Broadcom Inc. Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Broadcom Q4 & Fiscal Year 2024 Earnings Summary

Company Overview
  • Fiscal 2024 revenue reached a record $51.6 billion, up 44% year-over-year.
  • Organic growth excluding VMware was 9% year-over-year.
  • AI and VMware were the two primary growth drivers in 2024.
  • Returned $22 billion to shareholders in FY24, up 45% year-over-year.
Q4 2024 Key Results (Compared to Q4 2023)
  • Total revenue: $14.1 billion, up 51% year-over-year.
  • Semiconductor revenue: $8.2 billion, up 12% year-over-year.
  • Infrastructure software revenue: $5.8 billion, up 196% year-over-year (primarily due to VMware inclusion).
  • Operating profit: $8.8 billion, up 53% year-over-year.
  • Adjusted EBITDA: $9.1 billion (65% of revenue).
  • Gross margin: 76.9%, up 260 bps year-over-year.
  • Free cash flow: $5.5 billion (39% of revenue); excluding restructuring costs, $6 billion (43% of revenue).
AI & Semiconductor Highlights
  • AI revenue reached $12.2 billion in FY24, up 220% from $3.8 billion FY23.
  • AI represented 41% of total semiconductor revenue for the year.
  • Q4 AI semiconductor revenue: $3.7 billion, up 150% year-over-year.
  • Non‑AI semiconductor revenue declined 23% year-over-year but improved 10% from the 6‑month prior bottom.

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Operator: Welcome to the Broadcom Inc. Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results Conference call. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Ji Yoo, Head of Investor Relations of Broadcom, Inc. Ji Yoo : Thank you, Cherie, and good afternoon, everyone. Joining me on today's call are Hock Tan, President and CEO; Kirsten Spears, Chief Financial Officer; and Charlie Kawwas, President Semiconductor Solutions Group. Broadcom distributed a press release and financial tables after the market closed describing our financial performance for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024. If you did not receive a copy, you may obtain the information from the Investor section of Broadcom's website at broadcom.com. This conference call is being webcast live and then audio replay of the conference call can be accessed for one year through the investor section of Broadcom's website. During the prepared comments, Hock and Kirsten will be providing details of our fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024 results, guidance for our first quarter of fiscal year 2025, as well as commentary regarding the business environment. We'll 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 statements made on this call. In addition to U.S. GAAP reporting, B

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