DGS Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO - Free Report) by 1,094.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 8,363 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock after purchasing an additional 7,663 shares during the period. DGS Capital Management LLC's holdings in Broadcom were worth $1,443,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Richardson Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of Broadcom by 2.4% during the third quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 2,507 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $415,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the period. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners grew its position in Broadcom by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners now owns 1,288 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $2,068,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Delta Investment Management LLC grew its position in Broadcom by 14.9% in the 2nd quarter. Delta Investment Management LLC now owns 510 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock valued at $818,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Broadcom by 6.2% during the second quarter. Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC now owns 1,156 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $1,856,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Finally, Zimmermann Investment Management & Planning LLC lifted its position in shares of Broadcom by 4.0% during the second quarter. Zimmermann Investment Management & Planning LLC now owns 1,755 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer's stock worth $2,818,000 after purchasing an additional 68 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.43% of the company's stock.
NASDAQ AVGO traded up $39.18 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $219.84. 40,605,990 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 29,102,602. The company has a market cap of $1.03 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 190.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.13. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $173.65 and a 200 day moving average of $163.86. Broadcom Inc. has a 12-month low of $104.15 and a 12-month high of $221.21. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December 12th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.39 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $14.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.07 billion. Broadcom had a return on equity of 30.12% and a net margin of 10.88%. Broadcom's quarterly revenue was up 51.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.98 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Broadcom Inc. will post 3.79 earnings per share for the current year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.59 per share. This is a positive change from Broadcom's previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.07%. Broadcom's payout ratio is 184.19%.
Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Broadcom from $200.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, September 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Broadcom from $190.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday. Mizuho lifted their target price on Broadcom from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, October 14th. Truist Financial upped their price target on Broadcom from $205.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Broadcom from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-four have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Broadcom currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $215.96.
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In other Broadcom news, insider Charlie B. Kawwas sold 25,200 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $168.27, for a total transaction of $4,240,404.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 753,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $126,754,425.60. This represents a 3.24 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Hock E. Tan sold 150,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $172.94, for a total value of $25,941,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,181,910 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $204,399,515.40. This trade represents a 11.26 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 311,080 shares of company stock valued at $53,540,590 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 2.00% of the company's stock.
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. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software.
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