Global Retirement Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO – Free Report) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 149,464 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $56,460,000. Broadcom accounts for approximately 0.9% of Global Retirement Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest holding.
Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AVGO. ROSS JOHNSON & Associates LLC grew its position in shares of Broadcom by 1,320.0% during the fourth quarter. ROSS JOHNSON & Associates LLC now owns 71 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. SWAN Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 261.9% in the fourth quarter. SWAN Capital LLC now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Networth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Broadcom by 546.2% during the first quarter. Networth Advisors LLC now owns 84 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 71 shares during the period. Nvest Wealth Strategies Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Broadcom during the fourth quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 44.9% during the fourth quarter. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC now owns 129 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.43% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities research analysts recently commented on AVGO shares. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $545.00 price objective (up from $430.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $500.00 price objective on shares of Broadcom in a report on Thursday, June 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Dbs Bank raised shares of Broadcom to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $525.00 price target on shares of Broadcom in a report on Thursday, June 4th. Twenty-nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $491.97.
Key Headlines Impacting Broadcom
Here are the key news stories impacting Broadcom this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Rackspace Technology launched a fully managed multitenant cloud platform based on Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1. The deployment provides early commercial validation for Broadcom’s VMware strategy and targets regulated customers running Kubernetes and AI workloads. Broadcom (AVGO) Debuts VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 In Managed Multitenant Cloud
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to view Broadcom as a major beneficiary of the shift from AI training toward inference and agentic workloads, supporting the long-term outlook for its custom silicon and networking businesses. Broadcom Vs. Micron: Why They’re So Strong as Capital Shifts to Inference and Agentic AI
- Positive Sentiment: Historical analysis argues that the loss or reduction of a major customer’s chip program does not necessarily imply sustained weakness; Broadcom’s revenue grew substantially after a comparable Apple-related concern in 2023. Broadcom Has Seen Its Biggest Customer Drop a Key Chip Before
- Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming NVIDIA earnings and guidance could move Broadcom and other AI stocks, making NVIDIA’s results an important read-through for AI infrastructure demand. NVIDIA Earnings Could Move These 3 AI Stocks
- Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest data showed no measurable short position, but the figures appear incomplete or erroneous, limiting their usefulness as a trading signal.
- Negative Sentiment: Analysts expect continued gross-margin contraction in the upcoming third-quarter report, raising concerns that Broadcom’s rapid AI expansion could pressure profitability. Broadcom Q3 Earnings Preview
- Negative Sentiment: Reports that Broadcom is arranging roughly $60 billion of AI-related financing, potentially through structures that keep debt off its balance sheet, have increased investor concerns about leverage, credit-default-swap risk and the ultimate scale of AI deployment obligations. Broadcom’s $60 Billion AI Debt Deal
- Negative Sentiment: Broadcom is also facing broader semiconductor-sector selling ahead of NVIDIA’s report, while Marvell’s expanded custom-chip agreement with Google has intensified worries about customer concentration and competitive pressure. Broadcom Stock Drops Amid Rising Credit Default Swap Concerns
Broadcom Trading Down 0.6%
AVGO stock opened at $356.74 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The company has a market cap of $1.70 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.46, a PEG ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.45. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $387.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $375.72. Broadcom Inc. has a 52 week low of $287.17 and a 52 week high of $495.00.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.40 by $0.04. Broadcom had a net margin of 38.85% and a return on equity of 41.61%. The company had revenue of $22.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.13 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.58 earnings per share. Broadcom’s revenue for the quarter was up 47.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts expect that Broadcom Inc. will post 10.24 EPS for the current year.
Broadcom Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 22nd were given a $0.65 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 22nd. This represents a $2.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Broadcom’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 43.33%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, insider Mark David Brazeal sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $401.33, for a total transaction of $10,033,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 194,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $78,254,935.37. This trade represents a 11.36% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Gayla J. Delly sold 1,890 shares of Broadcom stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $385.38, for a total value of $728,368.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 31,326 shares in the company, valued at $12,072,413.88. The trade was a 5.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 61,644 shares of company stock valued at $24,016,214. 1.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
About Broadcom
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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