Oxford Financial Group LTD. LLC acquired a new position in Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 5,708 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $2,156,000.
Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AVGO. Fullerton Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Broadcom by 1.3% during the first quarter. Fullerton Advisors LLC now owns 1,989 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $616,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. NORTHSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT Co increased its stake in Broadcom by 0.5% during the first quarter. NORTHSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT Co now owns 5,350 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,656,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the period. RFG Holdings Inc. raised its holdings in Broadcom by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. RFG Holdings Inc. now owns 8,499 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $2,631,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. Yukon Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Broadcom by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Yukon Wealth Management Inc. now owns 2,501 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $774,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares during the period. Finally, NerdWallet Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. NerdWallet Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,057 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $399,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. 76.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Broadcom news, Director Harry L. You bought 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $373.57 per share, for a total transaction of $373,570.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 38,466 shares in the company, valued at $14,369,743.62. This represents a 2.67% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Justine Page sold 1,602 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $373.86, for a total transaction of $598,923.72. Following the transaction, the director owned 17,426 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,514,884.36. This trade represents a 8.42% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 61,644 shares of company stock worth $24,016,214. 1.90% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Broadcom News Summary
- 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.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts recently commented on AVGO shares. Morgan Stanley set a $502.00 target price on Broadcom and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective on shares of Broadcom in a research note on Wednesday, August 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Broadcom from $500.00 to $580.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of Broadcom from $480.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Finally, Bank of America raised their price target 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 analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $491.97.
View Our Latest Analysis on AVGO
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AVGO opened at $370.34 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $1.76 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.72, a PEG ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.24. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $384.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $376.70. Broadcom Inc. has a twelve month low of $287.17 and a twelve month high of $495.00.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.44 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.40 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $22.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.13 billion. Broadcom had a net margin of 38.85% and a return on equity of 41.61%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 47.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.58 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that Broadcom Inc. will post 10.24 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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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