Broadcom Shares Drop 13% on First Revenue Miss Since 2024
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Broadcom shares dropped after reporting weaker-than-expected AI chip revenue guidance despite major customer progress.
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Thursday, June 4, 2026 — Tech
Broadcom posted its first revenue miss in over a year, triggering immediate selling in chip stocks and futures. The move occurred against a backdrop of Middle East tensions but stemmed directly from the company's reported results versus consensus estimates.
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The supplied CNBC excerpts contain no specific figures or commentary on AI chip revenue guidance or any major customer progress mentioned in the topic summary. No details appear on sequential growth trends within Broadcom's AI segment or comparisons to prior quarters. Coverage also omits any analyst reactions focused solely on the AI business outlook rather than the headline revenue number. The premarket movers piece supplied almost no numerical data at all, limiting readers' ability to assess the scale of the miss.
Broadcom shares fell as much as 15 percent in premarket trading after the company posted fiscal second-quarter revenue below analyst estimates. The decline extended losses across semiconductor stocks and weighed on S&P 500 futures.
The chipmaker reported revenue of $22.19 billion, short of the $22.27 billion expected by analysts polled by LSEG. Infrastructure revenue reached $7.18 billion against a $7.32 billion StreetAccount estimate. This marked the first revenue shortfall since December 2024. Shares traded down 13 percent at one point, on pace for the steepest one-day drop since January 2025.
Other chip stocks moved lower in tandem. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF declined more than 3 percent. Arm Holdings, Micron Technology and Marvell Technology each fell around 6 percent. CrowdStrike also dropped 10 percent after issuing softer second-quarter guidance, adding to pressure on technology names.
Futures reflected the moves. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.4 percent while Nasdaq 100 futures fell 1.1 percent. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 226 points. The session followed a nine-week winning streak for the S&P 500.
Keith Lerner, CIO and chief market strategist at Truist Wealth, said on CNBC's Closing Bell that pullbacks are typical after extended gains. He noted that fundamentals remain solid and that markets often take two steps forward and one step back.
Broader market context included renewed tensions in the Middle East. Iran struck Kuwait International Airport on June 3, 2026, one day after U.S. Central Command reported strikes on Qeshm Island in response to attempted attacks. Those developments contributed to the prior session's losses and kept oil prices elevated.
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