Debt-to-Equity Ratio

Broadcom’s debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74x means that for every dollar of shareholder equity, the company has 74 cents of debt — a measure of financial leverage that shows how much the firm relies on borrowing versus its own funds.

This is well above the sector median of 0.27x, placing Broadcom in the 73rd percentile among technology peers, meaning roughly three-quarters of comparable companies have lower debt relative to equity. However, trend data are not available: the year-over-year change is listed as N/A, the quarter-over-quarter change is N/A, and there are no historical values or directional information for the last eight quarters. Without a trend, the current elevated level alone suggests above-average financial risk compared to the sector, but the lack of directional context makes it impossible to tell if leverage is increasing or being paid down. This metric neither contradicts nor strongly supports the NEUTRAL verdict — the high debt ratio is a risk factor, but the absence of a trend leaves an open question about whether Broadcom is actively managing that leverage.

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