Broadcom Inc. · AVGO · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q3 2026

Broadcom raises AI outlook as capacity and deployment risks build

The current analysis supports a constructive demand trajectory for Broadcom’s AI semiconductor and networking businesses, while showing that supply-chain capacity, deployment infrastructure, margin mix and customer concentration are the main conditions on that trajectory.

Reported After market closeNASDAQTechnology $1701.36B market cap
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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $3.32 Consensus $3.22
EPS surprise +3.1% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $29.59B Consensus $29.24B
Revenue surprise +1.2% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -2.7% Event window
SPY move +1.0% Same window
Abnormal move -3.8% Stock minus SPY
Volume 3.0× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +0.1% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter’s maintained guidance, the current analysis describes raised AI revenue guidance, stronger custom-XPU momentum and increased capacity investment. It also adds explicit execution exposure to Singapore substrate expansion, optical-interconnect capacity and AI deployment infrastructure.

Guidance delta

Management guidance sentiment moved from maintained in the prior quarter to raised in Q3, with AI revenue guidance lifted to $58 billion for FY2026 and projected to double annually through 2028.

Key takeaways

  • The supplied analysis describes record Q3 revenue and operating margin, led by AI semiconductors and networking.
  • AI semiconductor revenue grew 221% year over year and 54% sequentially, according to the transcript analysis.
  • Management highlighted custom XPU adoption across Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta.
  • The next phase requires more substrate, optical-interconnect and data-center capacity, increasing execution demands.

Management priorities

  • Ramp high-volume shipments of TPU v8i, Jalapeno and Meta-oriented accelerators.
  • Qualify Tomahawk 7 and expand Tomahawk Ultra and optical-interconnect capacity.
  • Scale Singapore substrate production and VMware Private AI Cloud offerings.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
AVGO EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $10.37 Q1 '24 actual $1.10, miss Q2 '24 estimate $1.09 Q2 '24 actual $1.10, match Q3 '24 estimate $1.22 Q3 '24 actual $1.24, beat Q2 '25 estimate $1.57 Q2 '25 actual $1.58, match Q3 '25 estimate $1.66 Q3 '25 actual $1.69, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.87 Q4 '25 actual $1.95, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2.03 Q1 '26 actual $2.05, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2.40 Q2 '26 actual $2.44, beat Q3 '26 estimate $3.21 Q4 '26 estimate $3.85 Q1 '27 estimate $4.11
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy58 ratings
Bullish5289.7%
Neutral610.3%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$357.61Current
$61.5Low
$350.57Average
$600High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 21, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
DA Davidson Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 4, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainSep 4, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainSep 3, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainSep 3, 2026
StoneX Buy BuyMaintainSep 3, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $357.61. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$460$364.38 +28.6%Sep 9, 2026
D.A. DavidsonGil Luria$350$355.49 -2.1%Sep 4, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$520$344.98 +45.4%Sep 3, 2026
Raymond JamesAnalyst unavailable$475$343.45 +32.8%Sep 3, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$600$342.93 +67.8%Sep 3, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Broadcom Inc. is a prominent global technology enterprise focused on the innovation, development, and supply of advanced semiconductor solutions and critical infrastructure software. The company's headquarters are situated in San Jose, California, and it maintains a significant team of 19,000 full-time staff. Its operations are segmented into four primary divisions: Wired Infrastructure, Wireless Communications, Enterprise Storage, and Industrial & Other.…

Historical context

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