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Broadcom (AVGO)Layer 1 — Compute & Infrastructure

Convergence · ActiveComposite F 62.23 of 6 indicators elevatedFiled-first
awaiting live quote
wires from /api/prices · asof from the exchange
Layoffs
2,837Announced 2026
NOT-AIAttribution
highConfidence

Overview

the record we hold

The read

Designs networking, broadband, and custom AI chips (ASICs) and owns major infrastructure software — a key supplier of the silicon and switching inside AI data centers.

Six-indicator fragility

IndicatorScoreBand
Depreciation Integrity45AMBER (~40–50)
Capex-vs-Demand Gap73RED–AMBER (~68–78)
Insider-Selling Intensity57AMBER–RED (~52–62)
Financing Opacity / Circular Leverage75RED–AMBER (~70–80)
Energy & Diminishing Returns50AMBER (~45–55)
Organic End-User Demand67RED–AMBER (~62–72)

Cross-examination

Q. The $73 billion AI backlog was only disclosed on a conference call. It is not in the 8-K financial tables. Does that distinction matter?

A. Per this sheet's honest limits section, the $73B AI backlog across approximately 5 to 6 buyers was disclosed on the Q4 FY2025 earnings call on December 11, 2025 — not in the 8-K EX-99.1 body or in the 10-K tables. That means it is not audited, not reconciled, and not subject to the same disclosure controls as filed financial statement items. The sheet treats it as a minimum figure across approxima

EVIDENCE: filed · scores from the engine · I5/I6 carry a score with no underlying instrument — stated where drilled.

Sisters · same layer

Price & Financials

live wire + filings

Price · 6 months

AWAITING LIVE SERIES · wires from /api/prices · held state stands if the wire fails

Financials

$22.19B
Revenue · latest quarter
2026-05-03
RevenueFromContractWithC
XBRL tag · per-filer map
same-period largest · magnitude-linted
0001730168-26-000054
Accession
10-Q · asof 2026-07-20
2024-02$11.96B
2024-05$12.49B
2024-08$13.07B
2025-02$14.92B
2025-05$15B
2025-08$15.95B
2026-02$19.31B
2026-05$22.19B

SEC XBRL companyfacts · every row carries its accession · 8 quarters · refreshes off the 8-K 2.02 earnings event

Filings & Earnings

calendar + pre-committed watch

Pre-committed watch

Watching: Capex vs demand, Circular financing, Organic demand before the print.

[ NOT TRACKED ]

Earnings window. no dated next-print for this firm in the calendar yet — the 59-of-68 coverage gap.

Insiders

I3 score held

Insider-selling intensity · I3

Score 57.0/100 from the engine.

Discretionary (no-plan) selling on the recent record: $20,840,209.

OwnerRoleDateTypeValueBasis
Delly Gayla JDirector2026-07-10Gift
Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Aff2026-07-10Sale$10,033,225discretionary
Delly Gayla JDirector2026-07-08Sale$728,368discretionary
Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Aff2026-07-08Sale$9,479,700discretionary
Page JustineDirector2026-06-29Sale$598,916discretionary

EDGAR Form 4, parsed structured · last 5 txns · asof 2026-07-20 · refreshes off the Form-4 event class

Layoffs

from our roster
Announced cuts (2026)2,837
Date2024
Confidencehigh
AttributionNOT-AI
Drivercyclical-restructuring
SourceVMware integration

2024 VMware-integration cut — NOT 2026, NOT AI. Stale + cyclical; kept for L1 coverage, flagged.

News & Video

ranked weekly

The wire · ranked

Video

[ NOT TRACKED ]

Video. no verified channel in the map yet — our gap, stated (the map grows by verification, never by guess).

≤5 news · ≤2 video · rolling window, never an archive · ranked from the 2026-08-08 sweep · refreshes Saturday

Notes

held
[ HELD ]

Notes. held open — The desk has not ruled this slot.

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