Risk Intelligence
76 / 100
Fundamentally Qualified
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Above average on this measure.
AVGO · NASDAQ
Sector unavailable · Industry unavailable
$361.99
+0.32%
Close on Sep 11, 2026
Updated 6/30/2026
Long-term research evidence only. No price targets, no trading signals, no recommendations.
Investment Report Card
Sector unavailable · Data confidence good
78 / 100
Rank #42 of 1,152 qualified companies
Top 7% · Worth a Closer Look
76 / 100
Fundamentally Qualified
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Above average on this measure.
71 / 100
Elite Compounder
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Above average on this measure.
69 / 100
Accelerating
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Around the middle of the covered universe.
73 / 100
Positive disclosed activity
What are important owners actually doing?
Above average on this measure.
37 / 100
Elevated
Is today's price reasonable?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure — and valuation is researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
52 / 100
Moderate Capital Returns
How effectively does the company reward shareholders?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure — and capital returns are researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
BROADCOM INC scores 71 on Long-Term Potential (B−), described by the research model as elite compounder. This describes business characteristics only — it is not a forecast of future returns.
Disclosed ownership evidence reads 73 (B−): Positive disclosed activity. 20 tracked managers disclosed a position in the latest reporting period. Ownership filings are historical disclosures, not signals.
BROADCOM INC reads 37 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Elevated. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and above comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
BROADCOM INC reads 52 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Moderate Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 30.9% a year and a share count rising about 2.6% a year. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
No meaningful recorded changes in the stored history.
Risk Intelligence is a core model, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence are research models, and Ownership Intelligence is supplemental descriptive evidence. Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence each contribute 0% to the Suggested Investment Score. Nothing here is a recommendation.
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BROADCOM INC (AVGO) scores 78 out of 100 and ranks #42 of 1,152 qualified companies today. That places it in the top 7% of ranked companies. The stored tier for that score is worth a closer look.
Risk Intelligence reads 76 out of 100 (B), recorded as fundamentally qualified. Above average on this measure.
Long-Term Potential reads 71 out of 100 (B−), recorded as elite compounder. Above average on this measure.
Fundamental Momentum reads 69 out of 100 (C+), recorded as accelerating. Around the middle of the covered universe.
Ownership Intelligence reads 73 out of 100 (B−), recorded as positive disclosed activity. Above average on this measure.
Valuation is currently the main point of caution: Valuation Intelligence reads 37 out of 100 (F), recorded as Elevated. BROADCOM INC reads 37 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Elevated. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and above comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Capital Returns Intelligence reads 52 out of 100 (D+), recorded as Moderate Capital Returns. BROADCOM INC reads 52 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Moderate Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 30.9% a year and a share count rising about 2.6% a year. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Elevated valuation: the current market price reflects a premium to this company's historical valuation and comparable companies (Valuation Intelligence 37 out of 100, Elevated). Data confidence for this company is good.
No individual layer reaches the strongest band today. Separately from the score, valuation reads elevated at today's price.
Composite discovery model
Suggested Investment Score
78 / 100
A 0–100 composite discovery score combining Risk Intelligence, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, and Ownership Intelligence. It helps rank qualified companies for further research and does not predict future returns.
30% contribution
30% contribution
20% contribution
20% contribution
73 / 100 · Positive · 20% of the Suggested Investment Score
Coverage: Good
50% of Ownership Intelligence · 10% of the total score
Tracked professional-manager activity is positive.
20% of Ownership Intelligence · 4% of the total score
Broad institutional evidence from resolved filings is strong.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No discretionary insider transactions are stored for this company, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No qualifying major-holder filings are stored, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
Ownership Intelligence summarizes publicly disclosed activity among professional investment managers, broader institutions, company insiders, and significant strategic owners. It adds context to investment research but is not a validated predictor of future performance. Ownership information is publicly reported with a delay; the latest applicable reporting period is 2026-06-30, publicly disclosed 9/11/2026. Congressional activity is unavailable pending legal review and contributes nothing to this reading.
Strong risk profile
Risk Intelligence ranks in the top 14% of qualified companies, with normal_risk price risk.
Exceptional long-term potential
Stored profitability, capital efficiency and reinvestment readings rank near the top of the qualified universe.
Improving fundamentals
Recent reported business trends rank among the strongest in the qualified universe.
Ownership evidence is not uniformly supportive
The combined disclosed ownership evidence ranks below the qualified median.
COMPOSITE DISCOVERY MODEL — RESEARCH STAGE · Data coverage Excellent. Rankings are recalculated daily using the latest available information. Individual components may update at different frequencies based on when new financial and ownership data becomes available.
Researched separately
Valuation Intelligence 37 · Elevated
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Researched separately
Capital Returns Intelligence 52 · Moderate Capital Returns
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Score explanation
Four research areas carry fixed weights. Each area is compared against every other eligible company, then weighted. The four contributions below add to 78.0 of the stored score (78.0).
Risk Intelligence
30% of the score · contributes 26.0 points
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Stands at the 87 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 76 · 33% of this company’s total score
How financially sturdy the company has been when conditions turned against it.
Risk Intelligence reads stored balance-sheet strength, historical downside behaviour and the company's price-risk grouping. A stronger reading describes past resilience; it does not protect against future losses.
Full methodologyLong-Term Potential
30% of the score · contributes 27.3 points
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Stands at the 91 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 71 · 35% of this company’s total score
Whether the business has the durable characteristics long-term owners look for.
Long-Term Potential reads durability characteristics such as profitability consistency, cash generation and reinvestment capability over multiple reported periods.
Full methodologyFundamental Momentum
20% of the score · contributes 16.5 points
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Stands at the 82 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 69 · 21% of this company’s total score
Whether the reported business results have been getting stronger or weaker.
Fundamental Momentum compares recent reported fundamentals with the company's own earlier periods, so improvement or deterioration is measured against its history rather than against a forecast.
Full methodologyOwnership Intelligence
20% of the score · contributes 8.2 points
What are important owners actually doing?
Stands at the 41 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 73 · 11% of this company’s total score
What large reporting owners have actually been doing with their positions.
Ownership Intelligence reads public ownership filings: how many tracked reporting owners hold the company, and whether they were adding, holding, reducing or exiting in the latest disclosed period.
Full methodologyAdditional research — not currently included in the primary Suggested Investment Score.
Stored snapshots only
Research-score history available since September 2026.
Stored research history does not yet cover a full 30 days comparison for this company.
A change is reported as meaningful at 8 score points, 5 rank places, or any change of research classification. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.
Plain-English definitions, with the formula and the limitations of each measure.
Fifth research lens · outside the score
Valuation Intelligence
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Elevated
15
Expensive
Is this company expensive or inexpensive compared with its own history?
22
Expensive
How expensive is this stock compared with similar companies?
33
Expensive
How much financial output does an investor receive relative to the price paid?
93
Very Attractive
Does the company's growth help justify the valuation investors are paying?
BROADCOM INC reads 37 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Elevated. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and above comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value.
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended May 3, 2026
Stored readings only. The dashed line is this company's own median for the selected measure.
Only one stored valuation reading exists so far, so there is nothing to chart yet. Valuation history builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Current EV/Sales 23.4x · own median 8.5x · peer median 5.1x
Valuation is inherently uncertain. A stock that appears inexpensive can continue falling, and a stock that appears expensive can continue rising. Valuation Intelligence provides context about the price investors are paying — it does not predict short-term market movements, and it never produces a fair value, a price target or a buy or sell range. Model VALUATION_INTELLIGENCE_V1.
Sixth research lens · outside the score
Capital Returns Intelligence
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Moderate Capital Returns
93
Exceptional Capital Returns
Dividend reliability
30
Limited Capital Returns
Do buybacks actually reduce shares?
The company spends on share repurchases, but much of that activity offsets share issuance rather than materially reducing the share count.
15
Limited Capital Returns
Is your ownership share protected?
76
Strong Capital Returns
Can the cash flow support it?
25
Limited Capital Returns
Cash returned versus company value
BROADCOM INC reads 52 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Moderate Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 30.9% a year and a share count rising about 2.6% a year.
This company spent cash repurchasing stock, but the share count did not fall meaningfully because it also issued shares. Repurchase spending alone did not increase existing shareholders' ownership.
How returned cash was used
Dividends $11.76B · net repurchases $8.29B · total returned $20.05B · 61% of free cash flow
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended May 3, 2026
Stored readings only. History builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Only one stored reading exists for this measure so far, so there is nothing to chart yet.
A very high dividend yield may reflect a falling share price or an unsustainable payout. Capital Returns Intelligence emphasizes consistency and sustainability rather than simply rewarding the highest yield.
Announced or gross buyback spending does not always mean shareholders are gaining ownership. Companies can simultaneously issue shares through employee compensation or acquisitions. Suggested Investments therefore considers actual share-count changes alongside repurchase spending.
Capital Returns Intelligence describes how a company returns capital to shareholders. It is not a measure of stock-price performance, it does not predict future returns, and a strong reading is never a recommendation to buy. Dividends and repurchases can be reduced or stopped at any time. Model CAPITAL_RETURNS_INTELLIGENCE_V1, contributing 0% to the Suggested Investment Score.
Stored daily snapshots only
| Today | #42 | Score 78 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| 90 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| First suggested | September 12, 2026 | |
| Highest rank | #42 | |
In the company’s own words
We are a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and semiconductor-based solutions and infrastructure software solutions. Our more than 60-year history of innovation dates back to our diverse origins from AT&T/Bell Labs, Lucent and Hewlett-Packard Company, and has evolved through acquisitions, including LSI Corporation, Broadcom Corporation, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., CA, Inc., Symantec Enterprise Security, and VMware, Inc. ("VMware"). Over the years, we have assembled a large team of semiconductor and software design engineers around the world. We maintain design, product and software development engineering expertise and resources at locations primarily in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. We combine global scale, engineering depth, broad product portfolio, superior execution and operational focus to deliver category-leading semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.
Our strategy is focused on sustained technology leadership and developing category-leading solutions to deliver a comprehensive suite of innovative infrastructure technology products to the world’s leading business and government customers. We seek to achieve this through extensive internal research and development, as well as strategic acquisitions of businesses and technologies, to ensure our products retain their technology market leadership. This strategy results in a robust business model designed to drive diversified and sustainable operating and financial results.
Our semiconductor and semiconductor-based solutions include a broad portfolio of complex digital and mixed signal devices based on silicon wafers with complementary metal oxide semiconductor ("CMOS") transistors, III-V based devices, network interface cards ("NICs") and other modules, switches, subsystems and, in some cases, racks. Our solutions are used in a wide array of environments, end products and applications, such as enterprise and artificial intelligence ("AI") data centers, servers and networking and connectivity equipment, as well as storage systems, home connectivity devices, set-top boxes ("STB"), broadband access, telecommunication equipment, wireless devices and base stations, factory automation, power generation and alternative energy systems, and electronic displays. We differentiate ourselves through our high-performance design and integration capabilities, and focus on developing semiconductor products for markets that require our high quality, leading technology and integrated performance semiconductor and semiconductor-based solutions.
Our semiconductor and semiconductor-based solutions also enable our customers to build and deploy AI data center infrastructure for their training and inference workloads and manage the movement of data across their AI network infrastructure based on open, flexible, standards-based Ethernet. In addition, our solutions enable accelerated compute and networking connectivity at scale, within and across AI server racks and across AI data center sites. Customers of these solutions are hyperscalers and companies with AI frontier models, as well as original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") and system integrators that develop servers, switches and racks deployed in large-scale AI data centers to run training and inference workloads. Our AI semiconductor solutions include custom accelerators or XPUs, Ethernet switching and routing silicon, Ethernet NICs, physical layer devices ("PHYs") and optical components, as well as racks and systems based on our XPUs.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed December 18, 2025. Read the filing
Four distinct intelligence areas
76
Fundamentally Qualified
+6.7 vs Jun 30, 2026
Business Quality qualification score from the locked IA Defensive Research Core. Price Risk stays a separate category and is never blended in.
As of Sep 11, 2026
71
Elite Compounder
+7.7 vs Jun 30, 2026
Durable business economics and reinvestment characteristics. Independent external validation is pending.
As of Sep 11, 2026
69
Accelerating
-1.8 vs Jun 30, 2026
Direction and breadth of change in underlying business fundamentals. Not a price-momentum signal.
As of Sep 11, 2026
70
Upper range
0 vs Jun 30, 2026
20 tracked managers disclosed a position for this period.
As of Sep 11, 2026
Company intelligence
Each area is measured and reported separately. No combined score exists.
AVGO intelligence history from 2023-09-30 to 2026-09-11. Risk Intelligence 76.4 on 2026-09-11, up 6.7 from 69.7 on 2026-06-30. Long-Term Potential 71.4 on 2026-09-11, up 7.7 from 63.7 on 2026-06-30. Fundamental Momentum 68.6 on 2026-09-11, down 1.8 from 70.4 on 2026-06-30. Elite Investor Activity 70 on 2026-09-11, unchanged 0 from 70 on 2026-06-30. Each area is reported separately and is never combined into a single score.
Risk Intelligence 76.4 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+6.7 vs prior period) · Production core
Long-Term Potential 71.4 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+7.7 vs prior period) · Research model
Fundamental Momentum 68.6 as of Sep 11, 2026 (-1.8 vs prior period) · Research model
Elite Investor Activity 70 as of Sep 11, 2026 (0 vs prior period) · Supplemental
Share price
Closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, through Sep 11, 2026. Past prices do not indicate future results.
Last stored close $361.99 · +1.4% over the selected range · 52 sessions shown
Balanced evidence
Risk and uncertainty
Public filings · descriptive only
Reporting holders
55
New holders
38
Increasing
5
Reducing
10
Exiting
1
Coverage
Excellent
Positive disclosed activity · Report period 2023-09-30 · Public 12/27/2023
| Manager | Change | Portfolio weight | Rank | Disclosed |
|---|
Insufficient high-confidence manager coverage.
Objective stored changes
Price Risk category changed
Price Risk moved from Not Available to Higher risk.
Fundamental Momentum improved
Fundamental Momentum research score moved from 66.0 to 70.4.
Elite Investor Consensus strengthened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 45 to 70 for the reporting period ending 2026-06-30.
Elite Investor Consensus weakened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 57 to 48 for the reporting period ending 2025-12-31.
Tracked managers exited positions
2 tracked managers no longer disclosed a position for the reporting period ending 2025-12-31.
Tracked managers initiated positions
3 tracked managers first disclosed a position for the reporting period ending 2025-09-30.
Tracked managers initiated positions
4 tracked managers first disclosed a position for the reporting period ending 2025-06-30.
Elite Investor Consensus strengthened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 44 to 63 for the reporting period ending 2025-03-31.
Tracked managers exited positions
2 tracked managers no longer disclosed a position for the reporting period ending 2025-03-31.
Elite Investor Consensus weakened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 94 to 44 for the reporting period ending 2024-12-31.
No high-confidence public ownership events are available.
General research only. Not personalized advice. Public filings may be delayed, amended, incomplete, or reflect positions that have changed since the reporting date.