12 Stocks on Jim Cramer’s Radar

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7. Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO)

Number of Hedge Fund Holdings: 183

Semiconductor designer Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO)’s shares are up by 47% over the past year and are down by 4.4% year-to-date. Wells Fargo was out with a strong note for the firm in mid-January. It upgraded the shares to Overweight from Equal Weight and raised the price target to $430. Some factors that played into Wells Fargo’s optimism for Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) were the growth in the software infrastructure market and the AI semiconductor industry. More recently, Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating and a $500 share price target on Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO)’s shares. The financial firm noted that Google parent Alphabet’s capital expenditure guidance and Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO)’s strength in the custom-on-package were some factors that drove its optimism about the company. Cramer has also discussed the chip firm several times over the past couple of months. The CNBC TV host believes that Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) CEO Hock Tan is one of the most competent executives in the industry. In this appearance, he discussed the firm after Google’s earnings call:

“No, oh they’re mentioned as the great partner, NVIDIA should be up a lot and so should Broadcom. I mean obviously we have a NDX that’s down, but Broadcom was up to 23, 25 last night, I would buy that.”

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