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Both facts report JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s revenue for the same fiscal period (FY 2025) with the same observation date (2025-12-31), but with different values: $182.447 billion vs. $185 billion. The ~1.4% difference ($2.553 billion) is too large to be explained by rounding alone and represents conflicting data for the identical time period.
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Broadcom Inc.

organization80% conf.·synced Aug 16, 2026

Semiconductor and infrastructure software company specializing in AI accelerators, networking, and enterprise software

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Key metrics · each point sourced

Price 52 Week High
481.57USD
Aug 14, 2026reference only
Price 52 Week Low
289.60USD
Aug 14, 2026reference only
Stock Return Ytd
13.1%
Aug 14, 2026reference only
Stock Price
392.99USD
Aug 14, 2026reference only
Market Cap
1869681442012USD
Aug 14, 2026reference only
Backlog
4.3USD
Jun 5, 2026source
Margin
77.1percent
Jun 5, 2026source
Net Income
1030000000.0USD
Jun 5, 2026source
Shares Outstanding
4757580198.0shares
May 29, 2026reference only
Market Share
3percent
May 22, 2026source
Etf Portfolio Weight
3.5percent
May 12, 2026source
Rd Expense
2995000000.0USD
May 3, 2026reference only
Total Assets
179158000000.0USD
May 3, 2026reference only
Operating Income
10788000000.0USD
May 3, 2026reference only
Cash
19628000000.0USD
May 3, 2026reference only
Revenue
22187000000.0USD
May 3, 2026reference only
Gross Profit
15415000000.0USD
May 3, 2026reference only
Cost Of Revenue
6772000000.0USD
May 3, 2026reference only

Stated objectives

Q1 FY2026 AI semiconductor revenue target doubling YoY

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target: 8200000000 USD by 2026-03-31 00:00:00stated

Q1 FY2026 adjusted EBITDA margin target

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target: 67 percent by 2026-03-31 00:00:00stated

FY2026 infrastructure software low double-digit growth driven by VMware

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target: Low double-digit percent by 2026-12-31 00:00:00stated

FY2026 annual dividend per share target

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target: 2.60 USD by 2026-12-31 00:00:00stated

Ship $73B AI backlog over next 18 months

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target: 73000000000 USD by 2027-06-30 00:00:00stated

Q1 FY2026 revenue target of approximately $19.1B

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target: 19100 by 2026-02-01 00:00:00stated

Q1 FY2026 adjusted EBITDA target of 67% of revenue

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target: 67 by 2026-02-01 00:00:00stated

Q1 FY2026 AI semiconductor revenue target of $8.2B, doubling year-over-year

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target: 8200 by 2026-02-01 00:00:00stated

FY2026 annual dividend target of $2.60 per share

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target: 2.60 by 2026-11-01 00:00:00stated

Q1 FY2026 total revenue forecast

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target: 19.1 billion USD stated

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Supplies to
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Competes with
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Covered by
137
Developed by
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Invested in
48
Customer of
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Employs
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subsidiary of
22
constituent of
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value conflictunresolved

Broadcom's operating cash flow is reported as $27.537 billion on 2025-11-02 and $8.26 USD on 2026-02-01. The second value is implausibly low for a major semiconductor company and likely represents corrupted or truncated data (possibly a decimal fragment or percentage misidentified as a full currency value). A realistic operating cash flow cannot collapse from tens of billions to single digits in 3 months.

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