Broadcom Inc.
Orin's own judgment of how firmly the evidence points one way — not the chance the price goes up.
Broadcom's AI-driven revenue acceleration is extraordinary—Q3 FY2026 revenue of $29.59B (up 85.5% YoY as of the quarter ended 2 Aug) follows Q2's 47.9% and Q1's 29.5% growth, with diluted EPS jumping from $0.85 to $2.68 year-over-year—while FY2025 free cash flow of $26.91B at a 42.1% FCF margin underscores the cash-generation power behind the growth.
The stock's pullback to $328.75 (as of 16 Oct) has pushed RSI to 34.8 and the price roughly 10% below both the 50-day ($365.7) and 200-day ($368.2) moving averages, creating an oversold entry into a company trading at 40.8x earnings versus a peer median of 44.3x. Consistent earnings beats (3.1% surprise in the latest quarter) and accelerating top-line growth outweigh near-term technical weakness and elevated insider selling.
What could go wrong
- Insider selling pressure. Over 24 months, insiders net sold 5.25M shares worth $1.76B across 380 dispositions versus only 5 acquisitions, including recent Samueli sales on 23 Sep.
- Technical downtrend. Stock trades below both the 50-day MA ($365.7) and 200-day MA ($368.2) with a negative MACD histogram of -1.97, indicating momentum has not yet stabilized despite oversold RSI of 34.8.
- Valuation stretch on sales. Price-to-sales of 17.6x is 47.7% above the peer median of 11.9x, and EV/EBITDA of 30.7x is 10.6% above the peer median, leaving room for multiple compression if growth disappoints.
- High leverage. Total debt of $65.1B against stockholders' equity of $81.3B as of FY2025 reflects significant balance sheet leverage from prior acquisitions.
What would change my mind
Where this comes from: results, quarter to 2 Aug · fundamentals, year to 2 Nov 2025 · technicals, 16 Oct · peer comparison. Orin's read on AVGO; not advice.
How has the share price moved?
Down 5.4% over twelve months, from $362.05 on 27 Oct 2025 to $342.33 at the Tue 27 Oct 2026 close. Its highest close in that time was $481.57 on 2 Jun 2026; the last close is 28.9% below it.
- Green line: the closing price each trading day.
- Grey line: the average closing price over the last 50 trading days.
- Dashed amber line: the same over the last 200 trading days — a slower, smoother line.
- Bars along the bottom: shares traded each day — green when it closed higher than the day before, rose when lower (the most, 159.1M, on 19 Dec 2025).
- Flags: the company's filings, on the day they were made (a 10-Q is the quarterly report and a 10-K the annual report; an 8-K reports a major event).
- Rose flags: large share sales by the company's own officers and directors, from the Form 4 each one files after trading.
On file
All AVGO filingsLargest holders · 13F Q2 2026
Money flow| Filer | Position | Of fund |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | $150.4B | 2.2% |
| Vanguard Capital Management | $116.8B | 2.5% |
| State Street | $74.4B | 2.2% |
| FMR | $54.5B | 2.4% |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management | $48.0B | 2.2% |
| Capital World Investors | $46.0B | 5.4% |
| Geode Capital Management | $43.9B | 2.3% |
| Capital Research Global Investors | $42.7B | 6.0% |
| JPMorgan Chase | $35.4B | 2.0% |
| T. Rowe Price Associates | $31.3B | 3.1% |
237 of the 815 filers we track · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows
Insiders, last 24 months: 427 Form 4 filings; open-market trades net −$1.8B. Of the 50 on hand, 0 were open-market purchases and 44 sales — the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.
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Start 3 free days →How is it priced, against its own past and its sector?
Priced at 42.5× its last 12 months of profit (Tue 27 Oct close); the typical Technology company on the NASDAQ is at 46.1×.
| Measure | Now | Its usual | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 42.5× | — | 46.1× |
| P/S | 18.3×above usual | 9.75× | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.9×above usual | 18.2× | — |
| P/B | 16.4×above usual | 11.5× | — |
- P/E: no usual level — it ran from 17.2× to 133× over its last 5 fiscal years, so a middle value says little.
- "Its usual" is the middle of its own last 5 fiscal years.
P/E: the share price divided by one year of profit per share — roughly how many years of today's profit the price pays for. A company that loses money has no P/E.
P/S: the company's total market value divided by one year of revenue. Used when there is no profit to measure.
EV/EBITDA: the price of the whole company (its shares plus its debt, minus its cash) divided by one year of operating profit before interest, tax and write-downs.
P/B: the share price divided by the book value per share — what the company owns minus what it owes, as its accounts record it. When book value is tiny, P/B swings wildly and says little.
What do the analysts who cover it publish?
The analysts' average 12-month price target is $514 (from $350 to $600) — 50% above the Tue 27 Oct close price. That is their published opinion, not Orin's.
$514
$350 – $600 · +50% against the last close
- 27 buy or overweight
- 4 hold
- 0 underweight or sell
Price target: the share price an analyst publishes for about 12 months ahead. It is the opinion of the firm that wrote it; the average is across the firms that cover the company.
Overweight / underweight: analysts' rating words: overweight means the firm expects the stock to do better than the others it covers, underweight worse. Their words, not Orin's.
How is it priced next to the companies it is compared to?
Priced at 42.5× its last 12 months of profit; the middle P/E of the 10 companies it is compared to that made a profit is 47.1×.
| Company | Market value | P/E | EV/EBITDA | Gross margin | Net margin | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVGOBroadcom Inc. | $1.63T | 42.5× | 31.9× | 68.8% | 42.9% | 44% |
| ADIAnalog Devices, Inc. | $206B | 50.2× | 30.3× | 65.8% | 29.8% | 12% |
| LSCCLattice Semiconductor Corporation | $15B | 391× | 165× | 67.7% | 5.6% | 5% |
| MPWRMonolithic Power Systems, Inc. | $60B | 73.9× | 56.1× | 55.2% | 24.4% | 22% |
| MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc. | $213B | 79.9× | 45.1× | 51.4% | 27.9% | 16% |
| NXPINXP Semiconductors N.V. | $64B | 19.8× | 14.2× | 56.3% | 23.4% | 29% |
| QCOMQUALCOMM Incorporated | $167B | 12.2× | 15.2× | 53.1% | 31.6% | 50% |
| QRVOQorvo, Inc. | $10B | 26.2× | 13.2× | 48.2% | 11.0% | 11% |
| SMTCSemtech Corporation | $13B | 87.1× | 104× | 52.0% | 13.1% | 25% |
| SWKSSkyworks Solutions, Inc. | $13B | 44.1× | 16.1× | 40.7% | 7.2% | 5% |
| TXNTexas Instruments Incorporated | $282B | 40.0× | 26.6× | 60.2% | 34.3% | 41% |
- The list of companies is the data vendor's choice, so it can include a company a person would not have picked.
Market value: the share price times the number of shares — what the whole company is priced at.
P/E: the share price divided by one year of profit per share — roughly how many years of today's profit the price pays for. A company that loses money has no P/E.
EV/EBITDA: the price of the whole company (its shares plus its debt, minus its cash) divided by one year of operating profit before interest, tax and write-downs.
Gross margin: the share of each $1 of sales left after the direct cost of making what was sold.
Net margin: the share of each $1 of sales kept as profit after every cost. Below zero, the company lost money.
ROE: return on equity: one year of profit as a share of the shareholders' money in the business (its book value).
Is it priced high or low compared with its own past?
Priced at 42.5× its last 12 months of profit (Tue 27 Oct close). It has no full fiscal year on file since its history starts, so there is nothing of its own to compare with.
- Now42.5×
P/E: the share price divided by one year of profit per share — roughly how many years of today's profit the price pays for. A company that loses money has no P/E.
Fiscal year (FY): the company's own 12-month accounting year, which need not match the calendar year.
How has its sector been priced?
Technology companies on the NASDAQ were priced at a typical 46.1× their yearly profit (Tue 27 Oct close).
- Now46.1×
- Each year is the middle of that calendar year's daily sector P/E; "Now" is the Tue 27 Oct close figure, the same one in the table above.
Sector P/E: the middle P/E of the companies in the same sector on the same stock exchange, as the data vendor works it out each day.
What does a cash-flow model say a share is worth?
A standard cash-flow model puts it at $176 a share — 49% below the $342.55 price it was computed against (27 Oct).
| Model | Value a share | Against the price then |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $176 | 49% below $342.55 |
| Levered | $173 | 50% below $342.55 |
Discounted cash flow: a model's estimate of what the company is worth today, from the cash it is forecast to make in future years. Small changes in the forecast move it a lot, and it says little about a company that loses money.
Standard / levered: two versions of the cash-flow model: the standard one counts the cash before the company pays its lenders, the levered one after.