Broadcom Inc. vs INTEL CORP, two Semiconductors stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Broadcom and Intel are both giant chip names heading in opposite directions. Broadcom, designing high-value silicon and selling software, keeps a 38% net margin and a 33% return on equity. Intel, rebuilding its foundries, is posting negative margins and a negative return on equity. Broadcom trades near 68 times earnings on real profits; Intel carries no clean multiple while it loses money. One has become a software-and-IP compounder, the other is fighting to reclaim its manufacturing edge.
Comparison updated 2026-06-15.
| Metric | AVGO | INTC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $400.07 | $109.68 |
| Market cap | $1.95T | $557.5B |
| Sector | Semiconductors | Semiconductors |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 66.6 | — |
| P/B | 22.25 | 4.46 |
| P/S | 25.85 | 10.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 60.8 | 426.6 |
| Revenue growth | +31.9% | +1.5% |
| Gross margin | 69.5% | 39.4% |
| Operating margin | 48.6% | -23.1% |
| Net margin | 37.8% | -12.6% |
| Return on equity | 32.5% | -5.4% |
| Return on assets | 15.9% | -3.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 19.4% | -0.7% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | -0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.77 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 2.24 | 2.31 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.87 | 6.73 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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