APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE vs Broadcom Inc., two Semiconductors stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMAT and AVGO diverge most: on revenue growth, AMAT reads +7.7% and AVGO reads +47.8%; on debt / equity, AMAT reads 0.30 and AVGO reads 0.60. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AMAT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AMAT | AVGO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $506.95 | $361.54 |
| Market cap | $405.6B | $1.73T |
| Sector | Semiconductors | Semiconductors |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 43.8 | 46.1 |
| P/B | 15.83 | 17.31 |
| P/S | 13.15 | 19.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 42.0 | 34.5 |
| Revenue growth | +7.7% | +47.8% |
| Gross margin | 50.3% | 69.1% |
| Operating margin | 33.7% | 53.9% |
| Net margin | 28.1% | 40.9% |
| Return on equity | 33.9% | 36.6% |
| Return on assets | 19.9% | 19.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.2% | 24.2% |
| FCF yield | 1.4% | 2.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.30 | 0.60 |
| Current ratio | 2.42 | 2.50 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.32 | 7.12 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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