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Broadcom shares slide after revenue miss fuels doubts over AI growth momentum — Broadcom's AI doubts hit shares

Broadcom is facing a sharp market backlash after its quarterly revenue miss tempers investor confidence in how fast artificial intelligence demand is translating into growth. The premarket drop puts more than $285 billion of market value at risk if losses hold, highlighting how elevated expectations are shaping reactions across the AI chip sector.

Highlights

Broadcom shares fall about 12% in premarket trading to $418.83 after a quarterly revenue miss and reiterated, rather than raised, AI targets.
Maintaining a $100 billion long-term AI revenue target and raising 2027 shipment forecasts to over 10 gigawatts fails to satisfy market acceleration hopes.
Intensifying competition from Nvidia and Marvell, alongside a weaker third-quarter AI chip revenue outlook, fuels concerns over Broadcom's near-term growth momentum.

Revenue shortfall and guidance weigh on sentiment

As reported by Reuters, Broadcom shares sink about 12% in premarket trading on Thursday after the chipmaker misses quarterly revenue expectations and fails to satisfy investors looking for stronger evidence of accelerating gains from the AI boom.

At the current price of $418.83, the company could lose more than $285 billion in market capitalization if the decline holds. The reaction reflects how strongly the market has priced in future AI-related growth for leading semiconductor companies.

Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, says the selloff is "a classic case of very high expectations meeting a market that wanted perfection," adding that investors are punishing results that fall short of what they wanted. TD Cowen analysts also say Broadcom's decision to reiterate its ambitious AI revenue targets, rather than raise them, is likely to disappoint a market expecting material upside and leaves lingering questions over execution and ramp timelines.

Competition and supply pressures reshape AI chip outlook

Broadcom continues to compete with Nvidia, whose graphics processors remain the benchmark for AI workloads, underscoring intensifying rivalry at the top end of the AI chip market. Competition is also increasing as Marvell Technology expands its custom chip business and strengthens ties with hyperscaler customers.

Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan slightly raises shipment forecasts to more than 10 gigawatts of AI chips in 2027 while maintaining the company's long-term target of $100 billion in AI revenue. Even so, investor sentiment is also hurt by a weaker outlook for third-quarter AI chip revenue, reinforcing concerns that demand remains solid but growth is not ramping as quickly as markets anticipate.

Broadcom executives say the company is "very comfortable" on supply despite an industry squeeze caused by rising memory chip prices, noting that supply has been secured for 2026 and 2027. That provides some protection against broader component constraints, but it does not fully offset worries over the pace of near-term AI revenue expansion.

Our earlier coverage of Broadcom’s post-earnings sell-off explained how the chipmaker shed more than $250 billion in market value after issuing revenue guidance that, while above consensus, failed to match the market’s most bullish expectations. We also noted that CEO Hock Tan reaffirmed the company’s 2027 AI revenue ambitions, but investors wanted clearer signs of faster acceleration after the recent AI-driven semiconductor rally.

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