Stress Testing AVGO: Historical Drawdowns and Macro Risks | Trefis

Stress Testing AVGO: Historical Drawdowns and Macro Risks | Trefis

By Trefis Team
Publication Date: 2026-04-24 18:41:00

Every seasoned investor knows that market shocks are inevitable. What matters is the depth of the hit. Historically, across 13 major crises, Broadcom (AVGO) absorbs an average drawdown of -19% vs. the S&P 500’s average decline of -14% over the same events.

If you are an investor in AVGO stock, you might be asking: if the macroeconomic environment fractures, how far can this stock actually fall?

One of the ways to understand this is to simply see how the stock has performed during past market crashes.

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2020 COVID-19 Crash (Feb 2020 to Apr 2020)

  • A novel coronavirus triggered pandemic fears. Italy’s healthcare collapse and a March 2020 Saudi-Russia oil price war signaled uncontainable disruption.
  • Governments shut economies, triggering the fastest bear market in history. Unlimited QE and $2.2T fiscal stimulus drove a V-shaped recovery following…