By Khadija Saeed
Publication Date: 2025-12-17 14:58:00
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is back in the center of the AI trade on Wednesday, December 17, 2025—not because demand suddenly disappeared, but because investors are debating something more nuanced: how profitable Broadcom’s AI boom will be as the product mix shifts toward lower‑margin systems and custom processors.
After a steep post‑earnings slide that marked Broadcom’s worst three‑day drop since March 2020, the stock is attempting to stabilize. Several major analyst notes and market reports published today frame the move as a classic “growth vs. margins” tug‑of‑war—one that could define AVGO’s path into fiscal 2026. [1]
Broadcom stock price today: where AVGO is trading on Dec. 17, 2025
Broadcom shares were trading around $341 on Dec. 17, up modestly on the session, after opening in the mid‑$330s and touching the mid‑$340s.
That “small green” matters psychologically because it follows a violent reset in expectations that erased a meaningful chunk of…
