NVIDIA's score of 0.66 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Broadcom	86 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NVIDIA	235 Very Positive mention(s)	87 Positive mention(s)	162 Neutral mention(s)	37 Negative mention(s)	7 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AVGO or NVDA?

Broadcom has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVIDIA has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NVIDIA beats Broadcom on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.