Victory Financial Group LLC Purchases 5,028 Shares of Broadcom Inc. $AVGO

Victory Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGOFree Report) by 45.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,975 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,028 shares during the quarter. Broadcom comprises 0.7% of Victory Financial Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 23rd biggest position. Victory Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Broadcom were worth $5,529,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of AVGO. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 185,276,987 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $51,071,601,000 after purchasing an additional 873,963 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Broadcom by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 39,149,651 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $12,915,861,000 after buying an additional 700,021 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in Broadcom by 2.3% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 33,450,786 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $11,035,749,000 after buying an additional 748,709 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in Broadcom by 3.7% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 30,598,590 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $8,434,501,000 after acquiring an additional 1,084,776 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in shares of Broadcom by 4.0% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 29,511,195 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $9,736,038,000 after acquiring an additional 1,124,590 shares during the last quarter. 76.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Broadcom

In other news, insider Mark David Brazeal sold 50,488 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $321.60, for a total transaction of $16,236,940.80. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 278,141 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $89,450,145.60. The trade was a 15.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Hock E. Tan sold 70,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $347.30, for a total transaction of $24,311,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 132,836 shares in the company, valued at $46,133,942.80. This represents a 34.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 373,049 shares of company stock valued at $123,024,715. Insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently commented on AVGO shares. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Broadcom from $458.00 to $475.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. DA Davidson raised shares of Broadcom to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Wolfe Research raised Broadcom from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $400.00 price target for the company in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $420.00 price objective on Broadcom in a report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, UBS Group set a $475.00 target price on Broadcom and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Broadcom presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $435.30.

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Broadcom Price Performance

NASDAQ:AVGO opened at $314.55 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.49 trillion, a PE ratio of 61.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.67 and a beta of 1.24. Broadcom Inc. has a 52 week low of $138.10 and a 52 week high of $414.61. The company has a quick ratio of 1.73, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $324.73 and its 200-day moving average price is $343.02.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGOGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.05 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $19.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. Broadcom had a return on equity of 38.61% and a net margin of 36.57%.Broadcom’s quarterly revenue was up 29.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.60 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that Broadcom Inc. will post 5.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Broadcom Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 23rd were given 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 0.8%. Broadcom’s dividend payout ratio is currently 50.78%.

Broadcom Company 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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