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Broadcom Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Signals align: quality at a discount to the sector
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4 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
4/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
2/2
Revenue growth of 23.9% year over year — more than double the sector median of 11.8% — sits alongside EPS growth of 287.8%, which runs +826% above the sector median; FCF grew 68.8%, outpacing the sector median of 28.2% by +144%. The F-Score of 7/9 reflects that strength in profitability and efficiency, though the Leverage & liquidity sub-score of 1/3 flags that the balance sheet carries more strain than the sector median: Debt/EBITDA of 2.4× exceeds the sector median of 0.9× by +159%. Valuation is where the tension sits — EV/EBITDA of 69.4× and P/B of 21.5× both run well above their sector medians, pricing in continued outperformance. The realized three-year EPS CAGR per SEC filings is strong, yet the beat rate over the last eight quarters has been weak, so the consensus growth models rest on a track record that has not consistently cleared the bar analysts set.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple | 8/9 | 171% | +6% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When Broadcom reports on September 2, track whether revenue growth holds above the sector median pace of roughly 5.9% and whether FCF growth sustains its current 28.2% rate. Also check if the F-Score leverage and liquidity sub-score, currently 1/3, shows any improvement in debt coverage or current ratio.
Broadcom's EV/EBITDA of 32.1x sits 2.2x above the sector median, which warrants a close read of the risk factors and management's discussion in the annual 10-K. Focus on disclosures around long-term debt load, integration costs from recent acquisitions, and any covenant language that bears on the weak leverage sub-score.
Pick two or three companies from the section 06 table and line up one valuation metric — EV/EBITDA or P/B — against Broadcom's 32.1x and 9.93x respectively. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the comparison is yours to construct based on whichever names fit your existing portfolio or watchlist.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +22%+8%+10%+39%
Over 4 years: 2.652.254.722.38
Over 4 years: +21%+8%+44%+24%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 8 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 32% |
| ACN | Accenture | 4/9 | 26% | +7% | 15% |
| ADBE | Adobe | 7/9 | 55% | +11% | 37% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials | 6/9 | 36% | +4% | 29% |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | 7/9 | 7% | +34% | 11% |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | 7/9 | 43% | +24% | 40% |
| CRM | Salesforce | 7/9 | 12% | +10% | 20% |
| CSCO | Cisco | 8/9 | 22% | +5% | 21% |
| IBM | IBM | 6/9 | 35% | +8% | — |
| INTC | Intel | 6/9 | -0% | -0% | -4% |
| INTU | Intuit | 8/9 | 20% | +16% | 26% |
| MSFT | Microsoft | 6/9 | 34% | +18% | 47% |
| NOW | ServiceNow | 4/9 | 15% | +21% | 14% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA | 3/9 | 101% | +65% | 60% |
| ORCL | Oracle | 5/9 | 54% | +17% | 31% |
| TXN | Texas Instruments | 7/9 | 30% | +13% | 34% |
A sample of 16 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.