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

Broadcom Corporation was a winner within the electronics industry, rising $0.37 (1.1%) to $34.07 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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 0.9%. By the end of trading, Broadcom Corporation rose $0.37 (1.1%) to $34.07 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5,914,344 shares of Broadcom Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6,918,900 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $33.41-$34.19 after having opened the day at $33.53 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.70. Other companies within the Electronics industry that increased today were:

Neonode

(

NEON

), up 23.9%,

Pulse Electronics

(

PULS

), up 21.7%,

Aehr Test Systems

(

AEHR

), up 14.5% and

GigOptix

(

GIG

), up 10.6%.

Broadcom Corporation provides semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Its products offer voice, video, data, and multimedia connectivity in the home, office, and mobile environments. Broadcom Corporation has a market cap of $17.4 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 1.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 30 analysts that rate Broadcom Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 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, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

On the negative front,

Microvision

(

MVIS

), down 5.5%,

Micron Technology

(

MU

), down 4.5%,

Wells-Gardner Electronic

(

WGA

), down 4.2% and

Amtech Systems

(

ASYS

), down 3.9% , were all laggards within the electronics industry with

Advanced Micro Devices

(

AMD

) being today's electronics industry laggard.

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iShares Dow Jones US Technology

(

IYW

) while those bearish on the electronics industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Semiconductor

(

SSG

).

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