CORDA Investment Management LLC. Purchases New Holdings in Broadcom Inc. $AVGO

CORDA Investment Management LLC. bought a new position in Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 4,231 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,598,000.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. ROSS JOHNSON & Associates LLC grew its stake in shares of Broadcom by 1,320.0% during the fourth quarter. ROSS JOHNSON & Associates LLC now owns 71 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. SWAN Capital LLC lifted its holdings in Broadcom by 261.9% during the 4th quarter. SWAN Capital LLC now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Networth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Broadcom by 546.2% during the 1st quarter. Networth Advisors LLC now owns 84 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. Nvest Wealth Strategies Inc. bought a new position in Broadcom in the 4th quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Broadcom by 44.9% in the 4th quarter. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC now owns 129 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.43% of the company’s stock.

Broadcom Stock Performance

Shares of Broadcom stock opened at $356.74 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.70 trillion, a P/E ratio of 59.46, a P/E/G ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.45. Broadcom Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $287.17 and a fifty-two week high of $495.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 2.24 and a quick ratio of 2.01. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $387.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $375.72.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) last issued 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. Broadcom had a net margin of 38.85% and a return on equity of 41.61%. The business had revenue of $22.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.13 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.58 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 47.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts forecast that Broadcom Inc. will post 10.24 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Broadcom Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.65 per share. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 22nd. Broadcom’s dividend payout ratio is presently 43.33%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Broadcom

In other Broadcom news, insider Mark David Brazeal sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $401.33, for a total value of $10,033,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 194,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $78,254,935.37. This trade represents a 11.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Gayla J. Delly sold 1,890 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $385.38, for a total transaction of $728,368.20. Following the sale, the director owned 31,326 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,072,413.88. This trade represents a 5.69% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 61,644 shares of company stock valued at $24,016,214 over the last 90 days. 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AVGO has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Mizuho raised their price objective 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. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on Broadcom from $360.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $535.00 price target (up from $450.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $575.00 price objective (up from $500.00) on shares of Broadcom in a report on Thursday, June 4th. Finally, Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and set a $490.00 target price (up from $450.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Twenty-nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Broadcom has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $491.97.

Broadcom News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Broadcom this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Rackspace Technology launched a fully managed multitenant cloud platform based on Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1. The deployment provides early commercial validation for Broadcom’s VMware strategy and targets regulated customers running Kubernetes and AI workloads. Broadcom (AVGO) Debuts VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 In Managed Multitenant Cloud
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to view Broadcom as a major beneficiary of the shift from AI training toward inference and agentic workloads, supporting the long-term outlook for its custom silicon and networking businesses. Broadcom Vs. Micron: Why They’re So Strong as Capital Shifts to Inference and Agentic AI
• Positive Sentiment: Historical analysis argues that the loss or reduction of a major customer’s chip program does not necessarily imply sustained weakness; Broadcom’s revenue grew substantially after a comparable Apple-related concern in 2023. Broadcom Has Seen Its Biggest Customer Drop a Key Chip Before
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming NVIDIA earnings and guidance could move Broadcom and other AI stocks, making NVIDIA’s results an important read-through for AI infrastructure demand. NVIDIA Earnings Could Move These 3 AI Stocks
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest data showed no measurable short position, but the figures appear incomplete or erroneous, limiting their usefulness as a trading signal.
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts expect continued gross-margin contraction in the upcoming third-quarter report, raising concerns that Broadcom’s rapid AI expansion could pressure profitability. Broadcom Q3 Earnings Preview
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Broadcom is arranging roughly $60 billion of AI-related financing, potentially through structures that keep debt off its balance sheet, have increased investor concerns about leverage, credit-default-swap risk and the ultimate scale of AI deployment obligations. Broadcom’s $60 Billion AI Debt Deal
• Negative Sentiment: Broadcom is also facing broader semiconductor-sector selling ahead of NVIDIA’s report, while Marvell’s expanded custom-chip agreement with Google has intensified worries about customer concentration and competitive pressure. Broadcom Stock Drops Amid Rising Credit Default Swap Concerns

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.