Broadcom Inc. Q2 FY2021 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Consolidated net revenue reached $6.6B, up 15% year-over-year (YoY). Q3 revenue is guided to $6.75B, up 16% YoY.
  • Gross margin hit a record 75%, up ~180 bps YoY.
  • Operating income was $3.8B, up 25% YoY, with operating margin rising 470 bps YoY to 58%.
  • Free cash flow was $3.4B, or 52% of revenue.

Semiconductor Solutions Segment (73% of revenue)

  • Total semiconductor revenue: $4.8B, up 20% YoY.
  • Gross margin: ~69%, up 290 bps YoY.
  • Operating margin: 53%, up 580 bps YoY.

End Market Highlights

Broadband
  • Revenue up 28% YoY; now 18% of semiconductor revenue.
  • PON fiber revenue up over 40% YoY; next-gen 10G PON is only 30% penetrated, leaving room for growth.
  • DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem demand up 80% YoY; DOCSIS 4.0 upgrades coming.
  • Wi-Fi 6/6E demand surged, with Wi-Fi revenue up ~30% YoY and 15M units shipped in Q2.
  • DSL declined 30% YoY; video down 20% YoY.
  • Broadband expected to sustain double-digit YoY growth in Q3.
Networking
  • Revenue grew 10% YoY; 32% of semiconductor revenue.
  • Switching up 30% YoY driven by 400G platform ramps (Trident/Tomahawk 3).
  • 5G investments drove metro/edge routing chips (Jericho 2, Qumran) up 35% YoY.

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Operator: Welcome to Broadcom Inc.'s Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I'd like to turn the call over to Ji Yoo, Director of Investor Relations of Broadcom Inc. Please go ahead. Ji Yoo: Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. Joining me on today's call are Hock Tan, President and CEO; Kirsten Spears, Chief Financial Officer; Tom Krause, President, Infrastructure Software Group; and Charlie Kawwas, Chief Operating Officer. Broadcom also distributed a press release and financial tables after the market closed, describing our financial performance for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. If you did not receive a copy, you may obtain the information from the Investors section of Broadcom's Web site at broadcom.com. This conference call is being webcast live, and a recording will be available via telephone playback for one week. It will also be archived in the Investors section of our Web site at broadcom.com. During the prepared comments, Hock and Kirsten will be providing details of our second quarter fiscal year 2021 results, guidance for our third quarter, as well as commentary regarding the business environment. We will take questions after the end of our prepared comments. Please refer to our press release today and our recent filings with the SEC for information on the specific risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking stat

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