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Broadcom (AVGO, $268.20) beats fiscal Q1 earnings; plans $12 billion shareholder payouts

Broadcom (AVGO, $268.20) beats fiscal Q1 earnings; plans $12 billion shareholder payouts

After Thursday’s trading close, Broadcom announced better-than-expected fiscal first quarter earnings and its plan to give back $12 billion to shareholders.

For the three months ending February 3, the semiconductor & infrastructure software company raked in earnings of $5.55 per share, higher than the Street estimates of $5.22 per share. The earnings-per-share were also greater than the year-ago quarter’s figure, by a solid +8.4%.

The company’s net revenues for the quarter jumped +8.7% from the year-ago period to $5.789 billion, falling a bit short of the consensus expectation of $5.82 billion.

Having experienced a free cash flow of more than $2 billion – a +39% year-over-year increase - Broadcom wants to pay out around $12 billion to stockholders through a combination of cash dividends and share buy backs and eliminations in fiscal 2019. The firm said it plans to maintain its “investment grade credit rating."

CEO Hock Tan indicated that strong performance in Broadcom’s networking segment boosted its semiconductor solutions business, in addition to solid results generated by the firm’s infrastructure software business for the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

Broadcom shares climbed almost +5% in after-hours trading after the release of the earnings report.

Related Ticker: AVGO

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Sergey Savastiouk, Ph.D. has a degree in Applied Mathematics from Moscow University and has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, investor, manager, and mathematician. His professional expertise is in applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, system and pattern analysis, and software and hardware system integration. He has served as the CEO of several hi-tech start-up companies and nonprofit organizations, which has given him proven capabilities in business strategy for high-tech start-up companies, market assessment, company formation, team building, product development, marketing, and sales. He has published numerous articles in journals and magazines on related fields. As a retail investor, he spent 15 years developing his proprietary trading and quantitative algorithms (now Tickeron’s A.I.), which brought him significant returns in trading the stock market. His current work and goal in founding Tickeron is to bring professional, sophisticated stock market analysis capabilities to retail investors via an easy-to-use interface.


AVGO in upward trend: price may jump up because it broke its lower Bollinger Band on November 05, 2026

AVGO may jump back above the lower band and head toward the middle band. Traders may consider buying the stock or exploring call options. In 25 of 28 cases where AVGO's price broke its lower Bollinger Band, its price rose further in the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 89%.

Price Prediction Chart

Technical Analysis (Indicators)

Bullish Trend Analysis

The RSI Indicator points to a transition from a downward trend to an upward trend -- in cases where AVGO's RSI Indicator exited the oversold zone, 11 of 15 resulted in an increase in price. Tickeron's analysis proposes that the odds of a continued upward trend are 73%.

The Momentum Indicator moved above the 0 level on November 12, 2026. You may want to consider a long position or call options on AVGO as a result. In 60 of 88 past instances where the momentum indicator moved above 0, the stock continued to climb. The odds of a continued upward trend are 68%.

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) for AVGO just turned positive on November 11, 2026. Looking at past instances where AVGO's MACD turned positive, the stock continued to rise in 43 of 56 cases over the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 77%.

AVGO moved above its 50-day moving average on November 12, 2026 date and that indicates a change from a downward trend to an upward trend.

Following a +9.75% 3-day Advance, the price is estimated to grow further. Considering data from situations where AVGO advanced for three days, in 263 of 338 cases, the price rose further within the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 78%.

Bearish Trend Analysis

The Stochastic Oscillator entered the overbought zone. Expect a price pull-back in the foreseeable future.

The 50-day moving average for AVGO moved below the 200-day moving average on October 15, 2026. This could be a long-term bearish signal for the stock as the stock shifts to an downward trend.

Following a 3-day decline, the stock is projected to fall further. Considering past instances where AVGO declined for three days, the price rose further in 50 of 62 cases within the following month. The odds of a continued downward trend are 62%.

The Aroon Indicator for AVGO entered a downward trend on November 12, 2026. This could indicate a strong downward move is ahead for the stock. Traders may want to consider selling the stock or buying put options.

Fundamental Analysis (Ratings)

The Tickeron Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for this company is 22 (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating low risk on high returns. The average Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for the industry is 78, placing this stock better than average.

The Tickeron SMR rating for this company is 23 (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating very strong sales and a profitable business model. SMR (Sales, Margin, Return on Equity) rating is based on comparative analysis of weighted Sales, Income Margin and Return on Equity values compared against S&P 500 index constituents. The weighted SMR value is a proprietary formula developed by Tickeron and represents an overall profitability measure for a stock.

The Tickeron Seasonality Score of 29 (best 1 - 100 worst) indicates that the company is slightly undervalued in the industry. The Tickeron Seasonality score describes the variance of predictable price changes around the same period every calendar year. These changes can be tied to a specific month, quarter, holiday or vacation period, as well as a meteorological or growing season.

The Tickeron Price Growth Rating for this company is 61 (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating fairly steady price growth. AVGO’s price grows at a lower rate over the last 12 months as compared to S&P 500 index constituents.

The Tickeron Valuation Rating of 77 (best 1 - 100 worst) indicates that the company is slightly overvalued in the industry. This rating compares market capitalization estimated by our proprietary formula with the current market capitalization. This rating is based on the following metrics, as compared to industry averages: AVGO's P/B Ratio (14.063) is slightly higher than the industry average of (5.443). P/E Ratio (36.393) is within average values for comparable stocks, (15.640). Projected Growth (PEG Ratio) (0.346) is also within normal values, averaging (3.803). Dividend Yield (0.009) settles around the average of (0.014) among similar stocks. P/S Ratio (18.622) is also within normal values, averaging (46.468).

The Tickeron PE Growth Rating for this company is 93 (best 1 - 100 worst), pointing to worse than average earnings growth. The PE Growth rating is based on a comparative analysis of stock PE ratio increase over the last 12 months compared against S&P 500 index constituents.

Notable companies

The most notable companies in this group are NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (NYSE:TSM), Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC), Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL).

Industry description

The semiconductor industry manufacturers all chip-related products, including research and development. These chips are used in innumerable electronic devices, including computers, cell phones, smartphones, and GPSs. Intel Corporation, NVIDIA Corp., and Broadcomm are some of the prominent players in this industry. Semiconductor companies usually tend to do well during periods of healthy economic growth, thereby inducing further research and development in the industry – which in turn augurs well for productivity and growth in the economy. In the near future, demand for semiconductor products (and possibly innovation within the segment) should only expand further, with the proliferation of 5G, autonomous vehicles, IoT, and various AI-driven electronics set to herald a new, advanced chapter in the technology-driven world as we know it. With burgeoning prospects comes great competition. In 2015, SIA estimated that U.S. semiconductor industry ranks as the second most competitive U.S. industry out of 2882 U.S. industries designated manufacturers by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Market Cap

The average market capitalization across the Semiconductors Industry is 180.14B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 86.8K to 4.51T. NVDA holds the highest valuation in this group at 4.51T. The lowest valued company is STRB at 86.8K.

High and low price notable news

The average weekly price growth across all stocks in the Semiconductors Industry was 6%. For the same Industry, the average monthly price growth was -12%, and the average quarterly price growth was -30%. AOSL experienced the highest price growth at 65%, while NVDA experienced the biggest fall at -8%.

Volume

The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the Semiconductors Industry was -23%. For the same stocks of the Industry, the average monthly volume growth was 131% and the average quarterly volume growth was -24%

Fundamental Analysis Ratings

The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows

Valuation Rating: 54
P/E Growth Rating: 52
Price Growth Rating: 60
SMR Rating: 72
Profit Risk Rating: 78
Seasonality Score: 20 (-100 ... +100)
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