Market Inference Brief -- AVGO Stock

Shares of Broadcom have moved -0.2% today, and are now trading at a price of $1139.73. In contrast, the S&P 500 index saw a 0.0% change. Today's trading volume is 1,389,193 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,138,749.

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. Based in Palo Alto, United States the company has 20,000 full time employees and a market cap of $533,553,184,768. Broadcom currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.7% per year.

The company is now trading 5.85% away from its average analyst target price of $1076.75 per share. The 24 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $925.0 to $1265.0, and on average give Broadcom a rating of buy.

Over the last 52 weeks, AVGO stock has risen 110.8%, which amounts to a 86.8% difference compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $1151.82 whereas its 52 week low is $540.92 per share. With its net margins declining an average -7.1% over the last 6 years, Broadcom may not have a strong enough profitability trend to support its stock price.

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Net Profit ($ k) Net Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023 35,454,000 13,917,000 39 11.43
2022 33,203,000 11,495,000 35 40.0
2021 27,450,000 6,736,000 25 108.33
2020 23,888,000 2,961,000 12 0.0
2019 22,597,000 2,736,000 12 -80.33
2018 20,848,000 12,629,000 61
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