{"id":22133,"date":"2022-12-09T00:43:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T00:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/broadcoms-stock-rises-on-solid-earnings-beat-as-chip-sales-stay-strong\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T00:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T00:43:13","slug":"broadcoms-stock-rises-on-solid-earnings-beat-as-chip-sales-stay-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/broadcoms-stock-rises-on-solid-earnings-beat-as-chip-sales-stay-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcom’s stock rises on solid earnings beat as chip sales stay strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Computer chip giant Broadcom Inc.<\/a> delivered fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue today that topped expectations, followed by an outlook that came in ahead of estimates, sending its stock higher in extended trading today.<\/p>\n

Shares of the company rose more than 3% in the after-hours trading session, adding a rise of about 2.5% earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

That came after Broadcom reported<\/a> fourth-quarter net income of $3.31 billion, with earnings before certain costs such as stock-based compensation coming to $10.45 per share. Revenue for the period rose 21% from a year earlier to $8.93 billion. The numbers came in ahead of Wall Street\u2019s guidance of $10.28 per share in earnings and $8.9 billion in revenue.<\/p>\n

Broadcom is primarily known for its semiconductor business, which involves selling wireless chips for smartphones to companies such as Apple Inc. In addition, it makes silicon used for broadband communications, networking, storage and industrial applications. Furthermore, it has a growing infrastructure software business that\u2019s focused on mainframes, cybersecurity and data centers.<\/p>\n

Broadcom President and Chief Executive Hock Tan (pictured) highlighted how the company\u2019s fiscal 2022 revenue rose 21% from a year earlier to a record $33.2 billion, on the back of strong demand from hyperscalers such as cloud computing providers, service providers and enterprises. \u201cThis growth was driven by our strong partnerships with customers and accelerated adoption of our next-generation technologies,\u201d he said. \u201cAs we look into fiscal 2023, our increased R&D investments during the preceding years position us to extend our leadership in next-generation products within the end markets we address.\u201d<\/p>\n

Breaking Broadcom\u2019s revenue down by segment, the semiconductor solutions business saw sales rise by 26% to $7.09 billion in the quarter just gone, while infrastructure software sales rose 4% to $1.84 billion.<\/p>\n

Looking to the fiscal first quarter, Broadcom issued positive guidance with a revenue forecast of $8.9 billion, ahead of Wall Street\u2019s consensus estimate of $8.78 billion.<\/p>\n

Three months earlier, similarly positive guidance from the company raised a few eyebrows<\/a>, coming at a time when most other chipmakers were battening down the hatches as demand for semiconductors appeared to be cooling off. Some analysts wondered if the demand being seen by Broadcom was false, led by customers simply stockpiling chips. But Broadcom\u2019s latest results proved the company was right, and few analysts seem to doubt the company this time.<\/p>\n

Broadcom made headlines back in May when it announced its planned $61.2 billion deal<\/a> to acquire the virtualization software firm VMware Inc. The deal, which has to be approved by a number of regulators before it can go ahead, is now subject to an investigation<\/a> by the U.K.\u2019s Competition and Markets Authority to determine if there is any risk that it will substantially reduce competition in a given market. Despite this development, Broadcom insists that it expects to close on the acquisition sometime during its fiscal 2023 year.<\/p>\n

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