BroadcomAVGODON'T BUYAug 07, 2018Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 08, 2026. Market Open.
AVGO is like the smaller cousin of NVDA. Built GOOG's AI program, increasingly making waves with Anthropic (owns Claude). Interesting, but not a shoot-the-lights-out opportunity. He'd buy.
MRVL is trying to take a share of the chips that go into GOOG, and is already involved with AMZN cloud. Be careful. It's not a given that it's a capable designer of cutting-edge chips. Coin flip. We've been fooled before.
NVDA is actually more interesting than both.
Macro fears of AI overspending, diminishing returns, circular financing, and bubble worries. Stock-specific fears of a highly competitive market, top 5 customers account for 40% of revenues, high debt levels from past acquisitions may impact future M&A.
Stunning rise since 2022. Unprecedented thirst for products. Acquisitions continue to be a growth driver. Big cashflow, very sustainable dividend. Seven analyst upgrades over last 30 days.
Trades at 23x PE 2027 earnings, growing at 34%.
He is not a big fan of semiconductors at this time. In general, he wants to see good fundamentals that are confirmed by good technicals. At this point, the Broadcom technicals are not good. It has broken trend and for that reason he would not step into it. Regarding the semiconductor cycle, he thinks there is less downside this time than there has been traditionally because there are so many new categories that are creating accelerating demand for semiconductors, such as AI, machine learning, and autonomous driving. These will fuel demand even in a downturn. He would also not buy a semiconductor company based on its dividend growth--semiconductor companies should be showing strong revenue growth. He would wait until the chart looks better and if the fundamentals still look good, then he would buy. (Analysts’ price target is $287.16)