Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd Takes Position in Broadcom Inc. $AVGO

Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGOFree Report) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 932,082 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $322,594,000. Broadcom accounts for approximately 2.3% of Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 15th largest holding.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Broadcom by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 482,707,302 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $167,064,997,000 after acquiring an additional 3,919,715 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in Broadcom by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 39,149,651 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $12,915,861,000 after acquiring an additional 700,021 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc grew its stake in Broadcom by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 33,450,786 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $11,035,749,000 after acquiring an additional 748,709 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in Broadcom by 4.0% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 29,511,195 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $9,736,038,000 after acquiring an additional 1,124,590 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in Broadcom by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 22,216,816 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $7,453,320,000 after acquiring an additional 716,523 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.43% of the company’s stock.

Broadcom Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of AVGO opened at $426.58 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $2.02 trillion, a P/E ratio of 83.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.43. Broadcom Inc. has a 12-month low of $234.90 and a 12-month high of $442.36. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $380.90 and its 200 day moving average price is $357.94. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGOGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $19.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. Broadcom had a net margin of 36.57% and a return on equity of 38.61%. Broadcom’s revenue was up 29.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.60 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Broadcom Inc. will post 9.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Broadcom Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.65 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 23rd. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. Broadcom’s dividend payout ratio is 50.78%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $500.00 price target (up from $475.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $582.00 target price on shares of Broadcom in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $500.00 target price (up from $405.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and set a $490.00 target price (up from $450.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research note on Thursday. Finally, DA Davidson raised shares of Broadcom to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Broadcom presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $454.55.

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Insider Activity at Broadcom

In other Broadcom news, Director Gayla J. Delly sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $358.31, for a total transaction of $358,310.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 32,352 shares in the company, valued at $11,592,045.12. This represents a 3.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Charlie B. Kawwas sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $345.23, for a total transaction of $3,452,300.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 787,184 shares in the company, valued at $271,759,532.32. This trade represents a 1.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 324,282 shares of company stock valued at $106,425,249. 1.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Broadcom 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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