AVGO vs. TXN, NVDA, TSM, AMD, AMAT, ASML, ORCL, CRM, ADBE, and QCOM
Should you be buying Broadcom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Broadcom include Texas Instruments (TXN), NVIDIA (NVDA), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Applied Materials (AMAT), ASML (ASML), Oracle (ORCL), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), and QUALCOMM (QCOM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Broadcom has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadcom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Broadcom had 1 more articles in the media than Texas Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Broadcom and 23 mentions for Texas Instruments. Broadcom's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Texas Instruments' score of 0.56 indicating that Broadcom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Broadcom presently has a consensus price target of $1,285.41, indicating a potential downside of 3.02%. Texas Instruments has a consensus price target of $180.74, indicating a potential downside of 1.75%. Given Texas Instruments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Texas Instruments is more favorable than Broadcom.
Broadcom has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Instruments has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Broadcom received 1027 more outperform votes than Texas Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.62% of users gave Broadcom an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Texas Instruments an outperform vote.
Texas Instruments has a net margin of 35.16% compared to Broadcom's net margin of 29.93%. Broadcom's return on equity of 47.71% beat Texas Instruments' return on equity.
76.4% of Broadcom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Texas Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Broadcom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Texas Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Broadcom pays an annual dividend of $21.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Texas Instruments pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Broadcom pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Texas Instruments pays out 81.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Broadcom beats Texas Instruments on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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