Should Symantec agree to a deal, Broadcom would acquire a company that's currently valued at $15.5 billion (after reported talks pushed the stock up 14% on Wednesday) on $4.7 billion in annual revenue. Combining Symantec with CA, software would account for 37% of Broadcom's total revenue. But Broadcom wouldn't be buying growth with Symantec. Sales at Symantec have dropped in three of the past four quarters, as newer cloud security providers have taken a bigger slice of the enterprise market and emerging companies focused on mobile devices have grabbed revenue from consumers. Rather, Broadcom would be grabbing a highly recognizable brand in security software at what could be viewed as a discount since the company has had such instability in the managerial ranks. The latest blow came in May, when Symantec announced the unexpected resignation of CEO Greg Clark just three years into the job, and less than four months after the departure of finance chief Nicholas Noviello.