Why Are People Talking About Investing in Broadcom (AVGO)?

After moving -2.4% during today's afternoon session, Broadcom is now trading at a price of $880.6 per share. On average, analysts give it a target price of $917.48.

Broadcom Inc. designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide.

Broadcom Investors Should Consider This:

  • Broadcom has moved 104.0% over the last year.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.15. A number between 0 and 1 could mean that the market is undervaluing Broadcom's estimated growth potential

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 16.47

  • Broadcom currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.0%.

Understanding Broadcom's Operating Margins

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Operating Expenses ($ k) Operating Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2022-12-09 33,203,000 -7,813,000 43 34.38
2021-12-17 27,450,000 -8,177,000 32 77.78
2020-12-18 23,888,000 -9,304,000 18 0.0
2019-12-20 22,597,000 -8,303,000 18 -30.77
2018-12-21 20,848,000 -5,365,000 26 73.33
2017-12-13 17,636,000 -5,843,000 15

Over the last 6 years, Broadcom's operating margins have averaged 25.3%, which is similar to the 25.44% Semiconductors industry average. We also note that the company's operating margins have a high coefficient of variability at 42.2%. On the other hand, we note that the firm's margins are growing at a 19.2% compounded average yearly rate.

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