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MetricAVGOBroadcom Inc.NVDANVIDIA CORPMUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INCAMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INCMedian of the restexcluding AVGO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$323.24▼ 14.56 (4.31%)
$212.21▼ 9.76 (4.40%)
$856.49▼ 57.18 (6.26%)
$507.93▼ 44.79 (8.10%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/108.0/108.0/1010.0/108.0/10
Market value$1.53T$5.16T$968.69B$827.93B
Revenue$63.89B$215.94B$133.19B$34.64B
Profit$23.13B$120.07B$84.97B$4.33B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.23.9%65.5%256.3%34.3%65.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.67.8%71.1%80.7%49.5%71.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.39.9%60.4%74.6%10.7%60.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.36.2%55.6%63.8%12.5%55.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.42.1%44.8%44.3%19.4%44.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.28.4%76.3%61.4%6.9%61.4%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.15.5%71.3%82.0%4.8%71.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.66.27x42.96x11.40x190.99x42.96x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.60.69x38.70x8.58x195.87x38.70x
Price to book18.85x32.79x7.00x13.14x13.14x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.10x0.31x0.42x0.22x0.31x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.9/95/99/98/98.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How AVGO compares with the others

  • AVGO's operating margin of 39.9% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (60.4%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 23.9% against 65.5%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 66.3x against 43.0x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.1x against 0.3x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.