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AVGO vs PANW

Side-by-side comparison of Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) and Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Technology sector. AVGO focuses on Semiconductors, while PANW focuses on Computer peripheral equipment.
  • AVGO is the larger of the two at $231.25B, about 4.7x PANW ($48.96B).
  • Over the past year, AVGO is up 119.6% and PANW is down 1.6% - AVGO leads by 121.1 points.
  • AVGO has been more active in the news (24 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for PANW).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceAVGO+119.56%PANW-1.59%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricAVGOPANW
Company
Broadcom Inc.
Palo Alto Networks Inc.
Price
$421.91+0.45%
$178.56+3.10%
Market cap
$231.25B
$48.96B
1M return
+32.53%
+16.62%
1Y return
+119.56%
-1.59%
Industry
Semiconductors
Computer peripheral equipment
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2009
News (4w)
24
5
Recent ratings
25
25
AVGO

Broadcom Inc.

Broadcom Inc. designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor infrastructure software solutions. It offers semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company's infrastructure software solutions enable customers to plan, develop, automate, manage, and secure applications across mainframe, distributed, mobile, and cloud platforms. It operates through two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Jose, California.

PANW

Palo Alto Networks Inc.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity platform solutions worldwide. The company provides firewall appliances and software; Panorama, a security management solution for the control of appliances and software deployed on an end-customer's network as a virtual or a physical appliance; and virtual system upgrades, which are available as extensions to the virtual system capacity that ships with physical appliances. It also offers subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, uniform resource locator filtering, malware and persistent threat, laptop and mobile device protection, and firewall, as well as cyberattacks, threat intelligence, and data loss prevention. In addition, the company provides professional services, including architecture design and planning, configuration, and firewall migration, as well as online and in-classroom education training services, as well as support services. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. sells its products and services through its channel partners, as well as directly to medium to large enterprises, service providers, and government entities operating in various industries, including education, energy, financial services, government entities, healthcare, Internet and media, manufacturing, public sector, and telecommunications. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.