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Chip Stocks Slip as Broadcom Sees ‘Broad’ Slowdown in Reversal

Chip Stocks Slip as Broadcom Sees ‘Broad’ Slowdown in Reversal

(Bloomberg) -- Semiconductor stocks fell in extended trading after Broadcom Inc. cut its revenue forecast for 2019, citing a “broad-based slowdown” in demand in the latest troubling sign for the industry.

An iShares exchange-traded fund with the ticker SOXX, which tracks the Philadelphia semiconductor index, fell as much as 1.4%. Broadcom is taking a “conservative stance” for the year as customers reduce inventory levels, Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said in a statement. Just three months ago the CEO had predicted a return to growth in the second half of the year. Broadcom fell as much as 7.5% post-market.

Chip Stocks Slip as Broadcom Sees ‘Broad’ Slowdown in Reversal

“We currently see a broad-based slowdown in the demand environment, which we believe is driven by continued geopolitical uncertainties, as well as the effects of export restrictions on one of our largest customers,” Broadcom’s Tan said. “Our customers are actively reducing their inventory levels, and we are taking a conservative stance for the rest of the year.”

Qorvo Inc. fell 5.2% late Thursday and Texas Instruments Inc. slid 2.1%, while Nvidia Corp. and Analog Devices Inc. each slipped more than 1%.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jeran Wittenstein in San Francisco at jwittenstei1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Catherine Larkin at clarkin4@bloomberg.net, Jeremy R. Cooke

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