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Broadcom Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Strong business, analyst optimism unconfirmed
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
Profitability here is genuine: operating margin runs at 39.9%, some +37% above the sector median, and EPS growth of 287.8% outpaces the sector median 22.7% by +1,168%. Revenue growth of 23.9% also leads the sector median 11.8% by +103%, and the F-Score of 7/9 out of 7 confirms that profitability signals are clean across all four sub-criteria. The balance sheet is the clear counterweight — Debt/EBITDA of 2.4× sits +293% above the sector median 0.6×, a structural strain that the leverage sub-score of 1/3 reflects. Valuation is equally stretched: the P/E of 133.0× exceeds the sector median 40.1× by +232%, and the market models further earnings expansion — yet the realized three-year EPS CAGR per SEC filings trails what consensus prices in, and the beat rate over the last eight quarters has been weak.
| 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 operating margin holds near 29.2% and whether revenue growth sustains its roughly 2× sector-median pace. The F-Score's 4/4 profitability block is the floor to defend — any softening in gross or operating margin would be the first signal to recheck.
Broadcom's Debt/EBITDA of 0.60× sits 3.9× above the sector median, a legacy of acquisition financing. In the 10-K on SEC EDGAR, read the Liquidity section and any disclosures on debt covenants, refinancing timelines, and integration costs tied to recent deals.
Pick two or three companies from the same-sector table in section 06 and line up one metric — P/E, Debt/EBITDA, or operating margin. Broadcom's P/E of 40.1× is 3.3× the sector median, so placing it beside peers you choose will show whether that premium is common or an outlier in this part of the table.
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: +98%+8%+10%
Over 4 years: 3.102.652.254.72
Over 4 years: +59%+8%+44%
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 | 33% | +15% | 46% |
| NOW | ServiceNow | 3/9 | 15% | +21% | 14% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA | 3/9 | 101% | +65% | 60% |
| ORCL | Oracle | 4/9 | 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.