AVGO vs OTEX vs CRDO Stock Comparison

Broadcom, Open Text and Credo Technology Group Holding Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AVGO Broadcom Inc.
$321.68 -9.4% 1M -6.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.57T
P/E
41.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$89.10B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
5 wins
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.95 +21.1% 1M -28.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.88B
P/E
10.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Broadcom leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Broadcom 5, Open Text 3, Credo Technology Group Holding 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAVGOOTEXCRDOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.57T $6.88B $28.14B AVGO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 41.0x 10.7x 52.3x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.2x 6.9x 24.3x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +48.7% +1.5% +165.1% CRDO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 42.9% 12.3% 33.8% AVGO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 26.0% 8.1% — AVGO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 2.8x — AVGO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.6% -28.4% -2.4% CRDO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +44.3%/yr -11.1%/yr — AVGO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.3% 38.7% 96.4% OTEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 57/100 66/100 CRDO

Percentile Scorecard

AVGOOTEXCRDO

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

AxisAVGOOTEXCRDO
Valuation 43 #55 of 95 83 #6 of 30 40 #57 of 95
Growth 92 #8 of 93 42 #16 of 27 99 #2 of 93
Profitability 93 #7 of 91 68 #9 of 26 83 #16 of 91
Financial Health 33 #69 of 102 13 #28 of 32 89 #12 of 102
Shareholder Returns 57 #33 of 76 81 #4 of 17 17 #63 of 76
Overall 64 57 66
  • AVGO ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • OTEX ranked among 33 companies in Workplace Software
  • CRDO ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAVGOOTEXCRDOSPY
1 month -9.4%+21.1%-24.0% -1.0%
3 months -15.8%+24.9%-30.9% +2.9%
6 months -23.9%+24.7%-24.5% +6.4%
Year to date -7.1%-14.2%+2.4% +11.4%
1 year -6.6%-28.4%-2.4% +13.1%
3 years +265.1%-16.3%+911.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +54.0%-5.8%+116.4% +21.5%
5 years +524.1%-44.4%— +67.7%
5 years, per year +44.3%-11.1%— +10.9%
10 years +1,760.5%-13.1%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +34.0%-1.4%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAVGOOTEXCRDOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.3%38.7%96.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.6%40.4%96.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.160.833.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.14-0.73-0.03 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.5%-61.7%-62.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.2%-29.6%-51.3% -2.5%
52-week high $481.57$39.69$302.52 $779.14
52-week low $293.41$20.01$87.81 $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.

MultipleAVGOOTEXCRDO
P/E now vs peer median 40.1xmedian 41.5x 10.8xmedian 32.3x 50.9xmedian 41.5x
P/S now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 6.9x 1.3xmedian 2.4x 17.4xmedian 6.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 30.3xmedian 27.3x 6.8xmedian 11.5x 48.5xmedian 27.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 39.0xmedian 35.6x 8.4xmedian 14.2x 63.1xmedian 35.6x
P/B now vs peer median 15.4xmedian 4.2x 1.7xmedian 2.7x 10.1xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.18median 2.31 0.16median 0.77 0.33median 2.31

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 monthsAVGOOTEXCRDO
Revenue $89.10B $5.25B $1.59B
Gross profit $61.28B $3.87B $1.07B
Operating income $42.81B $1.08B $504.96M
Net income $38.27B $643.26M $538.31M
Free cash flow $39.40B $807.52M $438.60M
R&D $11.84B $647.71M $341.46M
EPS (diluted) $7.83 $2.58 $2.77
Cash & equivalents $23.98B $956.02M $466.87M
Total debt $59.42B $5.77B –
Shares (diluted) 4.89B 249.37M 194.38M
Enterprise value $1.50T $2.32B $23.81B

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
MetricAVGOOTEXCRDO
P/E 40.1x 10.8x 50.9x
P/FCF 39.0x 8.4x 63.1x
P/Operating cash flow 37.8x 6.7x 55.3x
P/S 17.2x 1.3x 17.4x
P/B 15.4x 1.7x 10.1x
P/Tangible book 20.9x 2.7x 11.8x
EV/EBITDA 30.3x 6.8x 48.5x
EV/EBIT 36.7x 10.7x 53.3x
EV/Revenue 17.6x 2.2x 16.9x
EV/FCF 39.9x 14.3x 61.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 38.6x 11.5x 53.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.18 0.16 0.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAVGOOTEXCRDO
Revenue growth (1Y) 48.7% 1.5% 165.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 36.0% 5.4% 109.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 53.0% 3.6% 169.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 36.3% 6.9% 120.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 89.4% 21.3% 349.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 39.0% 28.0% 153.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 102.1% 47.5% 330.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 40.1% 62.3% 176.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 101.0% 56.0% 308.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 34.1% 66.8% 155.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 59.8% 21.2% 295.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.6% 8.9% 244.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 58.1% 17.5% 369.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.4% 7.2% 263.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAVGOOTEXCRDO
Gross margin 68.8% 73.7% 67.1%
EBITDA margin 58.2% 32.6% 34.8%
Operating margin 48.0% 20.6% 31.7%
Pretax margin 45.4% 16.4% 33.9%
Net margin 42.9% 12.3% 33.8%
FCF margin 44.2% 15.4% 27.6%
Operating cash flow margin 45.6% 19.2% 31.4%
Return on equity 40.8% 16.1% 22.5%
Return on assets 20.8% 4.9% 20.3%
Return on invested capital 26.0% 8.1% –
Return on capital employed 26.3% 10.2% 20.6%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.6x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 9.5% 1.5% 14.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAVGOOTEXCRDO
Debt / assets 31.6% 44.0% –
Debt / equity 0.6x 1.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 2.8x –
Debt / FCF 1.5x 7.1x –
Liabilities / assets 47.0% 69.4% 9.4%
Equity / assets 53.0% 30.6% 90.6%
Interest coverage 13.7x – –
Current ratio 2.5x 0.8x 7.4x
Quick ratio 2.2x 0.7x 5.3x
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.4x 3.9x
Altman Z-score 12.01 1.29 60.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAVGOOTEXCRDO
Dividend yield 0.8% 4.0% –
Net buyback yield 0.5% 6.1% -2.7%
Shareholder yield 1.4% 10.1% -2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusAVGOOTEXCRDO
Forward P/E 29.2xFY2026 6.9xFY2027 24.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.01FY2026 $4.05FY2027 $6.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +61.4%FY2026 -7.1%FY2027 +75.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +68.1% -0.2% +62.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $101.99BFY2026 $4.96BFY2027 $2.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +59.6%FY2026 -4.2%FY2027 +81.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +61.0% +1.2% +47.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAVGOOTEXCRDO
Held by institutions 78.1% 81.5% 71.0%
Institutions holding 4,796 270 974
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% +6.5% -3.4%
Institutions buying 2,635 159 640
Institutions selling 1,842 82 275
Buyers to sellers 1.43 1.94 2.33

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.

AVGOOTEXCRDO
AVGO 1.00 0.06 0.51
OTEX 0.06 1.00 -0.02
CRDO 0.51 -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AVGO, OTEX and CRDO?

Broadcom (AVGO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Broadcom (AVGO) $1.57T, Open Text (OTEX) $6.88B, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) $28.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, AVGO, OTEX and CRDO?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Broadcom (AVGO) 41.0x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.7x, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 52.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Broadcom (AVGO) 29.2x, Open Text (OTEX) 6.9x, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 24.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Broadcom (AVGO) +48.7%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) +165.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Broadcom (AVGO) has the highest net margin (Broadcom (AVGO) 42.9%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 33.8%). On return on invested capital, Broadcom (AVGO) leads (Broadcom (AVGO) 26.0%, Open Text (OTEX) 8.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) returned the most: Broadcom (AVGO) -6.6%, Open Text (OTEX) -28.4%, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) -2.4%. Over five years, Broadcom (AVGO) compounded fastest (Broadcom (AVGO) +44.3%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Open Text (OTEX) has been the steadiest (Broadcom (AVGO) 46.3%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.7%, Credo Technology Group Holding (CRDO) 96.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AVGO, OTEX and CRDO?

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 5. 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.