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Here are the specific viewpoints from the earnings call:
Bullish Points:
1. Broadcom's fiscal year 2024 consolidated revenue grew 44% year over year to a record $51.6 billion.
2. Excluding VMware, revenue grew over 9% organically.
3. Fiscal '24 operating profit, excluding transition costs, grew 42% year over year.
4. Broadcom returned a record $22 billion in cash to shareholders, up 45% year on year through dividends, buybacks, and eliminations.
5. The integration of VMware is largely complete, with revenue on a growth trajectory and operating margin reaching 70% exiting 2024.
6. AI revenue grew 220% from $3.8 billion in fiscal 2023 to $12.2 billion in fiscal 2024, representing 41% of semiconductor revenue.
7. Consolidated net revenue of $14.1 billion in Q4 was up 51% year on year, with organic growth of 11%.
8. Q4 operating profit of $8.8 billion was up 53% year on year.
9. Broadcom signed up over 4,500 of its largest 10,000 customers for VMware Cloud Foundation.
10. Broadcom expects Q1 revenue to grow to $6.5 billion, up 11% sequentially and 41% year on year.
Bearish Points:
1. Non-AI semiconductor revenue declined by 23% year on year to $4.5 billion.
2. Broadband revenue in Q4 was $465 million, down 51% year on year.
3. Q4 industrial resales of $173 million declined 27% year on year.
4. Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue has declined from the same quarter a year ago due to higher cash interest expense from debt related to the VMware acquisition, higher cash taxes, and recent proposed regulations on corporate AMT.
For more information about Broadcom(AVGO)'s earnings call, you can read the relevant news: Broadcom (AVGO) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
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