Sandro Wealth Management LLC Takes Position in Broadcom Inc. $AVGO

Sandro Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm purchased 9,785 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $3,696,000. Broadcom accounts for approximately 2.7% of Sandro Wealth Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of AVGO. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in Broadcom by 1.5% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 58,737,097 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $18,179,719,000 after purchasing an additional 894,564 shares during the last quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Broadcom by 129.3% during the first quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC now owns 110,048 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $34,061,000 after buying an additional 62,050 shares during the last quarter. First Bank & Trust grew its position in shares of Broadcom by 17.2% during the 2nd quarter. First Bank & Trust now owns 10,503 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $3,968,000 after buying an additional 1,545 shares during the period. Fifth Lane Capital LP increased its stake in shares of Broadcom by 77.8% in the 4th quarter. Fifth Lane Capital LP now owns 4,000 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,384,000 after acquiring an additional 1,750 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealthcare Capital Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Broadcom by 36.4% in the 2nd quarter. Wealthcare Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,407 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,665,000 after acquiring an additional 1,176 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.43% of the company’s stock.

Broadcom News Roundup

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 Performance

Shares of AVGO stock opened at $356.74 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.24. Broadcom Inc. has a 52 week low of $287.17 and a 52 week high of $495.00. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $387.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $375.72. The company has a market capitalization of $1.70 trillion, a P/E ratio of 59.46, a price-to-earnings-growth 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 the consensus estimate 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 quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.58 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 47.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect that Broadcom Inc. will post 10.24 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Broadcom Announces Dividend

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

Insider Transactions at Broadcom

In related news, Director Gayla J. Delly sold 1,890 shares of Broadcom 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 sale, the director 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Mark David Brazeal sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $401.33, for a total value of $10,033,250.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 194,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $78,254,935.37. This trade represents a 11.36% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 61,644 shares of company stock valued at $24,016,214 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AVGO has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $525.00 price objective on shares of Broadcom in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $545.00 price target (up from $430.00) on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Broadcom from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of Broadcom in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Finally, Benchmark raised their price objective on Broadcom from $485.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Twenty-nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $491.97.

Broadcom 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.