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Broadcom (AVGO)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $364.91 | Market Cap: $1.7 Tril
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Semiconductors

Broadcom (AVGO)


Market Price (9/16/2025): $364.91
Market Cap: $1.7 Tril
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Semiconductors

Investment Highlights

0 Strong revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 28%
Trading close to highs
Dist 52W High is -1.5%, Dist 3Y High is -1.5%
Expensive valuation multiples
P/SPrice/Sales ratio is 29x, P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 75x, P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 67x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 91x
1 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 39%
  Stock price has recently run up significantly
12M Rtn12 month market price return is 120%
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 42%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 42%, CFO LTM is 25 Bil, FCF LTM is 25 Bil
  Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -3.2%
0 Strong revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 28%
1 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 39%
2 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 42%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 42%, CFO LTM is 25 Bil, FCF LTM is 25 Bil
3 Trading close to highs
Dist 52W High is -1.5%, Dist 3Y High is -1.5%
4 Expensive valuation multiples
P/SPrice/Sales ratio is 29x, P/EBITPrice/EBIT or Price/(Operating Income) ratio is 75x, P/CFOPrice/(Cash Flow from Operations). CFO is cash before capital expenditures. is 67x, P/EPrice/Earnings or Price/(Net Income) is 91x
5 Stock price has recently run up significantly
12M Rtn12 month market price return is 120%
6 Yield minus risk free rate is negative
ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is -3.2%

Market Valuation

 9/16/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$364.91$230.60$109.55$53.65$61.86
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)1,720.21,078.7452.9220.8253.6
Total Debt ($ Bil)64.267.639.239.539.7
Total Cash ($ Bil)10.79.314.212.412.2
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)1,773.71,146.3492.1260.3293.3
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM28.720.812.96.99.9
P/EBIT TTM74.877.327.716.131.5
P/E TTM90.9181.832.919.940.5
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.55.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1-0.51.9
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.50.1
 9/16/2520242023
Share Price CYE$364.91$230.60$109.55
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)1,720.21,078.7452.9
Total Debt ($ Bil)64.267.639.2
Total Cash ($ Bil)10.79.314.2
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)1,773.71,146.3492.1
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM28.720.812.9
P/EBIT TTM74.877.327.7
P/E TTM90.9181.832.9
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4

Business Description

Broadcom Inc. designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
AVGO Return45%56%-13%104%110%58%1219%
Peers Return36%43%-29%80%36%19%301%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: CSCO, IBM, QCOM, INTC, NVDA. See AVGO Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/15/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

AVGOCSCOIBMQCOMINTCNVDAMedian
NameBroadcom Cisco Sy.Internat.Qualcomm Intel NVIDIA  
Mkt Price364.0967.02256.24161.2224.77177.75169.49
Mkt Cap1,716.3265.5238.5176.1108.24,331.1252.0
Rev LTM59,92656,65464,03843,25753,070165,21858,290
Op Inc LTM23,36612,50410,92912,019-4,39795,98112,262
FCF LTM24,93013,28811,64611,622-10,94372,02312,467
FCF 3Y Avg20,31914,17811,34610,351-13,35743,04412,762
CFO LTM25,43814,19313,28212,66310,08277,03513,738
CFO 3Y Avg20,82114,98613,10411,65410,45245,86614,045

Growth & Margins

AVGOCSCOIBMQCOMINTCNVDAMedian
NameBroadcom Cisco Sy.Internat.Qualcomm Intel NVIDIA  
Rev Chg LTM28.0%5.3%2.7%15.8%-3.7%71.6%10.6%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg24.0%3.4%2.4%1.4%-9.4%92.0%2.9%
Rev Chg Q22.0%7.6%7.7%10.3%0.2%55.6%9.0%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM5.0%1.9%1.9%2.3%0.0%11.2%2.1%
Op Mgn LTM39.0%22.1%17.1%27.8%-8.3%58.1%24.9%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg38.4%24.5%15.9%26.5%-3.9%51.0%25.5%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM1.5%0.3%0.7%0.6%-0.5%0.1%0.5%
CFO/Rev LTM42.4%25.1%20.7%29.3%19.0%46.6%27.2%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg44.6%26.7%21.0%29.4%19.3%44.5%28.1%
FCF/Rev LTM41.6%23.5%18.2%26.9%-20.6%43.6%25.2%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg43.5%25.3%18.2%26.1%-24.7%41.3%25.7%

Valuation

AVGOCSCOIBMQCOMINTCNVDAMedian
NameBroadcom Cisco Sy.Internat.Qualcomm Intel NVIDIA  
Mkt Cap1,716.3265.5238.5176.1108.24,331.1252.0
P/S28.64.73.74.12.026.24.4
P/EBIT74.720.929.513.6-10.042.925.2
P/E90.726.140.915.2-5.350.033.5
P/CFO67.518.718.013.910.756.218.3
Total Yield1.1%6.3%5.0%8.7%-18.5%2.0%3.5%
Dividend Yield0.0%2.4%2.6%2.2%0.5%0.0%1.3%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg3.1%6.4%6.8%5.8%-10.8%1.5%4.5%
D/E0.00.10.30.10.50.00.1
Net D/E0.00.00.20.00.3-0.00.0

Returns

AVGOCSCOIBMQCOMINTCNVDAMedian
NameBroadcom Cisco Sy.Internat.Qualcomm Intel NVIDIA  
1M Rtn18.9%1.2%6.9%2.7%0.9%-1.5%2.0%
3M Rtn44.8%2.3%-8.5%3.4%19.4%22.9%11.4%
6M Rtn88.2%10.8%2.7%3.3%-3.6%48.7%7.0%
12M Rtn119.6%37.4%22.7%-1.7%26.0%49.3%31.7%
3Y Rtn667.8%68.5%126.1%38.3%-11.0%1,248.4%97.3%
1M Excs Rtn14.7%-5.6%5.8%0.3%1.5%-4.6%0.9%
3M Excs Rtn36.1%-6.1%-17.6%-5.9%12.3%14.5%3.2%
6M Excs Rtn69.9%-5.8%-12.7%-13.1%-14.3%28.8%-9.3%
12M Excs Rtn113.6%20.3%6.4%-20.1%7.0%33.0%13.6%
3Y Excs Rtn588.5%-4.3%58.8%-31.0%-80.5%1,107.0%27.3%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Semiconductor solutions28,18225,81820,38317,26717,441
Infrastructure software7,6377,3857,0676,6215,156
Total35,81933,20327,45023,88822,597


Operating Income by Segment
$ Mil20242023202220212020
Semiconductor solutions16,48615,07510,9768,5768,538
Infrastructure software5,6395,2194,9364,3633,391
Unallocated expenses-5,918-6,069-7,393-8,925-8,485
Total16,20714,2258,5194,0143,444


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity39,583,674
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-8.5%
Average Daily Volume18,292,200
Days-to-Cover Short Interest2.16
Basic Shares Quantity4,714,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares0.8%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
9/4/20259.4%17.5% 
6/5/2025-5.0%-1.5%7.2%
3/6/20258.6%6.6%-18.2%
12/12/202424.4%20.8%26.5%
9/5/2024-10.4%7.7%16.0%
6/12/202412.3%16.0%15.0%
3/7/2024-7.0%-10.3%-4.6%
12/7/20232.4%20.0%17.9%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive181816
# Negative779
Median Positive3.0%5.6%9.8%
Median Negative-5.0%-4.9%-5.4%
Max Positive24.4%20.8%26.5%
Max Negative-10.4%-11.1%-18.2%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
7312025910202510-Q 8/3/2025
4302025611202510-Q 5/4/2025
1312025312202510-Q 2/2/2025
103120241220202410-K 11/3/2024
7312024911202410-Q 8/4/2024
4302024613202410-Q 5/5/2024
1312024314202410-Q 2/4/2024
103120231214202310-K 10/29/2023
7312023906202310-Q 7/30/2023
4302023607202310-Q 4/30/2023
1312023308202310-Q 1/29/2023
103120221216202210-K 10/30/2022
7312022908202210-Q 7/31/2022
4302022609202210-Q 5/1/2022
1312022310202210-Q 1/30/2022
103120211217202110-K 10/31/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0PAGE JUSTINE 8152025Sell307.46800245,9687,312,014Form
1PAGE JUSTINE 7162025Sell274.30800219,4406,742,843Form
2SAMUELI HENRY6272025Sell264.16153,81240,630,97810,172,447,890Form
3Spears Kirsten M.CFO & Chief Accounting Officer6262025Sell261.2736,3509,497,12885,065,790Form
4Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Affairs Ofc6262025Sell262.1050,00013,105,05095,917,434Form