BN · rank #2 · 2026-10-26
AVGO
NASDAQ · $1.54T (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 1.07 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +64.3% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +43.6% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +42.9% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.6% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.36 |
| 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. | +64.5% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +7% |
| Market cap (USD) | $1.54T |
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Summary
Broadcom is a diversified semiconductor and infrastructure software company whose AI-semiconductor segment—spanning custom accelerators, Ethernet switching, SerDes, optical connectivity, and NICs—generated $16.7 billion in fiscal Q3 2026, representing 56% of consolidated revenue and growing 221% year over year.
Rationale
AVGO screens as a genuine bottleneck-solver because its co-designed custom silicon, 102.4-Tbps Tomahawk 6 switching, co-packaged optics, and integrated SerDes are qualified and shipping at hyperscaler production volumes—not merely sentiment-adjacent—with Q4 AI-semiconductor guidance of $21.7 billion providing concrete near-term revenue visibility that the strategy requires.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscaler internalization is the primary thesis-breaker: Google, Meta, and others already design their own TPUs/accelerators and retain both the engineering talent and economic incentive to absorb more of Broadcom's custom-silicon and networking content, which would directly erode the co-design moat and sole-source positioning the bottleneck thesis depends on.
- 2AI revenue concentration at ~56% of consolidated revenue means any deceleration in hyperscaler capex—from macro pressure, export controls affecting TSMC-linked production, or a digestion pause—would disproportionately compress both growth and the premium multiple embedded in the 0.36x forward PEG.
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