NYSE · AVGO
Technology · Semiconductors
$326.08
Down-$18.92 (-5.48%)
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 4:20 AM
SID Score
6.0/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
53/100
Neutral
Price performance · AVGO
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
AVGO closed at $326.08 after 21 trading sessions, down 8.18% for the selected period.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $330.715 | $331.98 | $319.30 | $326.08 | 36.52M |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $342.00 | $346.15 | $338.80 | $345.00 | 17.05M |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $349.22 | $352.40 | $344.35 | $351.81 | 22.72M |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $339.87 | $345.67 | $336.87 | $342.33 | 25.57M |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $324.53 | $332.12 | $323.25 | $329.17 | 18.65M |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $321.50 | $327.70 | $320.23 | $321.68 | 15.92M |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $326.53 | $330.82 | $321.02 | $323.24 | 28.14M |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $338.025 | $339.24 | $332.29 | $337.80 | 17.12M |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $334.00 | $341.10 | $330.8001 | $334.37 | 15.95M |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $338.75 | $340.20 | $333.82 | $334.59 | 17.46M |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $338.48 | $339.59 | $328.58 | $328.75 | 29.84M |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $338.34 | $344.70 | $334.61 | $344.33 | 28.46M |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $352.19 | $354.25 | $342.8201 | $346.25 | 23.13M |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $349.595 | $359.25 | $348.1101 | $357.31 | 17.27M |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $359.43 | $360.6899 | $354.22 | $354.73 | 16.34M |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $365.59 | $366.63 | $361.10 | $361.54 | 16.84M |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $370.62 | $373.35 | $357.4101 | $360.14 | 27.15M |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $372.60 | $376.97 | $369.12 | $376.51 | 18.05M |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $367.03 | $380.84 | $364.01 | $375.81 | 30.83M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $357.79 | $363.865 | $356.14 | $362.51 | 21.48M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $349.855 | $357.3538 | $347.4157 | $355.14 | 24.64M |
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Broadcom is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world and has also expanded into infrastructure software. Its semiconductors primarily serve computing, wired connectivity, and wireless connectivity. It is primarily a fabless designer but holds some manufacturing in-house, such as for its best-of-breed film bulk acoustic resonator filters that sell into the Apple iPhone. In software, it sells virtualization, infrastructure, and security software to large enterprises, financial institutions, and governments. Broadcom is the product of consolidation. Its businesses are an amalgamation of former companies like legacy Broadcom and Avago Technologies in chips, as well as VMware, Brocade, CA Technologies, and Symantec in software.
Visit company websiteConsensus and target data currently published for this company.
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Rosenblatt | Buy | — |
| Oct 27, 2026 | DA Davidson | Buy | — |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Tigress Financial | Buy | — |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
| Sep 4, 2026 | DA Davidson | Neutral | — |
Generated Oct 30, 2026, 9:06 PM
Broadcom shares fell 5.48% today despite a DA Davidson upgrade, as the semiconductor sector faced broad-based selling pressure with peers Arm and Qualcomm dropping even further. The decline appears driven by sector-wide headwinds rather than company-specific negative news, with investors reassessing valuations across the AI chip landscape.
Bottom line: Broadcom's 5.48% decline appears to be a casualty of sector-wide profit-taking rather than deteriorating fundamentals, with the DA Davidson upgrade affirming analyst confidence in the company's AI infrastructure positioning. Investors should monitor the Anthropic deal progress and competitive dynamics with AMD and Nvidia, as the long-term AI infrastructure opportunity remains compelling despite near-term valuation pressures.
Yahoo · Oct 30, 2026
Key TakeawaysBanks plan to sell as much as about $21 billion of bonds for the $63 billion package Broadcom put together to finance Anthropic’s chips, Bloomberg reported. Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler compared the package to the off-balance-sheet deals of 2008 and raised concerns about guarantees written by Broadcom, NVIDIA and AMD.
Yahoo · Oct 30, 2026
Key TakeawaysBank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone committed $63 billion to a vehicle that will buy Broadcom’s AI chips and networking gear and lease them to Anthropic. Some banks reportedly considered pulling out until Broadcom CEO Hock Tan agreed to higher interest rates and gave them more comfort on Broadcom’s guarantees.
Yahoo · Oct 30, 2026
Broadcom Inc. recently reported sharp growth in AI semiconductor revenue, expanded custom accelerator work with Anthropic and Meta, and shipped 89 security fixes in TrueSource Spring Enterprise while rolling out new application security and patch automation capabilities. In the same period, Anthropic became a central hardware partner, VMware-based private cloud deals deepened with DOCOMO and FedEx, and Arcot Scam Defense targeted rising card-not-present fraud. Together, these developments...
Yahoo · Oct 30, 2026
The shares have sold off heavily in recent months, yet revenue continues to boom.
Interpretive context generated from the platform’s current data sources.
Broadcom Inc. shares traded at $345.00, reflecting a daily decline of approximately 4.0% per SID market data. Over the trailing one-month period, the stock has declined 0.93%, while the three-month return shows a steeper loss of 9.29%. Despite near-term weakness, the stock has posted a modest 2.44% gain over the past twelve months. Technically, AVGO trades below both its 50-day moving average of $353.91 and its 200-day moving average of $367.50, indicating sustained downward pressure across multiple timeframes. The 14-day relative strength index registers at 45.6, placing the stock in neutral territory but tilting toward oversold conditions. Broadcom's beta of 1.204 confirms higher volatility relative to the broader market, according to Massive/Polygon data. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 22.9 million shares, supporting robust liquidity for institutional participants navigating the current pullback.
Broadcom Inc. carries a market capitalization of approximately $1.91 trillion, positioning it among the largest semiconductor and infrastructure software companies globally, per SID market data. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 83.27, a premium valuation that reflects elevated growth expectations embedded in the share price. The PEG ratio stands at 3.80, suggesting the stock's earnings multiple significantly exceeds its anticipated growth rate, according to SEC filings and consensus estimates. Broadcom's price-to-book ratio of 23.69 further underscores the substantial premium investors pay relative to the company's net asset value. The company maintains a dividend yield of approximately 0.58%, providing a modest income component for shareholders. Within the technology sector, these valuation metrics place Broadcom at the higher end of comparable peers, reflecting the market's pricing of its AI-related revenue streams and infrastructure software portfolio acquired through recent strategic transactions.
Broadcom Inc. registers a composite smart money score of 53 out of 100, reflecting a neutral overall signal per SID market data. The institutional component scores a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating strong and sustained interest from major asset managers and hedge funds. In contrast, the insider trading component scores 0 out of 25, driven by uniformly bearish activity: all 19 insider transactions recorded over the past 90 days were sales, with zero insider purchases reported, according to SEC Form 4 filings. Dark pool activity scores 9.0 out of 25, suggesting below-average levels of off-exchange institutional accumulation. Congressional trading activity scores a notably elevated 18.7 out of 25, indicating significant transaction activity by members of Congress or their disclosed affiliates, per 13F institutional filings and congressional disclosure records. The divergence between maximum institutional conviction and complete absence of insider buying presents a notable signal for investors monitoring smart money positioning in AVGO shares.
Broadcom Inc. has delivered four consecutive quarters of earnings beats, demonstrating consistent execution above Wall Street expectations, per company earnings reports. In the most recent quarter ending September 2026, the company reported earnings per share of $3.32 versus analyst estimates of $3.16, representing a positive surprise of $0.16 or approximately 5.1%. The prior quarter produced EPS of $2.44 against estimates of $2.32, a $0.12 beat. The March 2026 quarter showed the largest outperformance, with actual EPS of $2.05 exceeding the $1.88 consensus by $0.17, a 9.0% surprise. The December 2025 quarter posted EPS of $1.95 versus estimates of $1.90, a narrower $0.05 beat. The sequential earnings trajectory from $1.95 to $3.32 represents a 70.3% increase over four quarters, according to analyst estimates, reflecting accelerating revenue contributions from AI-related semiconductor demand and the company's expanding software portfolio.
Wall Street analyst sentiment toward Broadcom Inc. remains predominantly bullish, according to SID consensus data. On October 27, 2026, Rosenblatt reiterated a Buy rating on AVGO, maintaining its constructive stance. On the same date, DA Davidson upgraded the stock to Buy from Neutral, marking a notable shift after the firm had maintained its Neutral rating as recently as September 4, 2026, per Wall Street analyst reports. Tigress Financial initiated coverage on October 22 with a Buy rating, while Piper Sandler initiated coverage on September 10 with an Overweight rating, adding two fresh bullish voices to the consensus. Among the five most recent analyst actions, four carry Buy or equivalent recommendations, representing an 80% bullish rate. The DA Davidson upgrade from Neutral to Buy is particularly significant given the firm's prior cautious positioning, suggesting improved conviction in Broadcom's forward growth trajectory following the most recent earnings report and management guidance.
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