Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ: AVGO): Can It Make A Huge Gain?

In the last trading session, 24.81 million Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.00. With the company’s per share price at $188.67 changed hands at -$5.83 or -3.00% during last session, the market valuation stood at $887.12B. AVGO’s last price was a discount, traded about -33.5% off its 52-week high of $251.88. The share price had its 52-week low at $119.76, which suggests the last value was 36.52% up since then. When we look at Broadcom Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 37.87 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 32.48 million.

Analysts gave the Broadcom Inc (AVGO) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.45. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 27 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended AVGO as a Hold, 26 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Broadcom Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 1.56.

Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) trade information

Instantly AVGO was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -0.75%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -18.62%, with the 5-day performance at -0.75% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) is -19.04% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 57.39 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.12 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 257.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 26.73% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, AVGO’s forecast low is 215 with 267 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -41.52% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -13.96% for it to hit the projected low.

Broadcom Inc (AVGO) estimates and forecasts

Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 21.23% up from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 30 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 14.95B. 28 analysts are of the opinion that Broadcom Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 15.78B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 12.49B and 13.07B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 19.72%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 20.72%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 13.91%. The 2025 estimates are for Broadcom Inc earnings to increase by 35.45%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 23.13% per year.

AVGO Dividends

Broadcom Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-05. The 6.16% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 11.62. It is important to note, however, that the 6.16% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 2.56 per year.

Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 2.02% of Broadcom Inc shares while 78.94% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 80.57%. There are 78.94% institutions holding the Broadcom Inc stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 9.6389% of the shares, roughly 44.82 million AVGO shares worth $71.96 billion.

BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.3549% or 34.2 million shares worth $54.91 billion as of 2024-06-30.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund . With 146.33 shares estimated at $27.61 billion under it, the former controlled 3.11% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.69% of the shares, roughly 126.43 shares worth around $23.85 billion.