Broadcom Share Price Today

(NASDAQ: AVGO)

Broadcom's share price today stands at $169.12, Open. $171.93 ; Previous Close. $171.99 ; High. $173.08 ; Low. $166.52 ; 52 Week High. $251.88 ; 52 Week Low: $119.76

The stock opens at $171.93, after a previous close of $171.99. The stock reached a daily high of $173.08 and a low of $166.52, with a 52-week high of $251.88 and a 52-week low of $119.76.

You can buy Broadcom shares starting ₹85.83 or $1 as on January 6, 2025,​​ on the INDmoney app. Indian investors can buy Broadcom shares in fractions or a part of the whole stock value instead of the entire stock. In simple terms, you can even buy 0.1 or any fraction of Broadcom stock units. 

Let us understand this better with an example. If you have $10 or ₹858.3 to invest, and the cost of Broadcom stock is $232.55 or ₹19,959.76, you can still invest your $10 or ₹85.83 and get 10/232.55, that is 0.0430 units of the Broadcom stock in your account.

Another way to understand this is, if 1 Broadcom stock costs $232.55 or ₹19,959.76, you can buy Broadcom stock worth $250 or ₹21,457.5. This will give you 250/232.55 units, which means you will get 1.075 Broadcom shares.

An investor investing in US stocks from India not only benefits from stock or capital returns but also gets the benefit of dollar appreciation versus rupees.

If an Indian resident would have invested in Broadcom from India, 5 years ago then the total returns (including dollar appreciation) from Broadcom stock would be 240%. 

To understand this in simple terms, capital appreciation in the last 5 years from Broadcom stocks would be 185.52%.

On top of this, the investors will enjoy the gains from appreciation in dollar value versus rupees which would be 19.26%. The calculation is for the last 5 years.

Hence, investing in US stocks from the US will only give an investor capital gains, but an Indian investor will enjoy additional gains from dollar appreciation.

Broadcom stock has given 785% returns in the last 5 years, whereas Nvidia stock has given 2,815% and AMD has given 209%. $100 invested in Broadcom stock 5 years ago would have become $884 and $100 invested in Nvidia and AMD stock would have become $2,915 and $309, respectively.

5 years returns of Broadcom → 785% (Capital Appreciation 641.3% & Dollar Appreciation 19.44%)
5 years returns of Nvidia → 2,815% (Capital Appreciation 2,340.37% & Dollar Appreciation 19.26%)
5 years returns of AMD → 209% (Capital Appreciation 159.08% & Dollar Appreciation 19.26%)

$100 invested in Broadcom stock vs Nvidia vs AMD stock 5 years ago:

Broadcom has paid a total of $73.16 in dividends per share in the last 5 years. So if you had 10 Broadcom shares you would have received $731.6 in dividends in India from your Broadcom stocks.
 

Broadcom declares dividends every quarter. The latest dividend amount Broadcom paid each shareholder was $0.59 or ₹50.42 per share in the latest quarter. For investors holding shares in fractions the same amount was paid in proportion to the units of shares they hold. For example, if an investor has less than 1 unit ~ 0.12 units, they will still receive $0.07 or ₹6.05 in dividends.

Broadcom is a popular stock amongst top global institutional investors. Top 3 institutional investors include: Vanguard Group ($108 billion), Blackrock ($82.83 billion) and Capital World Investors ($49.17 billion), Capital International Investors ($43.88 billion). State Street Corp, Geode Capital Management, Capital Research Global Investors, FMR LLC also own stakes worth up to $42.89 billion.