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NASDAQ: AVGOBroadcom (AVGO) stock, explained like you're 5
Broadcom makes the chips and software that move data around: inside phones, data centers and networks. It also builds custom AI chips for big tech companies.
- Ticker
- AVGO
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Size
- Mega cap, about 1.69 trillion dollars
How Broadcom makes money
- Chips for networking, data centers and wireless devices.
- Custom AI chips designed for large cloud customers.
- Enterprise software such as VMware, sold by subscription.
What moves AVGO stock
- Demand for AI networking and custom chips.
- How well the VMware software business performs.
- Concentration, since a few huge customers are a large part of sales.
In the news lately
- Is Broadcom a Millionaire Maker Stock? (The Motley Fool)
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- If You'd Invested $1,000 in Broadcom's 2009 IPO, Here's How Much You'd Have Today (Yahoo Finance)
- Broadcom: The Anthropic Panic Looks Overblown (Seeking Alpha)
- Broadcom, Marvell, and SanDisk Are Quietly Building Toward a Massive Bull Run (24/7 Wall St.)
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Questions about Broadcom stock
What does Broadcom do?
Broadcom makes the chips and software that move data around: inside phones, data centers and networks. It also builds custom AI chips for big tech companies.
What is the ticker symbol for Broadcom?
Broadcom trades under the ticker AVGO on the Nasdaq.
How does Broadcom make money?
Chips for networking, data centers and wireless devices. Custom AI chips designed for large cloud customers. Enterprise software such as VMware, sold by subscription.
What moves AVGO stock?
Demand for AI networking and custom chips. How well the VMware software business performs. Concentration, since a few huge customers are a large part of sales.
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