What does the company do?
Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom) is a provider of semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom provides a portfolio of system-on-a-chip (SoC) and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. Its product portfolio includes solutions for digital cable, satellite and Internet potocol (IP) set-top boxes and media servers; high definition television (HDTV); digital versatile discs (DVD) players and personal video recording (PVR) devices; cable and digital subscriber lines (DSL) modems and residential gateways; transmission and switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; server solutions; broadband network and security processors; cellular communications; global positioning system (GPS) applications; mobile multimedia and applications processors; mobile power management, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Broadcom Corp one-year sales: 4.27 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits group: -39.21% - Broadcom Corp one-year income: -153.16 Mil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 4.27 Bil | 7.03 Bil | | Income | -153.16 Mil | 1.15 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Broadcom Corp one-year sales growth: -10.90%.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits group: -3.60 pct. pts. - Broadcom Corp one-year income growth: -98.40%.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits group: -68.50 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -10.90% | -7.30% | | Income Growth | -98.40% | -29.90% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Broadcom Corp one-year net profit margin: -3.6%
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -3.6% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 7.8% | | Industry | 9.4% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Broadcom Corp debt/equity ratio: 0.00.
Average debt/equity ratio for the Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits group: 0.06.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.00 | 0.06 |
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