Broadcom Inc. designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software. It provides set-top box system-on-chips (SoCs); cable, digital subscriber line, and passive optical networking central office/consumer premise equipment SoCs; wireless local area network access point SoCs; Ethernet switching and routing custom silicon solutions; serializer/deserializer application specific integrated circuits; optical and copper, and physical layer devices; and fiber optic components and RF semiconductor devices. The company also offers RF front end modules and filter; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and global positioning system/global navigation satellite system SoCs; custom touch controllers; inductive charging; attached small computer system interface, and redundant array of independent disks controllers and adapters; peripheral component interconnect express; fiber channel host bus adapters; read channel based SoCs; custom flash controllers; preamplifiers; optocouplers, industrial fiber optics, and motion control encoders and subsystems; light emitting diode, ethernet PHYs, switch ICs, and camera microcontrollers. Its products are used in various applications, including enterprise and data center networking, home connectivity, set-top boxes, broadband access, telecommunication equipment, smartphones and base stations, data center servers and storage systems, factory automation, power generation and alternative energy systems, and electronic displays. Broadcom Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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Key Points
Broadcom stock is jumping today after Oracle issued great news for AI investors.
Oracle expects massive growth for its cloud infrastructure business over the next five years.
Broadcom is a leading provider of connectivity chips and is poised to benefit from AI infrastructure buildouts.
Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) stock is roaring higher in Wednesday trading thanks to some big news in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. The company's share price was up 8.6% as of 3:30 p.m. ET. At the same point in the day's trading, the S&P 500 was up 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.3%.
Broadcom's valuation is jumping today after Oracle outlined a staggering growth outlook for its cloud infrastructure business. As a leading provider of connectivity chips, other hardware, and related software services, the news is a positive indicator for Broadcom.
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Broadcom is jumping after great news from Oracle
Oracle published results for the first quarter of its current fiscal year yesterday and actually delivered sales and earnings for the period that fell short of Wall Street's expectations. The performance misses were completely overshadowed by the company's guidance, however, and its share price is skyrocketing today.
Oracle anticipates that sales from its cloud infrastructure unit will surge 77% annually to reach $18 billion this fiscal year. Four years after that point, the company expects cloud infrastructure revenue will have reached $144 billion -- good for growth of 700% across the stretch. Making matters even better, The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Oracle had inked a data center deal with OpenAI worth up to $300 billion.
What's next for Broadcom?
Broadcom has already seen stellar sales and earnings gains connected to the rise of AI data centers, and Oracle's eye-popping guidance for cloud infrastructure sales suggests that the connectivity chip leader is poised to see strong demand trends continue. While investors have shown some recent hesitance when it comes to AI stocks with highly growth dependent valuations, Oracle's latest guidance suggests that AI infrastructure spending could still be in the early innings of a massive growth trend.
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Why Broadcom Stock Is Soaring Today

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.51%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.46%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.45%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU25) are up +0.44%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU25) are up +0.42%.
Stock indexes are mostly higher today, with the S&P 500 posting a new record high and the Nasdaq 100 posting a 4-week high. Stocks are rallying today as bond yields fell after US producer prices for August unexpectedly eased, cementing expectations for Fed interest rate cuts. The 10-year T-note yield is down -3 bp to 4.06%.
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Stocks also have support from a +42% surge in Oracle to a record high, leading technology stocks higher after it gave an aggressive outlook for its cloud business, driven by demand for AI infrastructure.
The Dow Jones Industrials are being pressured today by weakness in Apple, which is down more than -2% on market disappointment in the launch of the latest versions of the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Also, the escalation of geopolitical tensions in Europe is negative for stocks after Poland shot down drones that crossed into its territory during Russia’s latest air strike on Ukraine, calling it an “act of aggression.”
Signs of ongoing deflation in China are negative for China’s economy and global growth prospects. China’s Aug CPI fell -0.4% y/y, weaker than expectations of -0.2% y/y and the steepest decline in 6 months. Also, China’s Aug PPI fell -2.9% y/y, right on expectations, and the thirty-fifth consecutive month that producer prices have declined on a year-on-year basis.
US MBA mortgage applications rose +9.2% in the week ended September 5, with the purchase mortgage sub-index up +6.6% and the refinancing sub-index up +12.2%. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell -15 bp to an 11-month low of 6.49% from 6.64% in the prior week.
The US Aug final-demand PPI eased to +2.6% y/y from +3.1% y/y in July, a smaller increase than expectations of +3.3% y/y. Aug PPI ex-food and energy eased to +2.8% y/y from +3.4% y/y in July, a smaller increase than expectations of +3.5% y/y.
Market focus this week will be on any trade or tariff news. On Thursday, the US Aug CPI is expected to climb to +2.9% y/y from +2.7% y/y in July, and Aug CPI ex-food and energy is expected to increase +3.1% y/y, unchanged from July’s +3.1%. Also, weekly initial unemployment claims are expected to fall by -2,000 to 235,000. On Friday, the University of Michigan’s Sep US consumer sentiment index is expected to slip -0.2 to 58.0.
The markets are now pricing in a 100% chance of a -25 bp rate cut and a 12% chance of a -50 bp rate cut at the upcoming FOMC meeting on Sep 16-17. After the fully expected -25 bp rate cut at the Sep 16-17 meeting, the markets are discounting a 79% chance of a second -25 bp rate cut at the Oct 28-29 meeting. The markets are now pricing in an overall -74 bp rate cut in the federal funds rate by year-end to 3.64% from the current 4.38% rate.
Overseas stock markets today are mixed. The Euro Stoxx 50 fell from a 1.5-week high and is down -0.17%. China’s Shanghai Composite closed up +0.13%. Japan’s Nikkei Stock 225 closed up +0.87%.
Interest Rates
December 10-year T-notes (ZNZ5) today are up by +4 ticks. The 10-year T-note yield is down by -3.1 bp to 4.057%. T-notes erased early losses and moved higher today after US Aug producer prices eased more than expected, a dovish factor for Fed policy and cementing expectations for at least a 25 bp rate cut at next week’s FOMC meeting.
Strength in stocks today is limiting gains in T-note prices. Also, supply pressures are weighing on T-notes as the Treasury will auction $39 billion of 10-year T-notes later today as part of this week’s $119 billion slate of T-note and T-bond auctions.
Concerns about Fed independence are negatively impacting T-note prices due to President Trump’s attempt to fire Fed Governor Cook and Stephen Miran’s intention to hold a Fed Governor position while remaining technically in his White House role on the Council of Economic Advisors.
European government bond yields today are mixed. The 10-year German bund yield fell to a 1-month low of 2.631% and is down -0.5 bp to 2.654%. The 10-year UK gilt yield is up +1.2 bp to 4.636%.
Swaps are discounting no chance for a -25 bp rate cut by the ECB at Thursday’s policy meeting.
US Stock Movers
Oracle (ORCL) is up more than +42% to lead gainers in the S&P 500 after giving a robust forecast for its cloud-infrastructure business, a sign of strong AI-related demand. After fiscal year 2026, the company sees cloud infrastructure revenue in the subsequent four years of $32 billion, $73 billion, $114 billion, and $114 billion.
Stocks tied to AI computing infrastructure are rallying after Oracle forecasted faster-than-expected revenue growth in its cloud infrastructure unit. CoreWeave (CRWV) is up more than +19% and Broadcom (AVGO) is up more than +10% to lead gainers in the Nasdaq 100. Also, Arista Networks (ANET) is up more than +5%, and Nvidia (NVDA) is up more than +4% to lead gainers in the Dow Jones industrials. In addition, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) is up more than +4% and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is up more than +3%.
Today’s rally in AI-infrastructure stocks is also boosting power-producing stocks, as the increase in AI usage will require more power. Vertiv Holdings (VRT) is up more than +11%, and Vistra Corp (VST) is up more than +6%. Also, Constellation Energy (CEG) and GE Vernova (GEV) are up more than +5%, and Talen Energy (TLN) is up more than +4%.
Travere Therapeutics (TVTX) is up more than +27% after the FDA informed the company that an advisory committee is no longer needed for its supplemental drug application for the treatment of a rare kidney disorder.
GameStop (GME) is up more than +5% after reporting Q2 hardware and accessories net sales of $592.1 million, well above the consensus of $434.8 million.
Bill Holdings (BILL) is up more than +4% after the Financial Times reported that Elliot Management has built a large stake in the company.
Johnson Controls International Plc (JCI) is up more than +3% after raising its quarterly cash dividend to 40 cents per share, above expectations of 37 cents per share.
Synopsys (SNPS) is down more than -34% to lead losers in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 after forecasting full-year adjusted EPS of $12.76-$12.80, well below the consensus of $15.11.
Chewy (CHWY) is down more than -15% despite reporting better-than-expected Q2 results, with analysts citing disappointment that the results weren’t even better.
Humana (HUM) is down more than -2%, adding to Tuesday’s -12% plunge, after a post on LinkedIn, cited by analysts at Leerink Partners, stated that changes in the thresholds for Medicare quality ratings that pay bonuses to health plans are harder to get. Humana receives most of its revenue from selling private Medicare Advantage plans. Other health insurers are also under pressure, with HCA Healthcare (HCA), Molina Healthcare (MOH), and Elevance Health (ELV) down more than -3%, and Centene (CNC) down more than -2%.
Trade Desk Inc (TTD) is down more than -7% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to equal weight from overweight.
Apple (AAPL) is down more than -2% to lead losers in the Dow Jones Industrials on market disappointment in the launch of the latest versions of the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods.
HP Inc (HPQ) is down more than -2% after Evercore ISI downgraded the stock to in line from outperform.
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S&P 500 Climbs to a Record High on Fed Rate Cut Optimism

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.46%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.24%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.27%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU25) are up +0.46%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU25) are up +0.263%.
Stock indexes are mostly higher today, with the S&P 500 posting a new record high and the Nasdaq 100 posting a 4-week high. Stocks are rallying today as bond yields fell after US producer prices for August unexpectedly eased, cementing expectations for Fed interest rate cuts. The 10-year T-note yield is down -3 bp to 4.06%.
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Stocks also have support from a +37% surge in Oracle to a record high, leading technology stocks higher after it gave an aggressive outlook for its cloud business, driven by demand for AI infrastructure.
On the negative side for stocks is an escalation of geopolitical tensions in Europe after Poland shot down drones that crossed into its territory during Russia's latest air strike on Ukraine, calling it an "act of aggression."
Signs of ongoing deflation in China are negative for China's economy and global growth prospects. China’s Aug CPI fell -0.4% y/y, weaker than expectations of -0.2% y/y and the steepest decline in 6 months. Also, China’s Aug PPI fell -2.9% y/y, right on expectations, and the thirty-fifth consecutive month that producer prices have declined on a year-on-year basis.
US MBA mortgage applications rose +9.2% in the week ended September 5, with the purchase mortgage sub-index up +6.6% and the refinancing sub-index up +12.2%. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell -15 bp to an 11-month low of 6.49% from 6.64% in the prior week.
The US Aug final-demand PPI eased to +2.6% y/y from +3.1% y/y in July, a smaller increase than expectations of +3.3% y/y. Aug PPI ex-food and energy eased to +2.8% y/y from +3.4% y/y in July, a smaller increase than expectations of +3.5% y/y.
Market focus this week will be on any trade or tariff news. On Thursday, the US Aug CPI is expected to climb to +2.9% y/y from +2.7% y/y in July, and Aug CPI ex-food and energy is expected to increase +3.1% y/y, unchanged from July’s +3.1%. Also, weekly initial unemployment claims are expected to fall by -3,000 to 234,000. On Friday, the University of Michigan’s Sep US consumer sentiment index is expected to slip -0.2 to 58.0.
The markets are now pricing in a 100% chance of a -25 bp rate cut and a 14% chance of a 50 bp rate cut at the upcoming FOMC meeting on Sep 16-17. After the fully expected -25 bp rate cut at the Sep 16-17 meeting, the markets are discounting a 76% chance of a second -25 bp rate cut at the Oct 28-29 meeting. The markets are now pricing in an overall -74 bp rate cut in the federal funds rate by year-end to 3.64% from the current 4.38% rate.
Overseas stock markets today are higher. The Euro Stoxx 50 climbed to a 1.5-week high and is up +0.25%. China's Shanghai Composite closed up +0.13%. Japan's Nikkei Stock 225 closed up +0.87%.
Interest Rates
December 10-year T-notes (ZNZ5) today are up by +4 ticks. The 10-year T-note yield is down by -3.1 bp to 4.057%. T-notes erased early losses and moved higher today after US Aug producer prices eased more than expected, a dovish factor for Fed policy and cementing expectations for at least a 25 bp rate cut at next week's FOMC meeting.
Strength in stocks today is limiting gains in T-note prices. Also, supply pressures are weighing on T-notes as the Treasury will auction $39 billion of 10-year T-notes later today as part of this week's $119 billion slate of T-note and T-bond auctions.
Concerns about Fed independence are negatively impacting T-note prices due to President Trump's attempt to fire Fed Governor Cook and Stephen Miran's intention to hold a Fed Governor position while remaining technically in his White House role on the Council of Economic Advisors.
European government bond yields today are mixed. The 10-year German bund yield fell to a 1-month low of 2.631% and is down -0.5 bp to 2.655%. The 10-year UK gilt yield is up +0.7 bp to 4.630%.
Swaps are discounting no chance for a -25 bp rate cut by the ECB at Thursday's policy meeting.
US Stock Movers
Oracle (ORCL) is up more than +37% to lead gainers in the S&P 500 after giving a robust forecast for its cloud-infrastructure business, a sign of strong AI-related demand. After fiscal year 2026, the company sees cloud infrastructure revenue in the subsequent four years of $32 billion, $73 billion, $114 billion, and $114 billion.
Stocks tied to AI computing infrastructure are rallying after Oracle forecasted faster-than-expected revenue growth in its cloud infrastructure unit. CoreWeave (CRWV) is up more than +16% and Broadcom (AVGO) is up more than +6%, leading gainers in the Nasdaq 100. Also, Nvidia (NVDA) is up more than +3% to lead gainers in the Dow Jones industrials, and Arista Networks (ANET) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are up more than +3%.
Strength in chip makers is a positive factor for the broader market. ARM Holdings Plc (ARM) and Micron Technology (MU) are up more than +3%. Also, On Semiconductor (ON), Intel (INTC), Microchip Technology (MCHP), and Marvell Technology (MRVL) are up more than +1%.
Today's rally in AI-infrastructure stocks is also boosting power-producing stocks, as the increase in AI usage will require more power. Vertiv Holdings (VRT) is up more than +9%, and Vistra Corp (VST) and Constellation Energy (CEG) are up more than +5%. Also, GE Vernova (GEV) and Talen Energy (TLN) are up more than +4%.
Travere Therapeutics (TVTX) is up more than +23% after the FDA informed the company that an advisory committee is no longer needed for its supplemental drug application for the treatment of a rare kidney disorder.
GameStop (GME) is up more than +5% after reporting Q2 hardware and accessories net sales of $592.1 million, well above the consensus of $434.8 million.
Bill Holdings (BILL) is up more than +5% after the Financial Times reported that Elliot Management has built a large stake in the company.
Synopsys (SNPS) is down more than -33% to lead losers in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 after forecasting full-year adjusted EPS of $12.76-$12.80, well below the consensus of $15.11.
Chewy (CHWY) is down more than -12% despite reporting better-than-expected Q2 results, with analysts citing disappointment that the results weren't even better.
Humana (HUM) is down more than -4%, adding to Tuesday's -12% plunge, after a post on LinkedIn, cited by analysts at Leerink Partners, stated that changes in the thresholds for Medicare quality ratings that pay bonuses to health plans are harder to get. Humana receives most of its revenue from selling private Medicare Advantage plans.
Trade Desk Inc (TTD) is down more than -3% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to equal weight from overweight.
HP Inc (HPQ) is down more than -2% after Evercore ISI downgraded the stock to in line from outperform.
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Stocks Supported as US Producer Prices Ease and Bond Yields Fall

Cisco Systems CSCO shares are trading at a premium, as suggested by the Value Score of D.
In terms of the forward 12-month price/sales, CSCO is trading at a premium of 4.45X, higher than the Zacks Computer Networks industry’s 4.16X. However, Cisco shares are trading at a discount compared with Arista Networks ANET and Broadcom AVGO. In terms of the forward 12-month P/S, Arista Networks and Broadcom shares are trading at 18.19X and 21.43X, respectively.
CSCO Stock’s Valuation
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Meanwhile, year to date (YTD), CSCO shares have appreciated 13.8%, underperforming the Zacks Computer & Technology sector, as well as close peers Broadcom and Arista Networks. While the broader sector has appreciated 15.9%, shares of Broadcom and Arista Networks have appreciated 46.1% and 28.4%, respectively, over the same time frame.
CSCO shares have dropped 4.4% since the fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 results were reported on Aug. 13. The drop can be attributed to apparently slowing momentum in networking revenues, which grew 12% year over year to $7.63 billion, in the reported quarter.
CSCO Stock’s Performance
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However, growing AI Infrastructure orders from webscale customers is expected to boost CSCO’s prospects. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, AI Infrastructure orders from webscale customers exceeded $800 million, bringing the total revenues to $2 billion in fiscal 2025, double the management’s original expectation. Product orders from service providers and cloud customers jumped 49% year over year in the reported quarter. This was driven by triple-digit order growth in webscale customers, with orders from each of the four out of the top six webscale customers growing in the triple digits.
However, does expanding clientele and AI order growth improve CSCO’s appeal to investors? Let’s find out.
Expanding Portfolio to Boost Cisco’s Prospects
Cisco’s aggressive AI push and growing security dominance have been major growth drivers. Rapid acceleration in the capacity requirements of the network due to unprecedented levels of network traffic and an ever-evolving threat landscape bodes well for Cisco’s prospects. The AI opportunity further gets a boost from Cisco’s partnership with NVIDIA NVDA.
Cisco’s expanded partnership with NVIDIA, under which the companies plan to offer solutions that help build AI-ready data center networks, is a game-changer. Integration of Cisco Nexus switches with NVIDIA’s Spectrum-X architecture is offering low-latency, high-speed networking for AI clusters, driving enterprise AI orders. The Cisco Secure AI factory with NVIDIA provides a trusted blueprint for building secure AI-ready data centers for enterprises, sovereign cloud providers and newly emerging Neocloud providers.
Networking product orders grew double digits (for the fourth consecutive quarter) in the fiscal fourth quarter, driven by webscale infrastructure, switching, enterprise routing, industrial IoT and servers. Silicon One powered smart switches are very much in demand. Orders for the industrial IoT portfolio, comprised of ruggedized catalyst products, grew double digits (for the fifth consecutive quarter). Cisco expects momentum to continue in fiscal 2026 as more and more strategic infrastructure and manufacturing come onshore to the United States.
Cisco’s security business is benefiting from strong demand for both Cisco Secure Access, Hypershield and XDR. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, orders grew mid-single-digit. Splunk and Cisco synergies reported 14% year-over-year growth in new logos for Splunk. Secure Access, XDR, Hypershield and AI Defense added 750 new customers collectively in the reported quarter.
CSCO Offers Positive 2026 Guidance
For fiscal 2026, CSCO expects revenues to be $59-$60 billion compared with $56.7 billion reported in fiscal 2025. Non-GAAP earnings are expected between $4 per share and $4.06 per share compared with $3.81 per share reported in fiscal 2025.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CSCO’s fiscal 2026 revenues is pegged at $56.58 billion, indicating growth of 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. The consensus mark for CSCO’s fiscal 2026 earnings is currently pegged at $4.04 per share, up three cents over the past 30 days, indicating year-over-year growth of 6%.
Cisco Systems, Inc. Price and Consensus
Here’s Why CSCO Stock is a Hold Right Now
An expanding portfolio makes Cisco well-positioned for sustained growth in an evolving tech landscape. AI push is noteworthy, along with a growing footprint in the security space. These trends bode well for CSCO’s long-term prospects.
However, a stretched valuation is a headwind. A challenging macroeconomic condition due to tariffs, as well as stiff competition in the networking and security domain, is expected to hurt Cisco’s prospects in the near term.
CSCO currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), suggesting that it may be wise for investors to wait for a better point to start accumulating the stock. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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Is Cisco Stock's 4.42X PS Still Worth it? Buy, Sell, or Hold?

In trading on Wednesday, the First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Oracle, up about 42.9% and shares of Broadcom, up about 10.2% on the day.
And underperforming other ETFs today is the VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF, down about 4.2% in Wednesday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Wednesday were shares of Sigma Lithium, lower by about 3.2%, and shares of MP Materials, lower by about 2.1% on the day.
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Wednesday's ETF Movers: TDIV, REMX

In early trading on Wednesday, shares of Broadcom topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 6.9%. Year to date, Broadcom registers a 55.3% gain.
And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus far on the day is Synopsys, trading down 33.6%. Synopsys is lower by about 17.3% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Cadence Design Systems, trading down 8.7%, and Constellation Energy, trading up 5.3% on the day.
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Nasdaq 100 Movers: SNPS, AVGO

In early trading on Wednesday, shares of Oracle topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 35.4%. Year to date, Oracle registers a 96.2% gain.
And the worst performing S&P 500 component thus far on the day is Synopsys, trading down 33.6%. Synopsys is lower by about 17.3% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Cadence Design Systems, trading down 8.7%, and Broadcom, trading up 6.9% on the day.
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S&P 500 Movers: SNPS, ORCL

Key Points
AI stocks span from speculative microcaps to established megacaps across the $286 billion AI data center chip market opportunity.
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Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV) develops AI-powered sidewalk delivery robots designed for the last mile. The company is rolling out fleets through partnerships with businesses such as Uber Eats and is targeting thousands of units on city streets by the end of 2025. Still early stage and unprofitable, Serve offers investors highly speculative exposure to autonomous robotics as labor costs rise and demand for automated delivery grows.
2. Powering the AI energy crisis
Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) is developing compact, fast nuclear microreactors--known as Aurora--to deliver clean, round-the-clock power to AI data centers and remote or high-demand facilities. In March, Oklo boosted the Aurora capacity to 75 MW to better align with large-scale AI energy needs. In July, it partnered with Vertiv to co-design integrated power and cooling solutions for future deployments. Commercial operation is targeted for late 2027 to early 2028, though widespread scale-up remains a few years away.
3. The photonic computing wildcard
Poet Technologies (NASDAQ: POET) develops photonic chips that could dramatically reduce AI processing power requirements. This is an early-stage investment with high technological risk. Optical computing promises to solve AI bottlenecks, but commercialization remains unproven.
4. The custom chip kingmaker
Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is emerging as the custom chip kingmaker, supplying application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) designed to handle AI workloads more efficiently than general purpose graphics processing units (GPUs). In its fiscal third-quarter 2025 results, Broadcom reported AI revenue up 63% year over year to $5.2 billion, alongside a $10 billion custom chip order widely believed to come from OpenAI. As hyperscalers seek alternatives to Nvidia, Broadcom's tailored silicon is becoming a preferred option for scaling AI infrastructure.
5. The efficiency enabler
Navitas Semiconductor (NASDAQ: NVTS) makes gallium nitride chips delivering three-times better power efficiency for data centers -- critical as AI facilities approach city-sized energy consumption. With each new cluster consuming megawatts, Navitas's power management solutions are essential for sustainable AI scaling.
6. The GPU cloud disruptor
CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) is a specialized cloud provider built for GPU-intensive AI workloads. In March 2025, it struck a five-year agreement worth up to $11.9 billion to supply infrastructure to OpenAI, followed by a $4 billion expansion announced in May. Alongside its acquisition of Weights & Biases, these moves cement CoreWeave's role as a lower-cost alternative to the hyperscalers for companies scaling AI.
7. The data backbone
Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) is positioning itself as the AI Data Cloud, helping enterprises unlock siloed data for training and inference. Its Arctic LLM and Cortex AI tools strengthen its role in enterprise AI, but the challenge will be proving it can turn rapid product rollouts into durable revenue growth.
8. The enterprise AI accelerator
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) is gaining traction with its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), which helps enterprises deploy AI through hands-on boot camps that drive rapid adoption. U.S. commercial revenue grew by a staggering 93% year over year in the most recent quarter, showing momentum beyond government contracts, though the stock trades at a premium valuation that already reflects high expectations.
9. The chip manufacturing monopoly
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) is the world's dominant chip foundry, producing nearly every cutting-edge AI processor from Nvidia, AMD, and Apple. Its 3-nanometer (NM) process gives it about a two-year lead over rivals, ensuring pricing power as AI demand soars, though geopolitical risk around Taiwan remains an overhang.
10. The ultimate bottleneck
ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML) owns the only extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines capable of manufacturing cutting-edge AI chips. With each machine costing $380 million and multiyear wait times, ASML controls the AI industry's most critical chokepoint.
Size your positions accordingly
This list spans from speculative microcaps to blue chip giants. Investors should size positions according to risk tolerance and growth goals. Established players like TSM and ASML provide stability, while names such as Serve and Poet offer lottery-ticket upside.
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Key Points
Broadcom is benefiting from the surging demand for custom accelerators and Ethernet networking in the data center market.
Meta's massive investments in AI infrastructure and expanding app ecosystem make it an attractive AI pick in 2025.
The global artificial intelligence (AI) market is estimated to grow from $279 billion in 2024 to surpass $1.8 trillion by 2030. Semiconductor players have been aggressively supplying advanced chips to build AI infrastructure, while many consumer companies are creating broad AI platforms.
Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) exemplify these two sides of the AI story -- one powering the infrastructure with custom chips and networking, and the other deploying AI at scale across billions of users.
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1. Broadcom
Broadcom has emerged as a key player in AI infrastructure, with a diversified portfolio of custom AI accelerators, advanced networking solutions, and enterprise software. The company serves several hyperscale customers and large AI model developers, providing them with the custom AI chips and networking technologies required to build large-scale AI clusters.
The numbers highlight the success of Broadcom's business model. In the third quarter of fiscal 2025 (ended Aug. 3), Broadcom reported revenue of $16 billion, up 22% on a year-over-year basis. AI semiconductor sales rose 63% year over year to $5.2 billion.
A major driver of this growth is the company's expanding custom accelerator or XPU business, as hyperscalers have been increasingly opting for custom AI silicon to improve performance and optimize costs. Demand from its existing three hyperscale customers continues to soar. Broadcom expects each of these three customers to deploy 1 million AI clusters by 2027, with a significant portion of these AI clusters involving custom accelerators.
Broadcom has also secured more than $10 billion in AI rack orders from a fourth hyperscaler customer, most likely OpenAI, and expects to commence shipping in 2026.
Networking has also become a significant catalyst for growth. As hyperscalers build massive AI clusters, they are increasingly facing challenges with speed, latency, and power efficiency. Broadcom's Ethernet switches and fabric routers are designed to address these bottlenecks, enabling efficient connection and network congestion management within data centers, as well as across data centers located on multiple sites.
By leveraging open Ethernet standards, Broadcom's Tomahawk switches and Jericho fabric routers provide higher flexibility at lower costs compared to proprietary networking solutions. Hence, Broadcom is well positioned to capture an even larger share of the AI networking market.
The company's enterprise software segment is also gaining momentum. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, launched this year, enables enterprises to run AI and other workloads securely on private or hybrid cloud environments at lower costs. Software revenue grew 17% year over year to $6.8 billion in the third quarter.
Broadcom's stock is not inexpensive, trading at approximately 36 times forward earnings. However, the valuation seems justified considering the company's leadership in custom AI compute, networking, and enterprise software. With a solid backlog of $110 billion and an expanding customer base, Broadcom looks well positioned as a long-term AI growth story.
2. Meta Platforms
Meta Platforms is no longer just a social media company or a digital advertising giant. By combining an unmatched user base with massive AI investment, the company has rapidly transformed itself into a global AI powerhouse.
In the second quarter of fiscal 2025 (ended June 30), Meta's revenue climbed 22% year over year to $47.5 billion, while net income was a solid $18.3 billion. Operating margin expanded to 43%, and free cash flow reached $8.5 billion. The company returned nearly $11.1 billion through buybacks and dividends, while still ending the quarter with $47.1 billion in cash and $28.8 billion in debt.
Meta is aggressively leveraging advanced AI technologies to enhance content recommendations, user engagement, ad targeting, and ad monetization across its platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads.
The company's AI-powered Andromeda ad retrieval models, generative ads recommendation system (GEM), and Lattice ad ranking models have helped boost ad conversion rates on Facebook and Instagram. Instagram Threads is also rapidly gaining traction, with more than 350 million monthly active users as of the end of the first quarter. Threads will soon become a solid monetization avenue for the company in the coming quarters.
Another significant competitive advantage is Meta's open-source Llama ecosystem. Llama models are now used widely by developers, who are often key decision-makers in enterprise technology adoption.
Meta has also planned to spend $66 billion to $72 billion in fiscal 2025 to expand its generative AI capacity by investing in servers, networking, and data centers. The company plans to increase capital investments in AI data center capacity even more in 2026. These investments in AI infrastructure capacity are expected to prove highly lucrative, as the company begins to increasingly utilize in-house AI capabilities at scale to enhance its core businesses.
Despite the many pros, Meta faces significant risks. The company's digital advertising business is highly exposed to the overall state of the economy. The company also faces competitive pressures, while high AI-related capital expenditures can prove to be a drag on its profitability in the short term. But it is undeniable that the long-term prospects of scaling its AI infrastructure and Llama ecosystem remain attractive.
Meta trades at nearly 28.5 times forward earnings, which is not a cheap valuation. However, with strong financials, a growing moat built around its app ecosystem and AI infrastructure, and a commitment to returning significant value to shareholders, the stock appears to be a worthwhile buy now.
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