Broadcom (AVGO)

Is the reasonable alternative to the higher-PE semis stocks. AVGO shares have pulled back and not recovered yet. He expects a catalyst today. This isn't a growth company.

A longtime, key holding of his. They make chip for data centres. He's been trimming as shares have risen. The stock could double from here.

He took some profits right before they reported (shares are down today despite them beating). Loves the company for its diversification and still holds a small position. Revenue expectations had exploded from $38 billion to $50 billion. At 10x sales, that's a $1,300 share, but historically it trades 7x and $900. There should be an AI premium, but the stock now is fairly priced. Shares are up 51% in 3 months, so he took profits. He would buy them back on a pullback at $900, where it should be.

He's not negative on it, but long and he will trim a few shares today. AVGO is growing into its role as an AI networking company, with 15% exposure to AI. Other businesses, said the CEO, will grow revenues by 35%. Last time they reported, shares fell 4%. Yes, some businesses are glaringly weak. The market is getting ahead of non-Nvidia AI stocks.

She trimmed her holdings a month ago and felt foolish as the price kept rising, but remains a big believer in AVGO. Shares are up 51% in the last 3 months, so expectations are really high, and from 16x forward PE to 25x (2023-4). But it should be around that multiple, because their AI business is only starting, from $7.5 billion to $10 billion (2023-4). Problem is, AVGO didn't raise numbers across all their businesses, some of which are troughing. Software is a home run, though. Share are falling despite beating in their report, but they needed to crush numbers. They've been transitioning from more hardware to more software, which boasts higher margins. she expects double-digit revenue growth.

The CEO is a master at buying companies, milking them and fund the next big acquisition or sell another division.

Up 51% since Nov. 1. Any position that rises 5%, he will trim as part of his portfolio management. Will also trim MSFT which as climbed 24% in this time. However, AVGO is a small position that he's recently added, so he won't sell it yet.

Huge run. Margins from acquisition were better than thought. Pretty solid print for latest quarter. Good space to be in. Play on AI and sales of chips, which have been robust. Pricier at 22x, 15% growth. You can do better. Look at NVDA, AMZN or GOOG.

Has done well on fundamentals, not excessively expensive. More concentrated in the AI space.

Has done extremely well on both price and fundamentals. Meteoric growth of earnings and cashflow, so it's not expensive. Today is not a terrible time to buy. A great choice, though he owns QCOM.

Above price target. He'd recommend NVDA or INTC, buy in thirds.

Nvidia has been the most exciting name in AI this year, but is up only 1% since late August, while AVGO has been up 23%. Invstors are looking beyond the obvious names and will continue to buy names like AVGO.

Trades at 24x forward PE, up because of the VMware deal which is 30% accretive and gets them 50% software exposure in recurring revenues. Not worried that this has run up so much this year. Likes it a lot and owns a big position.

Is up 17% in the past month. They just closed their VMware purchase. Also, they reported a great quarter with solid guidance for 2024. He recently took a few shares off the table, not many.

Really performed well. Best of both worlds: in AI chip space, and valuation is not excessive. He missed this one. Very good company, very good stock. His choice is QCOM, which will do as well over time.