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Broadcom Inc.

Strong FundamentalsStrong FundamentalsRevenue growing 29% YoY at strong marginsStreet coverage with positive forward estimatesConsistent chatter on X (6.2K/wk), no spike
$AVGO·$1.7T·Semiconductors·Technology
$328.75-4.5%YTD-2.4%1Y-7.2%
Price updated 7h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
AVAVGO
$AVGOBroadcom Inc.
$328.75-4.52%6.2k posts1×
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On X

Top X posts

The complete picture of $AVGO on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

6,179X posts · last 7 days
Sep 29Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $AVGO's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data25 posts analyzed · as of 2026-10-02

Sentiment is bullish on the valuation argument — AVGO is roughly 30% off ATH, trading at ~19x forward, PEG of 0.36 and 216% YoY EPS growth, with management guiding AI revenue from $58B this year to $230B in two years. Seeking Alpha's quant has it Strong Buy. The one sharp dissent flags Broadcom following NVDA's lead by borrowing to vendor-finance customers (~$29B), which bulls dismiss as a non-issue at this scale.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $AVGO — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-10-02

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

The Mag-7-adjacent AI chip name that still looks reasonable — and Anthropic just borrowed $42B against it.

Broadcom makes the custom AI accelerators and networking silicon for the hyperscalers, plus owns VMware. The stock has gone sideways while the AI narrative moved through other names, and that's the opportunity.

  • The AI chip book is accelerating: last quarter grew 29.5% YoY at a 44% operating margin, and management is modeling AI revenue going from $58B this year to $230B by FY28 — that's the entire bull case in one slide.
  • The multiple looks optically high at 62x trailing but around 19-20x forward — cheap for a company guiding this growth rate, and a plausible reason that co-founder Henry Samueli's $250M September sale isn't thesis-breaking (it's trim after a long hold).
  • The $42B Broadcom-Anthropic financing arrangement is a double-edged signal — it locks in a mega-customer but means a chunk of future AI-chip revenue is now funded by vendor financing to a customer with no cash flows yet.

Dec 9 earnings is the catalyst — AI revenue guidance into FY27 above $100B keeps the thesis compounding; a quiet print or sell-side scrutiny of the Anthropic financing terms and this one re-rates lower.

Agrees with X sentimentThe crowd's framing — cheapest Mag-7-adjacent AI chip name, forward PE ~19-20x, PEG under 0.4 — squares with the numbers; just add Anthropic vendor-financing exposure as a real risk the bulls are mostly skipping over.

What to watch: Dec 9 Q4 — AI revenue trajectory into FY27, VMware ARR, and specifically color on hyperscaler payment terms and Anthropic receivables. A build in days-sales-outstanding would be the invalidator.

On the calendar: 2026-12-09 — Q4 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Designs networking ASICs, custom AI accelerator chips, and storage controllers, plus owns VMware for cloud infrastructure.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $AVGO.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — hyperscaler AI capex remains the structural driver with Blackwell supply still packaging-constrained. Jensen Huang publicly named memory bandwidth as AI's next bottleneck, reinforcing HBM3e pricing power. AVGO custom ASIC demand broadens AI beneficiaries beyond NVDA's GPU allocation.

What this means for $AVGO

Partial — Designs networking ASICs, custom AI accelerator chips, and storage controllers, plus owns VMware for cloud infrastructure.; auto/industrial analog mix has limited direct AI capex exposure but benefits from overall fab utilization tightening.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
62.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
19.5%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
43.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
24.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
36.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
67.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.7Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Sep 2, 2026$3.32$3.22+3.1%
Q1 2026Jun 3, 2026$2.44$2.40+1.7%
Q4 2025Mar 4, 2026$2.05$2.03+1.0%
Q3 2025Dec 11, 2025$1.95$1.87+4.3%
Next earningsWed, Dec 9·consensus EPS $3.82

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$19.3B+29.5%65.6%45.0%$1.55$8.0B
Q4 FY25$18.0B+28.2%68.0%41.7%$1.80$7.5B
Q3 FY25$16.0B+22.0%67.1%36.9%$0.88$7.0B
Q2 FY25$15.0B+20.2%68.0%38.8%$1.05$6.4B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 40 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$106.0B$105.9B – $106.2B$11.68$11.39 – $13.6930
FY27$174.3B$167.8B – $184.8B$19.30$18.21 – $21.4236
FY28$281.5B$159.1B – $312.1B$30.65$21.45 – $44.5040
FY29$416.5B$315.7B – $455.4B$47.33$32.43 – $53.0721
FY30$552.4B$418.7B – $604.0B$49.51$33.93 – $55.5121

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.19%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-10.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-10.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 4.7B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.485-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellSep 23Henry SamueliDirector702.2K sh$250.0MSellJul 10Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Affairs Ofc25.0K sh$10.0MSellJul 8Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Affairs Ofc25.0K sh$9.5MSellJul 8Gayla J DellyDirector1.9K sh$728KSellJun 29Justine PageDirector1.6K sh$599KSellJun 25Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Affairs Ofc25.0K sh$9.7MSellJun 24Henry SamueliDirector654.2K sh$250.0MSellJun 17Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Affairs Ofc105 sh$40KSellJun 16Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Affairs Ofc3.3K sh$1.3MBuyJun 11Harry L. YouDirector1.0K sh$374K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 173
AI summary

Amie Thuener O'Toole filed a Form 3 initial ownership statement for Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO) as of June 12, 2026, disclosing her role as Chief Financial Officer with direct beneficial ownership of 151.036 shares of common stock ($0.001 par value). The low initial share count is typical for a newly appointed executive before equity grants vest. The CFO appointment at a major semiconductor and infrastructure software company is the notable underlying governance event — subsequent Form 4 filings will show equity grants.

8-KShareholder voteApr 218-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

AVGO held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-04-21 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 7 directors to the board. A non-binding say-on-pay vote on executive compensation was conducted. Independent auditor ratification was approved. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

+ 15 other (3 EFFECTs · 3 S-4s · 3 routine 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) Falls More Steeply Than Broader Market: What Investors Need to Knowzacks.com·9h agoDanielle Shay on Trading NVDA, AMD, AVGO & TSLA into Earningsyoutube.com·11h agoNot Nvidia. Not TSMC. This Equipment Maker Is the Real Bottleneck in AI Chip Production.fool.com·12h agoBroadcom Falls 4% as CEO Hock Tan's Capital Warning Hangs Over AI Chips; Marvell Drops 4%247wallst.com·13h agoWill Broadcom Rejoin the $2 Trillion Club in 2027?fool.com·16h ago

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