Bernstein Says AI Competition Fears Around Broadcom (AVGO) Are Overblown

Bernstein Says AI Competition Fears Around Broadcom (AVGO) Are Overblown

By Ghazal Ahmed
Publication Date: 2026-01-13 21:08:00

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) is one of the AI Stocks Investors Are Watching Closely. On January 9, Bernstein SocGen Group analyst Stacy Rasgon reiterated an Outperform rating on the stock with a $475.00 price target. Firm analysts have dismissed competitive threat concerns for Broadcom, citing leadership in the AI ASIC space with unmatched innovation and execution.

Bernstein held a meeting with company leadership and noted how concerns about rising AI competition are overblown. Investors have been particularly concerned about rising competition and customer-owned tooling (COT)’s impact on Broadcom’s AI-dominant position.

“But we spent almost an hour with Charlie yesterday (in a session that was as much teach-in as anything else) as he walked us (in sharp detail) through Broadcom’s technological, scale, and supply chain advantages around their XPU roadmaps and business. We came away with more conviction than ever that these worries are hugely overblown, and that…