Broadcomvs.Western Digital
AVGO vs WDC · 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 11× larger than Western Digital by market cap; Western Digital trades at the lower P/E (27.7 vs 65.2); year to date, Western Digital leads (+238.2% vs +15.6%).
Side by side
| AVGO | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $1.9T | $181B |
| Price | $399.97 | $582.59 |
| Today | −0.3% | +0.8% |
| Return YTD | +15.6% | +238.2% |
| Return 1Y | +45.2% | +795.5% |
| P/E | 65.2 | 27.7 |
| P/S | 25.3 | 15.3 |
| P/B | 21.8 | 18.7 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
BroadcomAVGO
Designs custom AI chips (ASICs) for hyperscalers — including Google's TPUs — as well as networking chips and infrastructure software (VMware).
Full AVGO profile →Western DigitalWDC
Manufacturer of hard drives for data centers. AI is creating record demand for massive, low-cost storage of training data.
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