Broadcom (Broadcom) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.08 (As of Jan. 2024)

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Broadcom's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2,433 Mil. Broadcom's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $73,468 Mil. Broadcom's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $70,284 Mil. Broadcom's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.08.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Broadcom's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

AVGO' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55 Med: 1.62 Max: 1.91
Current: 1.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Broadcom was 1.91. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 1.62.

AVGO's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
88.03% of 877 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 0.26 vs AVGO: 1.08

Broadcom Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Broadcom's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Broadcom Annual Data

Trend

Oct14

Oct15

Oct16

Oct17

Oct18

Oct19

Oct20

Oct21

Oct22

Oct23

Debt-to-Equity

1.31

1.72

1.59

1.74

1.64

Broadcom Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Debt-to-Equity																1.69	1.79	1.78	1.64	1.08

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Broadcom's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Broadcom Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Broadcom's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Broadcom's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Broadcom Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Broadcom's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1608	+	37621)	/	23988
	=	1.64

Broadcom's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(2433	+	73468)	/	70284
	=	1.08

Broadcom (NAS:AVGO) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Broadcom (Broadcom) Business Description

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Address

3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 94304

Website

https://www.broadcom.com

Broadcom is the sixth-largest semiconductor company globally and has expanded into various software businesses, with over $30 billion in annual revenue. It sells 17 core semiconductor product lines across wireless, networking, broadband, storage, and industrial markets. It is primarily a fabless designer but holds some manufacturing in-house, like for its best-of-breed FBAR 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 Brocade, CA Technologies, and Symantec in software.

Executives

Kirsten M. Spears	officer: Principal Accounting Officer	1320 RIDDER PARK, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Hock E Tan	director, officer: President and CEO	BROADCOM INC., 1320 RIDDER PARK DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Eddy W Hartenstein	director
Mark David Brazeal	officer: Chief Legal Officer	1320 RIDDER PARK DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Charlie B Kawwas	officer: SVP & Chief Sales Officer	C/O AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES U.S. INC., 350 WEST TRIMBLE ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Justine Lien	director	1320 RIDDER PARK DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Harry L. You	director	EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Check Kian Low	director	1320 RIDDER PARK DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Raul J Fernandez	director	11600 SUNRISE VALLEY DR, RESTON VA 20191
Gayla J Delly	director	3000 TECHNOLOGY DR, ANGLETON TX 77515
Diane M Bryant	director	2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Thomas H. Krause	officer: Chief Financial Officer	1320 RIDDER PARK, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Henry Samueli	director, officer: Chief Technical Officer	5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617-3038
Bryan Ingram	officer: SVP & GM, Wireless Semicon Div	C/O AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, 350 WEST TRIMBLE ROAD, BLDG. 90, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Donald Macleod	director