AMBA vs QCOM vs AVGO Stock Comparison

Ambarella, Qualcomm and Broadcom Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AMBA Ambarella Inc
$66.82 -8.1% 1M -22.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.95B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$417.80M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
QCOM Qualcomm Inc/De
$179.60 -11.1% 1M +6.3% 1Y
Market cap
$192.37B
P/E
20.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.07B
Div. yield
0.02%
Semiconductor Design Technology
4 wins
AVGO Broadcom Inc.
$329.17 -6.7% 1M -7.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.63T
P/E
42.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$89.10B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Broadcom leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Broadcom 7, Qualcomm 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMBAQCOMAVGOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.95B $192.37B $1.63T AVGO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -52.3x 20.8x 42.6x QCOM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 86.8x 16.6x 29.9x QCOM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.0% +1.9% +48.7% AVGO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -13.5% 21.0% 42.9% AVGO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 20.5% 26.0% AVGO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.4x 0.7x QCOM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.0% +6.3% -7.0% QCOM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -18.1%/yr +6.5%/yr +44.5%/yr AVGO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.6% 53.1% 46.3% AVGO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 62/100 64/100 AVGO

Percentile Scorecard

AMBAQCOMAVGO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMBAQCOMAVGO
Valuation 31 #66 of 95 80 #20 of 95 44 #54 of 95
Growth 55 #42 of 93 34 #62 of 93 92 #8 of 93
Profitability 26 #68 of 91 87 #13 of 91 93 #7 of 91
Financial Health 59 #42 of 101 28 #73 of 101 35 #66 of 101
Shareholder Returns 31 #52 of 75 80 #16 of 75 57 #33 of 75
Overall 40 62 64
  • AMBA ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • QCOM ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • AVGO ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMBAQCOMAVGOSPY
1 month -8.1%-11.1%-6.7% -0.8%
3 months -2.1%+5.6%-14.1% +3.5%
6 months +3.0%+19.5%-21.3% +7.0%
Year to date -5.7%+5.0%-4.9% +12.2%
1 year -22.0%+6.3%-7.0% +13.0%
3 years +42.8%+68.7%+292.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +12.6%+19.1%+57.8% +23.1%
5 years -63.2%+36.9%+529.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year -18.1%+6.5%+44.5% +11.0%
10 years +6.9%+163.3%+1,802.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +0.7%+10.2%+34.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAMBAQCOMAVGOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.6%53.1%46.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.6%52.5%48.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.612.072.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.290.12-0.15 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.7%-45.6%-41.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.0%-28.5%-31.6% -1.8%
52-week high $95.51$251.02$481.57 $779.14
52-week low $48.65$124.07$293.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMBAQCOMAVGO
P/E now vs peer median -52.2xmedian 42.1x 20.5xmedian 42.1x 41.0xmedian 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 7.1x 4.3xmedian 7.1x 17.6xmedian 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -72.0xmedian 27.5x 16.5xmedian 27.5x 31.0xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 303.4xmedian 37.2x 18.2xmedian 37.2x 39.9xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 4.2x 6.9xmedian 4.2x 15.8xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median -2.66median 2.23 4.93median 2.23 1.20median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMBAQCOMAVGO
Revenue $417.80M $44.07B $89.10B
Gross profit $244.50M $23.90B $61.28B
Operating income -$62.24M $10.22B $42.81B
Net income -$56.32M $9.26B $38.27B
Free cash flow $9.72M $10.42B $39.40B
R&D $228.69M $9.89B $11.84B
EPS (diluted) $-1.28 $8.66 $7.83
Cash & equivalents $101.85M $4.53B $23.98B
Total debt – $12.78B $59.42B
Shares (diluted) 44.01M 1.07B 4.89B
Enterprise value $1.79B $152.29B $1.56T

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMBAQCOMAVGO
P/E -52.2x 20.5x 41.0x
P/FCF 303.4x 18.2x 39.9x
P/Operating cash flow 107.9x 15.3x 38.7x
P/S 7.1x 4.3x 17.6x
P/B 4.8x 6.9x 15.8x
P/Tangible book 5.2x 7.3x 21.4x
EV/EBITDA -72.0x 16.5x 31.0x
EV/EBIT -43.0x 19.0x 37.5x
EV/Revenue 6.4x 4.4x 18.0x
EV/FCF 275.4x 18.7x 40.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 98.0x 15.7x 39.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.66 4.93 1.20

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMBAQCOMAVGO
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.0% 1.9% 48.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 4.5% 36.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.4% -0.8% 53.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 3.2% 36.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 36.9% -15.0% 89.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.4% 0.6% 39.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 36.4% -20.0% 102.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 2.4% 40.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 38.6% -17.8% 101.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.6% 4.2% 34.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -47.8% -2.1% 59.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 12.7% 31.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -73.7% -10.4% 58.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.8% 14.9% 31.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMBAQCOMAVGO
Gross margin 58.5% 54.2% 68.8%
EBITDA margin -8.9% 26.8% 58.2%
Operating margin -14.9% 23.2% 48.0%
Pretax margin -12.9% 25.4% 45.4%
Net margin -13.5% 21.0% 42.9%
FCF margin 2.3% 23.6% 44.2%
Operating cash flow margin 6.5% 28.1% 45.6%
Return on equity -9.2% 33.7% 40.8%
Return on assets -7.2% 16.2% 20.8%
Return on invested capital – 20.5% 26.0%
Return on capital employed -9.6% 22.3% 26.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x 1.3x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 21.9% 7.4% 9.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMBAQCOMAVGO
Debt / assets – 22.3% 31.6%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.4x 0.7x
Debt / FCF – 1.2x 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 20.5% 51.8% 47.0%
Equity / assets 79.5% 48.2% 53.0%
Interest coverage – 14.8x 13.7x
Current ratio 2.8x 2.0x 2.5x
Quick ratio 2.2x 1.1x 2.2x
Cash ratio 2.0x 0.7x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 11.10 6.10 12.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMBAQCOMAVGO
Dividend yield – 2.0% 0.8%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 4.6% 0.5%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 6.7% 1.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 36.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMBAQCOMAVGO
Forward P/E 86.8xFY2026 16.6xFY2026 29.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.77FY2026 $10.79FY2026 $11.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.2%FY2026 -10.3%FY2026 +61.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +40.3% -3.0% +68.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $454.23MFY2026 $45.55BFY2026 $102.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.3%FY2026 +3.2%FY2026 +59.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.4% -5.0% +61.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMBAQCOMAVGO
Held by institutions 81.7% 79.7% 78.1%
Institutions holding 337 3,029 4,796
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% +2.8% +3.7%
Institutions buying 203 1,416 2,635
Institutions selling 89 1,332 1,842
Buyers to sellers 2.28 1.06 1.43

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMBAQCOMAVGO
AMBA 1.00 0.36 0.34
QCOM 0.36 1.00 0.33
AVGO 0.34 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMBA, QCOM and AVGO?

Broadcom (AVGO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ambarella (AMBA) $2.95B, Qualcomm (QCOM) $192.37B, Broadcom (AVGO) $1.63T.

Which stock is cheaper, AMBA, QCOM and AVGO?

Qualcomm (QCOM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ambarella (AMBA) -52.3x, Qualcomm (QCOM) 20.8x, Broadcom (AVGO) 42.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Qualcomm (QCOM) is cheapest (Ambarella (AMBA) 86.8x, Qualcomm (QCOM) 16.6x, Broadcom (AVGO) 29.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Broadcom (AVGO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ambarella (AMBA) +20.0%, Qualcomm (QCOM) +1.9%, Broadcom (AVGO) +48.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Broadcom (AVGO) has the highest net margin (Ambarella (AMBA) -13.5%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 21.0%, Broadcom (AVGO) 42.9%). On return on invested capital, Broadcom (AVGO) leads (Qualcomm (QCOM) 20.5%, Broadcom (AVGO) 26.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Qualcomm (QCOM) returned the most: Ambarella (AMBA) -22.0%, Qualcomm (QCOM) +6.3%, Broadcom (AVGO) -7.0%. Over five years, Broadcom (AVGO) compounded fastest (Ambarella (AMBA) -18.1%/yr, Qualcomm (QCOM) +6.5%/yr, Broadcom (AVGO) +44.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ambarella (AMBA) 0.00%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 0.02%, Broadcom (AVGO) 0.00%. Ambarella (AMBA) and Broadcom (AVGO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Broadcom (AVGO) has been the steadiest (Ambarella (AMBA) 74.6%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 53.1%, Broadcom (AVGO) 46.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMBA, QCOM and AVGO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Broadcom (AVGO) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.