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Broadcom (AVGO) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2026)

Broadcom posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $4.6 billion for Q1 2026, up 18.25% year-on-year from $3.9 billion in Q1 2025, and down 3.1% on a QoQ basis from $4.7 billion in Q4 2025.

Broadcom (AVGO) has 10 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $4.6 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 18.25% year-over-year to $4.6 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at $18.5 billion (up 4.99% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $17.8 billion, down 6.49% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $4.6 billion, down from $4.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $5.3 billion in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $1.9 billion in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $3.9 billion (2025), against an average of $3.4 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Expenses jumped 178.38%; it then dropped 26.59% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.9 billion in 2022, then increased by 11.7% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then surged by 101.89% to $4.4 billion in 2024, then increased by 8.37% to $4.7 billion in 2025, then retreated by 3.1% to $4.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $4.6 billion (Q1 2026), $4.7 billion (Q4 2025), and $4.8 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Nvidia 5,449.54 Bn 5,406.06 Bn 61.16 Bn 7.62 Bn
2 Broadcom 2,169.43 Bn 2,155.26 Bn 13.16 Bn 4.59 Bn
3 Micron Technology 1,165.12 Bn 1,150.53 Bn 17.76 Bn 1.59 Bn
4 Advanced Micro Devices 831.96 Bn 819.61 Bn 5.42 Bn 3.94 Bn
5 Intel 549.93 Bn 530.74 Bn 5.35 Bn 8.48 Bn
6 Texas Instruments 266.58 Bn 261.48 Bn 2.80 Bn 991.00 Mn
7 Qualcomm 243.81 Bn 234.01 Bn 4.16 Bn 8.29 Bn
8 Analog Devices 196.60 Bn 193.16 Bn 2.44 Bn 1.06 Bn
9 Marvell Technology 188.85 Bn 188.78 Bn 1.26 Bn 921.40 Mn
10 NXP Semiconductors 78.76 Bn 75.40 Bn 1.79 Bn 904.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Feb 1, 2026 4.59 Bn
Nov 2, 2025 4.74 Bn
Aug 3, 2025 4.82 Bn
May 4, 2025 4.37 Bn
Feb 2, 2025 3.89 Bn
Nov 3, 2024 4.38 Bn
Aug 4, 2024 4.57 Bn
May 5, 2024 4.81 Bn
Feb 4, 2024 5.29 Bn
Oct 29, 2023 2.17 Bn
Jul 30, 2023 2.31 Bn
Apr 30, 2023 2.11 Bn
Jan 29, 2023 1.90 Bn
Oct 30, 2022 1.94 Bn
Jul 31, 2022 1.94 Bn
May 1, 2022 2.05 Bn
Jan 30, 2022 1.94 Bn
Oct 31, 2021 2.06 Bn
Aug 1, 2021 2.07 Bn
May 2, 2021 2.08 Bn
Jan 31, 2021 2.12 Bn
Nov 1, 2020 2.22 Bn
Aug 2, 2020 2.31 Bn
May 3, 2020 2.42 Bn
Feb 2, 2020 2.55 Bn
Nov 3, 2019 2.10 Bn
Aug 4, 2019 2.17 Bn
May 5, 2019 2.12 Bn
Feb 3, 2019 2.65 Bn
Nov 4, 2018 1.28 Bn
Aug 5, 2018 1.28 Bn
May 6, 2018 1.35 Bn
Feb 4, 2018 1.69 Bn
Oct 29, 2017 1.64 Bn
Jul 30, 2017 1.50 Bn
Apr 30, 2017 1.50 Bn