BN · rank #2 · 2026-09-08
AVGO
NASDAQ · $1.70T (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 1.16 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +63.7% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +43.7% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +42.9% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.7% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.40 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 1.51× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +49.0% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +7% |
| Market cap (USD) | $1.70T |
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Summary
Broadcom is a diversified semiconductor and infrastructure software company whose AI revenue surged 221% YoY to $16.7B in Q3 FY2026, driven by its proprietary 3.5D XDSiP advanced packaging platform for AI XPUs with integrated HBM.
Rationale
The bottleneck_solver thesis is directly reinforced — Broadcom holds a structural, sole-supplier-like position in large-scale 3.5D AI chip packaging with a $200B Samsung collaboration through 2030 providing multi-year revenue visibility, while a 0.40 forward PEG against 64% revenue growth signals the market is still underpricing the compounding AI infrastructure ramp.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscaler customer concentration risk — if Google, Meta, or Apple accelerate in-house custom silicon packaging capabilities (e.g., via TSMC CoWoS direct relationships), Broadcom's XDSiP sole-source position could erode faster than the 2030 Samsung contract implies.
- 2Earnings were reported 6 days before the as-of date, meaning the 86% YoY beat is already partially priced in and the 49% analyst upside target may compress on near-term multiple normalization as growth laps its own extraordinary base.
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