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Company Profile & Ownership

Broadcom Inc. designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices and infrastructure software solutions internationally. The company operates in two segments: Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software. The company offers networking connectivity, such as custom silicon solutions, ethernet switching & routing, ethernet NIC controllers, physical layer devices, and fiber optic components; wireless device connectivity, including RF semiconductor devices, connectivity solutions, custom touch controllers, and inductive charging ASICS; servers and storage system solutions, such as PCIE switches, SAS & raid products, fibre channel products, and HDD & SSD solutions; broadband solutions, includes set-top box, and broadband access; and industrial. The company also offers a private cloud software portfolio, including the VMware Cloud Foundation, Edge, vSphere foundation, telco cloud platform, private AI, live recovery, application networking and security, application development and data services; mainframe software, such as AIOPS & automation, database & data management, DEVX & DEVOPS, cybersecurity & compliance management, beyond code programs, foundational & open mainframe solutions; cybersecurity, such as endpoint, network, information, application security, and identity & access management; enterprise software; and fc san management. Its products are used in various applications in enterprise and data center networking, including artificial intelligence networking and connectivity, home connectivity, set-top boxes, broadband access, telecommunication equipment, wireless device and base stations, data center servers and storage systems, factory automation, power generation and alternative energy systems, and electronic displays. Broadcom Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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Broadcom Inc

Common Stock · Information Technology · Semiconductors

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Company

Company / asset: Broadcom Inc
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Semiconductors
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 3421 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA, United States, 94304

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Hock Eng Tan
CEO year born: 1952
Full-time employees: 33K
Fiscal year end: October
IPO date: 2009-08-06

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-14

Market Cap: USD 1.68T
P/E: 44.0x
Revenue (Q3 26): USD 29.6B
Profit (Q3 26): USD 13.1B
Dividend Yield: 0.5%
Revenue (FY 25): USD 63.9B
Shares in public float: 4.7B
Insider ownership: 1.94%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: AVGO.NASDAQ
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US11135F1012
Asset ID: equity_fc633f29-09e3-5814-a9d1-7b1ce0913f78

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Top holders

BlackRock Inc385,944,774 shares · 8.08% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC308,015,865 shares · 6.45% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street Corp191,380,232 shares · 4.01% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest150,764,412 shares · 3.16% · Reported 2026-07-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC128,422,947 shares · 2.69% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard 500 Index Investor124,292,756 shares · 2.60% · Reported 2026-07-31
FMR Inc124,112,876 shares · 2.60% · Reported 2026-03-31

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Capital World Investors121,892,859 shares · 2.55% · Reported 2026-06-30
Geode Capital Management, LLC114,280,922 shares · 2.39% · Reported 2026-03-31
Capital Research Global Investors113,126,312 shares · 2.37% · Reported 2026-06-30
JPMorgan Chase & Co91,782,808 shares · 1.92% · Reported 2026-03-31
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.84,470,754 shares · 1.77% · Reported 2026-03-31
Capital Research & Mgmt Co - Division 381,822,766 shares · 1.71% · Reported 2026-06-30
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts75,935,152 shares · 1.59% · Reported 2026-03-31
Amvescap Plc.69,353,358 shares · 1.45% · Reported 2026-03-31

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The company is a financial powerhouse, showing massive growth with recent annual revenues reaching seventy-five billion dollars and free cash flow hitting over thirty-two billion dollars. This incredible cash generation is driven by explosive sales of artificial intelligence chips and the highly profitable integration of its newly acquired software business. Analysts strongly agree that the company's ability to generate cash without needing outside funding makes it incredibly safe during tough economic times. However, there is a clear disagreement about whether this rapid growth can last. Cautious views warn that the current stock price is so high that it expects absolute perfection, meaning any future slowdown in spending or drop in software renewals could lead to a painful drop in the stock price, even if the actual business remains highly profitable.

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Profitability & Margins

AI Review

The company boasts spectacular profit margins, with gross margins near sixty-eight percent and operating margins around forty percent. This extreme profitability comes from its monopoly-like control over key internet networking technologies and its ability to raise prices on captive software customers. Analysts agree that these margins are incredibly healthy, but they disagree on where they go from here. Optimistic views believe margins will expand further as high-margin software subscriptions make up a larger part of the business. Conversely, cautious views warn that margins may have peaked. They point out that custom artificial intelligence chips are naturally less profitable than the company's traditional products, meaning a shift toward more hardware sales will drag overall margins down. Additionally, potential customer pushback against aggressive software price hikes could force concessions, threatening the company's high-margin software narrative.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-10-31	13,240,000,000	2,688,000,000	-1,739,000,000	44.86	-3.09	-13.13	20.3
2017-10-31	17,636,000,000	5,482,000,000	1,692,000,000	48.25	13.44	9.59	31.08
2018-10-31	20,848,000,000	8,245,000,000	12,259,000,000	51.48	24.63	58.8	39.55
2019-10-31	22,597,000,000	9,265,000,000	2,724,000,000	55.24	15.24	12.05	41
2020-10-31	23,888,000,000	11,598,000,000	2,960,000,000	56.58	16.8	12.39	48.55
2021-10-31	27,450,000,000	13,321,000,000	6,736,000,000	61.36	31.03	24.54	48.53
2022-10-31	33,203,000,000	16,312,000,000	11,495,000,000	66.55	42.84	34.62	49.13
2023-10-31	35,819,000,000	17,633,000,000	14,082,000,000	68.93	45.25	39.31	49.23
2024-10-31	51,574,000,000	19,414,000,000	5,895,000,000	63.03	26.1	11.43	37.64
2025-10-31	63,887,000,000	26,914,000,000	23,126,000,000	67.77	39.89	36.2	42.13

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-10-31	78.14	Trailing four quarters
2024-10-31	139.04	Trailing four quarters
2023-10-31	255.12	Trailing four quarters
2022-10-31	175.45	Annual net income
2021-10-31	340.25	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	4,239,999,900
2018-01-01	4,229,999,900
2019-01-01	4,159,999,900
2020-01-01	4,270,676,600
2021-01-01	4,310,776,900
2022-01-01	4,290,000,000
2023-01-01	4,270,000,000
2024-01-01	4,828,000,000
2025-01-01	4,889,000,000
2026-01-01	4,887,000,000

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