Yahoo Finance Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights: ASML, Apple and Broadcom
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Chicago, IL – July 10, 2024 – Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights ASML ASML, Apple AAPL and Broadcom AVGO.
Like Dividends? 3 Tech Stocks Worth a Look
Tech stocks have been the craze for some time, with their performance recently boosted by the artificial intelligence (AI) frenzy. The sector has jumped into the favorite pick for many, with outsized gains keeping investors happy.
Other than tech stocks, a fair portion of investors also love dividends, as they can provide a nice buffer against drawdowns in other positions and a passive income stream.
In addition, dividend-paying companies are typically well-established and able to share a portion of their profits with shareholders without experiencing a negative financial impact.
For those interested in exposure to each, several tech stocks, including ASML, Apple and Broadcom, reward their shareholders with quarterly payouts.
Let’s take a closer look at each.
Apple Shares Bounce Back
Apple shares have bounced back strongly over the last month after a slow start to the year, gaining 17% on favorable news concerning China iPhone shipments and broader AI excitement. Analysts have modestly raised their earnings expectations, helping land the stock a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Strong cash-generating abilities have allowed it to consistently boost its quarterly payout over the years, with Apple recently delivering its 12th consecutive year of higher payouts. Shares yield a modest 0.5% annually, though the company’s 4.9% five-year annualized dividend growth shows a commitment to shareholders.
The company’s growth profile remains positive, with consensus expectations for its current fiscal year suggesting 7.5% EPS growth on 1% higher sales. Peeking ahead to FY25, expectations allude to an additional 12% EPS growth paired with an 8% sales climb.
ASML Keeps Raising Quarterly Payouts
ASML shares have been big-time performers in 2024 on the back of the broader semiconductor trade, gaining 43% and seeing performance aided by better-than-expected quarterly results. The stock sports a favorable Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
The company has long displayed a shareholder-friendly nature, sporting a sizable 30.7% five-year annualized dividend growth rate. Shares currently yield 0.6% annually paired with a sustainable payout ratio sitting at 27% of the company’s earnings.
Broadcom Upgrades Sales Outlook
Broadcom shares have similarly benefitted from the semiconductor trade, gaining an impressive 60% YTD and trading near all-time highs. The company’s recent set of quarterly results brought post-earnings fireworks, with record revenue from AI products of $3.1 billion pleasing investors.
Following its latest release, the company raised its current-year sales outlook, with analysts’ revisions also moving accordingly.
Like AAPL, strong cash-generating abilities have allowed it to consistently increase its quarterly payouts, sporting a 14% five-year annualized dividend growth rate. Free cash flow of $5.3 billion throughout its latest period climbed 18% year-over-year.
The company’s forecasted growth is impossible to ignore, with consensus expectations for its current fiscal year suggesting 12% EPS growth on 43% higher sales.
Bottom Line
Tech stocks have been the craze for some time now, with excitement surrounding AI and a resilient economy providing tailwinds.
And for those interested in joining the trade with an appetite for income, all three stocks above fit that criteria nicely.
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