Broadcom Inc (AVGO) saw an uptrend of 0.07% in the recent trading with $359.87 being its most recent. The current price level -3.84% lower than the highest price of $374.23 marked by the stock while trading over the past 52-weeks, whereas it is 160.59% higher than the lowest price of $138.10 the company dropped to over past 52-weeks. The latest news story on AVGO appeared in (Motley Fool) under the title “Prediction: These AI Stocks Could Outperform the “Magnificent Seven” Over the Next Decade”.
Do analysts rate it as a buy, sell or hold?
Irrespective of recent performance, what’s important is what the future holds. In uncertain economic times, a clear picture is difficult to get. Analysts generally have a good understanding of the market works, which gives them a leg up in making predictions. Currently, the stock has been recommended as Strong Buy by 27 of the brokerage firms. Analyst ratings are often compiled into a single score from 1 to 5. The score of 1 signifies buy or strong buy, the score of 2 signifies outperform, the score of 3 means hold, and the score of 4 indicates underperform. The simple numeric range of brokerage firm referenced at the scale of 1 to 5 reads a current average recommendation of 1.35 for the stock.
Broadcom Inc Earnings – What Happened With AVGO
Coming around sales and income figures on AVGO Stock Income Statement, public trading companies under normal circumstances post earnings and revenues near to average estimates by the Wall Street analysts, but those could came either above or below estimates and known as surprise factor. Broadcom Inc (AVGO) last released financial results for the quarter that ended 10/31/2024, posting a surprise factor of 2.04% for net revenue.
AVGO – Broadcom Inc Stock Earnings Estimates
The perspective of Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO)’s current quarter earnings identifies that analysts are in consensus over the estimate of 1.39 for stock’s EPS in the current quarter. Broadcom Inc (AVGO) last released financial results for the quarter that ended 10/31/2024, posting a surprise factor of 2.04% for net revenue. Company’s EPS for the last quarter was 1.42.
Broadcom Inc – Insider Activity and Holdings
Investors get the exact data about the key information of institutional ownership in a listed company through its 13F filings at the Stock Exchange Commission (SEC). The total number of common shares currently owned by the public is 4.72 billion. AVGO does have institutional investors; and they hold 78.15% of the stock.
As on 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC was the top most holder in Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) with an ownership of 44.82 million shares of the company or 9.612 of the stake worth $71.96 billion. The filing also reveals BLACKROCK INC. as the second largest holder in the company with a control over 7.3344 of the outstanding shares. Its stake is worth $54.91 billion for having 34.2 million shares in hand.
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS also came holding a key position in the company during the recent quarter and it now holds 4.8081 of the outstanding shares. With this there are now 5242.0 institutions which have possession in AVGO’s shares.
Key Metrics for AVGO
The liquidity is a key characteristic of any stock and is the main point of focus of both short-term as well as long term investors before start trading into a stock. In recently reported quarter, Broadcom Inc has a debt to equity ratio of 0.88.
