Broadcomvs.Seagate
AVGO vs STX · both in Chips & accelerators, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Designs and builds the processors, accelerators and memory that train and run AI.
Broadcom is about 9.8× larger than Seagate by market cap; Broadcom trades at the lower P/E (45.2 vs 55.3); year to date, Seagate leads (+193.2% vs +8.8%).
Side by side
| AVGO | STX | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $1.7T | $176B |
| Price | $360.14 | $774.83 |
| Today | −4.3% | −4.1% |
| Return YTD | +8.8% | +193.2% |
| Return 1Y | +11.9% | +258.9% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −1.3% | −13.9% |
| P/E | 45.2 | 55.3 |
| P/S | 19.4 | 14.4 |
| P/B | 17.4 | 81.3 |
Data as of 2026-10-08 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
BroadcomAVGO
Custom silicon designed to order: Broadcom builds AI ASICs to hyperscalers' own specifications, Google's TPUs among them. Tomahawk and Jericho chips move the network traffic, and VMware supplies the infrastructure software.
Full AVGO profile →SeagateSTX
No one ships more hard drives. The HAMR-based Mozaic platform lifts capacity per drive sharply as cloud and AI data pile up.
Full STX profile →More AVGO & STX comparisons
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