Northstar Financial Companies Inc. Purchases New Stake in Broadcom Inc. $AVGO

Northstar Financial Companies Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 1,537 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $581,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. ROSS JOHNSON & Associates LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Broadcom by 1,320.0% during the fourth quarter. ROSS JOHNSON & Associates LLC now owns 71 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Networth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Broadcom by 546.2% in the 1st quarter. Networth Advisors LLC now owns 84 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 71 shares during the period. SWAN Capital LLC increased its stake in Broadcom by 261.9% in the 4th quarter. SWAN Capital LLC now owns 76 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the period. Nvest Wealth Strategies Inc. purchased a new stake in Broadcom in the 4th quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, Camelot Portfolios LLC purchased a new stake in Broadcom in the 4th quarter worth approximately $45,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.43% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Gayla J. Delly sold 1,890 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $385.38, for a total value of $728,368.20. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 31,326 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,072,413.88. This trade represents a 5.69% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Justine Page sold 1,602 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $373.86, for a total value of $598,923.72. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 17,426 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,514,884.36. This trade represents a 8.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 61,644 shares of company stock worth $24,016,214. Insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Broadcom

Here are the key news stories impacting Broadcom this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Rackspace Technology launched a fully managed multitenant cloud platform based on Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1. The deployment provides early commercial validation for Broadcom’s VMware strategy and targets regulated customers running Kubernetes and AI workloads. Broadcom (AVGO) Debuts VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 In Managed Multitenant Cloud
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to view Broadcom as a major beneficiary of the shift from AI training toward inference and agentic workloads, supporting the long-term outlook for its custom silicon and networking businesses. Broadcom Vs. Micron: Why They’re So Strong as Capital Shifts to Inference and Agentic AI
• Positive Sentiment: Historical analysis argues that the loss or reduction of a major customer’s chip program does not necessarily imply sustained weakness; Broadcom’s revenue grew substantially after a comparable Apple-related concern in 2023. Broadcom Has Seen Its Biggest Customer Drop a Key Chip Before
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming NVIDIA earnings and guidance could move Broadcom and other AI stocks, making NVIDIA’s results an important read-through for AI infrastructure demand. NVIDIA Earnings Could Move These 3 AI Stocks
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest data showed no measurable short position, but the figures appear incomplete or erroneous, limiting their usefulness as a trading signal.
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts expect continued gross-margin contraction in the upcoming third-quarter report, raising concerns that Broadcom’s rapid AI expansion could pressure profitability. Broadcom Q3 Earnings Preview
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Broadcom is arranging roughly $60 billion of AI-related financing, potentially through structures that keep debt off its balance sheet, have increased investor concerns about leverage, credit-default-swap risk and the ultimate scale of AI deployment obligations. Broadcom’s $60 Billion AI Debt Deal
• Negative Sentiment: Broadcom is also facing broader semiconductor-sector selling ahead of NVIDIA’s report, while Marvell’s expanded custom-chip agreement with Google has intensified worries about customer concentration and competitive pressure. Broadcom Stock Drops Amid Rising Credit Default Swap Concerns

Broadcom Stock Down 0.6%

Broadcom stock opened at $356.74 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.24, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. Broadcom Inc. has a 1-year low of $287.17 and a 1-year high of $495.00. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $387.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $375.72. The company has a market capitalization of $1.70 trillion, a P/E ratio of 59.46, a P/E/G ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.45.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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. The firm had revenue of $22.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.13 billion. Broadcom had a net margin of 38.85% and a return on equity of 41.61%. Broadcom’s revenue for the quarter was up 47.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.58 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts forecast that Broadcom Inc. will post 10.24 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Broadcom Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.65 per share. This represents a $2.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 22nd. Broadcom’s dividend payout ratio is 43.33%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Broadcom from $360.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 4th. Truist Financial increased their price objective on Broadcom from $545.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, June 4th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $575.00 price objective (up from $500.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Broadcom in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Dbs Bank upgraded Broadcom to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Twenty-nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $491.97.

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.