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Broadcom Makes Amends with $12 Billion Stock Buyback Program

Broadcom Makes Amends with $12 Billion Stock Buyback Program

Previously in this series, we saw that Broadcom’s (AVGO) wide profit margins are converting into strong cash flow. In fiscal Q2 2018, Broadcom had $2.1 billion in free cash flow, of which it spent $347 million on stock buybacks and $766 million on dividends. On April 12, a month after Qualcomm’s (QCOM) acquisition was rejected, Broadcom announced a $12 billion buyback program to compensate shareholders for the failed bid.