Vise Technologies Inc. Takes $84.74 Million Position in Broadcom Inc. $AVGO

Vise Technologies Inc. purchased a new position in Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 224,337 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $84,743,000. Broadcom comprises 1.0% of Vise Technologies Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest position.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AVGO. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in Broadcom by 21.8% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 29,683 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $6,882,000 after acquiring an additional 5,322 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Broadcom by 10.4% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,997 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,854,000 after acquiring an additional 756 shares in the last quarter. United Bank raised its stake in shares of Broadcom by 76.5% during the first quarter. United Bank now owns 2,339 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $392,000 after acquiring an additional 1,014 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 10.1% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 12,693 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $3,499,000 after purchasing an additional 1,160 shares during the period. Finally, Capital & Planning LLC grew its stake in Broadcom by 10.5% in the second quarter. Capital & Planning LLC now owns 3,983 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,098,000 after purchasing an additional 378 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.43% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AVGO has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $515.00 price objective (up from $430.00) 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 note on Monday, August 3rd. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $535.00 target price (up from $450.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Mizuho upped their price target on shares of Broadcom from $480.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Broadcom from $450.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Twenty-nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $491.97.

Broadcom News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Broadcom this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects exceptional growth, with consensus estimates calling for approximately $29.43 billion in revenue and $3.24 in EPS, representing year-over-year growth of roughly 84.5% and 91.7%, respectively. BakerAvenue strategist King Lip has called AVGO a “top pick” ahead of the report. Broadcom stock dubbed a top pick ahead of Q3 earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Broadcom announced VMware AI Factory, which is designed to reduce private AI deployment from weeks to hours, pool GPU capacity, and provide model governance and cost controls. The initiative supports more than 150 AI models and broadens Broadcom’s opportunity in enterprise AI infrastructure. Broadcom Announces VMware AI Factory
• Positive Sentiment: New AgentMinder, VMware vDefend and Avi Load Balancer capabilities target identity, Zero Trust security, monitoring and governance for autonomous AI agents. These offerings could strengthen Broadcom’s VMware software platform and help enterprises deploy sensitive AI workloads in private clouds. Broadcom Delivers End-to-End Security for Agentic AI
• Positive Sentiment: Broadcom also launched TrueSource, a commercially supported portfolio of verified open-source software covering Spring, Java, Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL and other data technologies. The offering may create additional recurring enterprise software revenue while addressing growing software supply-chain security concerns. Broadcom Strengthens Spring Security with TrueSource
• Neutral Sentiment: Options traders are positioning for a substantial post-earnings move, increasing volatility risk in either direction. The stock’s reaction will likely depend more on forward AI semiconductor revenue and VMware guidance than on the quarter’s headline results. How Much Traders See Broadcom Stock Moving After Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Expectations are elevated, creating downside risk if results or guidance disappoint. Broadcom also trades at a premium valuation, while reported insider activity shows overwhelmingly more sales than purchases over the past six months.

Broadcom Trading Up 0.4%

Broadcom stock opened at $370.34 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $384.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $376.70. The company has a market capitalization of $1.76 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 1.45. Broadcom Inc. has a 52 week low of $287.17 and a 52 week high of $495.00. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.44 earnings per share 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.13 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.58 EPS. Broadcom’s quarterly revenue was up 47.9% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Broadcom Inc. will post 10.24 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Broadcom

In other Broadcom news, Director Justine Page sold 1,602 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $373.86, for a total value of $598,923.72. Following the sale, the director directly owned 17,426 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,514,884.36. This represents a 8.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Mark David Brazeal sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $401.33, for a total value of $10,033,250.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 194,989 shares in the company, valued at $78,254,935.37. This represents a 11.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 61,644 shares of company stock worth $24,016,214 over the last ninety days. 1.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Broadcom Profile

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.