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Broadcom (AVGO) just gave Wall Street numbers big enough to make one analyst rethink the entire investment case.<\/p>\n
The chipmaker reported earnings on September 2, 2026, and the results came in strong. <\/p>\n
Days later, one of the most closely watched semiconductor analysts responded with a price target that turned heads across the market.<\/p>\n
That target sits roughly 68% above where the stock traded, which is a wide margin for a company already worth about $1.75 trillion.<\/p>\n
Here is what the analyst said, and what still has to go right for the stock.<\/p>\n
Why Cantor Fitzgerald raised its Broadcom price target to $600<\/p>\n
Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C.J. Muse lifted his price target on Broadcom to $600 from $525 and kept an Overweight rating, Investing.com reported.<\/p>\n
The move came on September 3, 2026, one day after earnings.<\/p>\n
Muse is worth listening to here. He covers the technology sector and has logged 321 ratings with about a 71% success rate. He previously covered chips at Evercore before joining Cantor.<\/p>\n
The new target points to about 68% upside from Broadcom’s recent price of $357.90.<\/p>\n
Broadcom’s upgraded AI revenue guidance has one top analyst setting a price target well above where the stock trades today.<\/p>\n
NurPhoto \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
The AI revenue guidance that changed the math<\/p>\n
The upgrade comes down to how much money Broadcom now expects to make from AI.<\/p>\n
On the earnings call, the company raised its fiscal year 2027 AI revenue target to $115 billion, up from a prior view of more than $100 billion.<\/p>\n
It then added a first-ever fiscal 2028 AI revenue guide of $230 billion.<\/p>\n
That points to total fiscal 2028 revenue near $285 billion, which runs roughly $50 billion ahead of what Wall Street had penciled in.<\/p>\n
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Muse now models 2028 earnings per share of $35, above the $27.39 consensus. <\/p>\n
His $600 target reflects about 17 times that estimate, a multiple that looks modest for a company growing this fast.<\/p>\n
What Broadcom actually does in the AI economy<\/p>\n
Broadcom designs custom AI chips, called ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits).<\/p>\n
Instead of buying standard chips from Nvidia, giants like Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic hire Broadcom to design their own.<\/p>\n
That work showed up in the latest quarter. <\/p>\n
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AI semiconductor revenue hit $16.7 billion, a 221% jump from a year earlier, Benzinga reported.<\/p>\n
Total quarterly revenue came in at $29.59 billion, ahead of the $29.36 billion analysts expected.<\/p>\n
Why the stock fell even after a strong quarter<\/p>\n
Broadcom beat expectations, yet the stock still dropped. Two things drove that.<\/p>\n
First, the fourth-quarter revenue guide of about $34.8 billion came in slightly under the $35.03 billion Wall Street expected.<\/p>\n
Second, the broader chip sector had a rough stretch, with traders taking profits after a strong run.<\/p>\n
Muse’s view is that the market is treating Broadcom with too much caution given the size and visibility of its order backlog.<\/p>\n
The risk that could hold Broadcom back<\/p>\n
Cantor pointed out that Broadcom stays heavily constrained on supply through fiscal 2027 across several parts of the chip-making chain.<\/p>\n
Those pressure points include:<\/p>\n
Where the supply constraint affects<\/p>\n
Advanced wafers and substrates, the base materials for chips<\/p>\n
High-bandwidth memory (HBM), the fast memory AI chips depend on<\/p>\n
Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (CoWoS) packaging, a key assembly step<\/p>\n
Broadcom’s real challenge is making enough chips to meet its own targets, not finding buyers.<\/p>\n
What investors should weigh before buying in<\/p>\n
If you hold Broadcom or are thinking about it, a few points deserve attention.<\/p>\n
The forward valuation is reasonable. Because profits are climbing quickly, the stock trades at a lower multiple on future earnings than its recent price suggests.<\/p>\n
Watch the debt. After buying VMware, Broadcom carries about $65 billion in debt against $20 billion in cash. Its strong cash flow covers this comfortably, but it is worth tracking.<\/p>\n
Avoid over-concentration. Broadcom depends on a small group of large customers. If one or two cut spending, the effect would be sharp, so balance your chip exposure across different types of companies.<\/p>\n
The 68% upside Muse sees rests on signed contracts and rising demand.<\/p>\n
The same high expectations that create that opportunity also raise the stakes. <\/p>\n
Broadcom has to keep delivering, and the next few quarters will show whether it can.<\/p>\n
Related: Truist sees investment doubling potential in tumbling tech stock<\/p>\n
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