Broadcom Corporation (BRCM): Today's Featured Electronics Winner

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Broadcom Corporation (BRCM) pushed the Electronics industry higher today making it today's featured electronics winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.6%. By the end of trading, Broadcom Corporation rose $1.13 (3.4%) to $34.25 on light volume. Throughout the day, five million shares of Broadcom Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.4 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $33-$34.29 after having opened the day at $33.66 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.12. Other companies within the Electronics industry that increased today were: Daystar Technologies (DSTI), up 40.3%, Trio-Tech International (TRT), up 14.8%, CollabRx (CLRX), up 12.7%, and Tegal Corporation (TGAL), up 12.7%.

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Broadcom Corporation designs and develops semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. It provides a portfolio of system-on-a-chip (SoC) and software solutions. Broadcom Corporation has a market cap of $16.68 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.3, below the average electronics industry P/E ratio of 24 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 12.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 32 analysts that rate Broadcom Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Broadcom Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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