The trading price of Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) closed lower on Monday, December 30, and closing at $235.58, -2.55% lower than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $231.62 and $238.77. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 193.24, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.187. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $251.88 and a 52-week low of $104.15. Over the past month, the stock has gained 47.54% in value.
Broadcom Inc, whose market valuation is $1088.00 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in January. The dividend yield on the company stock is 4.93%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 11.62. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest AVGO has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned AVGO a recommendation rating is 27. Out of them, 1 rate it a Hold, while 26 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Broadcom Inc (AVGO) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 9.12, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that AVGO’s price is currently 13.74% off the SMA20 and 26.75% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 64.71, and weekly volatility stands at 3.43%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 4.51%. Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.09, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 11.09. With analysts defining $170-$265 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $210 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 27.84% off the estimated low and -12.49% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if AVGO’s share price rises to $210, which is the median consensus price. At that level, AVGO’s share price would be 10.86% above current price.
To see how Broadcom Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: AVGO stock’s performance was -2.55% in the latest trading, and 109.89% in the past year. Broadcom Inc has a P/E ratio of 193.24.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) indicates that the 3-month average is 27.39 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 55.72.
Currently, records show that 4.69 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 2.02% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 75.84%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-11-29, stood at 66.38 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 3.55 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 164.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in November were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 67.68 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 111.05% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
