Broadcom (AVGO) Return on Sales [ROS] (2017 - 2026)
Broadcom (AVGO) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of 53.92% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Aug 2, 2026), up 17.01 percentage points from 36.90% a year earlier and up 5.30 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Broadcom (AVGO) Return on Sales [ROS] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 2, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Broadcom was 48.05%, up 10.33 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Nov 2, 2025), it came in at 39.89%, up 13.78 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +23.09 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Broadcom's Return on Sales [ROS] was 26.10% in FY2024 (-19.14 pp), 45.25% in FY2023 (+2.40 pp), 42.84% in FY2022 (+11.81 pp) and 31.03% in FY2021 (+14.23 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to fiscal Q1 2017.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +9.10 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2025, with a gain of 24.55 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2024, with a drop of 28.61 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 48.62% (Q2 2026), 44.34% (Q1 2026) and 41.68% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 5,638.19 Bn | 5,412.36 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 66.24% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 2,452.80 Bn | 2,078.51 Bn | 27.22 Bn | 60.34% |
| 3 | Broadcom | 1,695.44 Bn | 1,621.48 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 53.92% |
| 4 | Micron Technology | 1,213.55 Bn | 1,152.31 Bn | 35.06 Bn | 80.37% |
| 5 | Advanced Micro Devices | 1,034.54 Bn | 991.29 Bn | 6.20 Bn | 17.25% |
| 6 | Asml Holding | 719.69 Bn | 675.53 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intel | 601.78 Bn | 486.52 Bn | 6.51 Bn | 11.14% |
| 8 | Lam Research | 434.81 Bn | 411.60 Bn | 3.48 Bn | 37.39% |
| 9 | Applied Materials | 428.57 Bn | 394.02 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 33.74% |
| 10 | Arm Holdings | 326.25 Bn | 311.96 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 7.06% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | 53.92% |
| May 3, 2026 | 48.62% |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 44.34% |
| Nov 2, 2025 | 41.68% |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 36.90% |
| May 4, 2025 | 38.85% |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 41.97% |
| Nov 3, 2024 | 32.92% |
| Aug 4, 2024 | 28.98% |
| May 5, 2024 | 23.74% |
| Feb 4, 2024 | 17.41% |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 45.62% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 43.44% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 45.89% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 46.02% |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 44.64% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 44.15% |
| May 1, 2022 | 41.89% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 40.33% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 34.85% |
Broadcom Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AVGO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "AVGO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AVGO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();