CORDA Investment Management LLC. Sells 9,880 Shares of Broadcom Inc. $AVGO

CORDA Investment Management LLC. cut its position in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGOFree Report) by 65.2% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 5,262 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 9,880 shares during the period. CORDA Investment Management LLC.’s holdings in Broadcom were worth $1,821,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of AVGO. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 499.4% during the third quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 5,634,232 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,858,789,000 after buying an additional 4,694,313 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 482,707,302 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $167,064,997,000 after buying an additional 3,919,715 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 47.5% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 9,814,757 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $3,406,211,000 after buying an additional 3,160,586 shares in the last quarter. Danske Bank A S bought a new position in shares of Broadcom during the third quarter worth about $987,488,000. Finally, PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab bought a new position in shares of Broadcom during the fourth quarter worth about $924,858,000. 76.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Justine Page sold 2,018 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $353.00, for a total value of $712,354.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,164 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,411,892. This trade represents a 10.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider S. Ram Velaga sold 8,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $370.52, for a total value of $2,964,160.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 57,932 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,464,964.64. The trade was a 12.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 324,282 shares of company stock valued at $106,425,249. Insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently issued reports on AVGO. Mizuho reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $480.00 price objective on shares of Broadcom in a report on Thursday, April 16th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded Broadcom from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $410.00 to $430.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Broadcom from $462.00 to $470.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, March 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on Broadcom from $370.00 to $340.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price target on Broadcom from $510.00 to $545.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $436.13.

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Broadcom Stock Down 0.6%

AVGO stock opened at $416.79 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.73, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $360.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $353.52. The company has a market cap of $1.97 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 81.40, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.43. Broadcom Inc. has a twelve month low of $221.60 and a twelve month high of $437.68.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGOGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.03 by $0.02. Broadcom had a return on equity of 38.61% and a net margin of 36.57%.The firm had revenue of $19.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.10 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.60 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 29.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that Broadcom Inc. will post 9.95 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Broadcom Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 23rd were given a $0.65 dividend. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 23rd. Broadcom’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 50.78%.

Broadcom Company Profile

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Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology company that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions for a broad range of markets. The company’s semiconductor business provides components and systems for wired and wireless communications, enterprise and cloud storage, networking and broadband access, serving original equipment manufacturers, cloud service providers, telecommunications carriers and industrial customers worldwide. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, California, and operates globally with research, development and sales organizations across North America, Europe and Asia.

On the semiconductor side, Broadcom’s portfolio includes system-on-chip (SoC) and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) solutions, radio-frequency and connectivity components, Ethernet switching and PHY devices, storage adapters and controllers, optical transceivers and other networking silicon.

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