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🎯 Investment Thesis
Broadcom is the undisputed custom silicon king for hyperscalers. The OpenAI deal expected in H2 2026 adds a third major ASIC customer alongside Google and Meta. At 17% below ATH ($415), Wells Fargo upgraded to Overweight ($430), Mizuho raised PT to $480, Truist to $510. VMware integration adds a high-margin recurring software revenue stream. Cisco launching competing Silicon One chip signals the AI networking opportunity is massive — but AVGO has the ASIC moat.
⚠️ Key Risk
If hyperscalers go fully in-house with custom silicon, the custom ASIC moat narrows. VMware integration still ongoing and could face enterprise customer pushback on pricing. Cisco launching competing AI networking silicon. RBC initiated at only Sector Perform ($370) — not all analysts see upside from here.
By The Numbers
Event Impact
Custom ASIC king — designs chips for Google, Meta, OpenAI. VMware adds recurring revenue.
Minimal exposure. Slight negative from broad risk-off.
Networking chips used in quantum research infrastructure.
Minimal China exposure. Revenue concentrated with US hyperscalers.
VMware recurring revenue adds rate stability. $72B debt is significant but covered by $19.4B FCF. At 23x PE, moderate rate sensitivity.
Data center networking chips enable AI workloads that drive power demand. Indirect grid beneficiary.
No significant fiscal exposure.
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Company Background
Originally Avago Technologies, became a giant through aggressive M&A — acquiring Broadcom, CA Technologies, Symantec Enterprise, and VMware for $69B.