How To Earn $500 A Month From Broadcom Stock Ahead Of Q2 Earnings

Broadcom Inc. AVGO is set to release second-quarter financial results, after the closing bell on Wednesday.

Analysts expect the Palo Alto, California-based company to report quarterly earnings at $10.84 per share. That’s up from $10.32 per share in the year-ago period. Broadcom expects to post revenue of $12.03 billion, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

On May 20, Broadcom announced its latest portfolio of low-power 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters for the data center ecosystem.

With the recent buzz around Broadcom, some investors may be eyeing potential gains from the company's dividends. Broadcom currently has a dividend yield of 1.44% — a quarterly dividend amount of $5.25 a share ($21.00 a year).

To figure out how to earn $500 monthly from Broadcom, start with the yearly target of $6,000 ($500 x 12 months).

Next, we take this amount and divide it by Broadcom's $21.00 dividend: $6,000 / $21.00  = 286 shares

So, an investor would need to own approximately $417,855 worth of Broadcom, or 286 shares to generate a monthly dividend income of $500.

Assuming a more conservative goal of $100 monthly ($1,200 annually), we do the same calculation: $1,200 / $21.00 = 57 shares, or $83,279 to generate a monthly dividend income of $100.

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Note that dividend yield can change on a rolling basis; the dividend payment and the stock price both fluctuate over time.

The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividend payment by the current stock price. As the stock price changes, the dividend yield will also change.

Say a stock pays an annual dividend of $2 and its current price is $50. Its dividend yield would be 4%. However, if the stock price increases to $60, the dividend yield would decrease to 3.33% ($2/$60).

Conversely, if the stock price decreases to $40, the dividend yield would increase to 5% ($2/$40).

Further, the dividend payment itself can also change over time, which can also impact the dividend yield. If a company increases its dividend payment, the dividend yield will increase even if the stock price remains the same. Similarly, if a company decreases its dividend payment, the dividend yield will decrease.

AVGO Price Action: Shares of Broadcom rose 1.4% to close at $1,461.03 on Tuesday.

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