Broadcom reported sharp growth in AI semiconductor revenue and expanded custom accelerator work with Anthropic and Meta, while its TrueSource Spring Enterprise release shipped 89 security fixes. The article says the outlook hinges on AI chip growth offsetting margin pressure, with Q4 2026 gross margin guided to 73% from 77.1% in Q2 2026 and about US$29b of potential exposure from AI XPV residual value guarantees. Analyst models assume revenue growth of about 52.7% a year and earnings rising from US$38.3b today to a consensus US$155.8b by 2029, implying a P/E of 23.0x versus 44.3x now. The consensus price target of US$531.85 sits above the current US$355.10 share price, though individual targets range from US$215.88 to US$715.00.
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