Nearly one month into the ultimate quarter of 2025, Wall Road has seen no scarcity of volatility because of U.S.-China commerce talks, rare-earth buzz, geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, AI, and extra. Nonetheless, when you’re in search of a traditionally “protected” inventory to position a wager, Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) could also be a good selection.
In line with information from Schaeffer’s Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, AVGO averaged a powerful fourth-quarter achieve of 19.4% over the previous 10 years, ending larger each time. From its present perch of $343.73, a transfer of this magnitude would put the chipmaker at $410.41 by year-end — a brand new file excessive.
AVGO has been on the rise since touching an annual low of $138.10 in early April, lately receiving a lift from a cope with OpenAI. Although the shares have stalled a bit on the $360 degree, the ascending 50-day shifting common lingers under to assist seize any pullbacks. Yr-to-date, the fairness is up 48%.
Places have been far more fashionable than common during the last 10 weeks, per Broadcom inventory’s 50-day put/name quantity ratio on the Worldwide Securities Trade (ISE), Cboe Choices Trade (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), which ranks larger than 82% of readings from the previous yr.
Choices are wanting reasonably priced, too. That is per the inventory’s Schaeffer’s Volatility Index (SVI) of 46%, which sits within the seventh percentile of annual readings. AVGO additionally tends to outperform choices merchants’ volatility expectations, per its Schaeffer’s Volatility Scorecard (SVS) of 81 (out of 100).
