BroadcomAVGO
About: Broadcom is the sixth-largest semiconductor company globally and has expanded into various software businesses, with over $30 billion in annual revenue. It sells 17 core semiconductor product lines across wireless, networking, broadband, storage, and industrial markets. It is primarily a fabless designer but holds some manufacturing in-house, like for its best-of-breed FBAR filters that sell into the Apple iPhone. In software, it sells virtualization, infrastructure, and security software to large enterprises, financial institutions, and governments.Broadcom is the product of consolidation. Its businesses are an amalgamation of former companies like legacy Broadcom and Avago Technologies in chips, as well as Brocade, CA Technologies, and Symantec in software.
Employees: 37,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,709 | Existing positions reduced: 1,489
10% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 237 | Existing positions closed: 262
2.69% less ownership
Funds ownership: 75.92% [Q4 2024] → 73.23% (-2.69%) [Q1 2025]
4% less funds holding
Funds holding: 3,831 [Q4 2024] → 3,675 (-156) [Q1 2025]
15% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $14.1B | Put options by funds: $16.6B
31% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $839B [Q4 2024] → $581B (-$258B) [Q1 2025]
35% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 815 [Q4 2024] → 526 (-289) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
12 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
12 analyst ratings
Seaport Global Jay Goldberg | 0%downside $230 | Buy Initiated | 30 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Tom O'Malley | 7%downside $215 | Overweight Maintained | 22 Apr 2025 |
B of A Securities Vivek Arya | 4%upside $240 | Buy Maintained | 16 Apr 2025 |
Citigroup Christopher Danely | 9%downside $210 | Buy Maintained | 11 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Joseph Moore | 13%upside $260 | Overweight Maintained | 7 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 88 articles about AVGO published over the past 30 days









