Why Is AVGO Up Today?

This afternoon we watched Broadcom rise 3.8% to a price of $162.82 per share. The Large-Cap Semiconductors company is now trading -7.39% below its average target price of $175.81. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $141.02 to $216.96 per share for Broadcom, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.3%, and a short ratio of 1.77. The company's insiders own 2.03% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 78.8% of Broadcom's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Broadcom

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 96% 448,207,650 $72,977,172,855
2024-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 73% 342,003,330 $55,684,984,695
2024-06-30 Capital World Investors 48% 224,203,490 $36,504,813,883
2024-06-30 Capital International Investors 41% 190,346,990 $30,992,298,305
2024-06-30 State Street Corporation 38% 175,899,500 $28,639,957,878
2024-06-30 Capital Research Global Investors 24% 110,222,660 $17,946,454,308
2024-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 20% 92,128,850 $15,000,420,031
2024-06-30 FMR, LLC 16% 74,021,800 $12,052,230,018
2024-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 16% 73,668,200 $11,994,656,863
2024-06-30 Morgan Stanley 15% 71,802,920 $11,690,951,960

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on Broadcom.

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