Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the thirty-three brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, twenty-nine have issued a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $493.2414.

AVGO has been the subject of several recent research reports. Seaport Research Partners reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Wednesday, April 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a $515.00 price objective (up from $430.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Dbs Bank raised Broadcom to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. Mizuho raised their price objective on Broadcom from $480.00 to $530.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Finally, Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and set a $490.00 price objective (up from $450.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, May 28th.

Broadcom Price Performance

AVGO stock opened at $365.02 on Friday. Broadcom has a 1 year low of $262.66 and a 1 year high of $495.00. The company has a market cap of $1.74 trillion, a P/E ratio of 60.84, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.41. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $411.70 and a 200 day moving average of $363.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 2.24 and a quick ratio of 2.01.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $22.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.13 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.58 earnings per share. Broadcom’s revenue was up 47.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Broadcom will post 10.24 EPS for the current year.

Broadcom Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 22nd will be given a $0.65 dividend. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 22nd. Broadcom’s payout ratio is currently 43.33%.

Insider Transactions at Broadcom

In other news, insider S. Ram Velaga sold 8,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $370.52, for a total value of $2,964,160.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 57,932 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,464,964.64. The trade was a 12.13% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Harry L. You purchased 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $373.57 per share, for a total transaction of $373,570.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 38,466 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,369,743.62. This represents a 2.67% increase in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 59,385 shares of company stock worth $21,301,057. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Broadcom

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AVGO. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Broadcom during the 4th quarter valued at about $24,252,196,000. Cardano Risk Management B.V. increased its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 895.2% in the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 12,689,800 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $4,391,940,000 after purchasing an additional 11,414,701 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 118.1% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 18,739,006 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $5,799,889,000 after purchasing an additional 10,145,377 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 190,084,351 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $65,788,194,000 after purchasing an additional 5,040,801 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 482,707,302 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $167,064,997,000 after purchasing an additional 3,919,715 shares in the last quarter. 76.43% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Broadcom

Here are the key news stories impacting Broadcom this week:

• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled “Jalapeño,” a custom AI accelerator built for LLM inference, reinforcing Broadcom’s growing role in AI chip design and improving revenue visibility as deployment is expected in late 2026. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Additional coverage highlighted the Jalapeño AI accelerator as a sign that Broadcom is expanding its custom AI silicon roadmap, which could strengthen its position in high-margin AI infrastructure sales. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to view Broadcom as a favored long-term AI chip stock, with strong buy ratings reinforcing confidence in the company’s AI and networking growth outlook. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: A market note suggested investors may want to “buy the chip dip” and avoid hyperscalers for now, which is supportive for semiconductor names like Broadcom but does not specifically change AVGO’s fundamentals. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Broader AI-sector selloff headlines are weighing on sentiment across major tech leaders, suggesting valuation concerns may continue to pressure Broadcom despite its strong fundamentals. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: One valuation-focused article argued that Broadcom and Marvell may face a “dangerous valuation gap,” which could raise investor concern that AVGO’s premium pricing is getting stretched. Article Title

Broadcom Company 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.