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MRVL vs. AMAT, AMD, AVGO, KLAC, LRCX, MKSI, MPWR, NVDA, TXN, and MU

Should you be buying Marvell Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marvell Technology include Applied Materials (AMAT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), MKS (MKSI), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), NVIDIA (NVDA), Texas Instruments (TXN), and Micron Technology (MU). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Marvell Technology vs. Its Competitors

Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Applied Materials has a net margin of 24.06% compared to Marvell Technology's net margin of -7.56%. Applied Materials' return on equity of 40.15% beat Marvell Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Marvell Technology-7.56% 8.42% 5.70%
Applied Materials 24.06%40.15%22.42%

83.5% of Marvell Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Applied Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Marvell Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Applied Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Marvell Technology has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Materials has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Marvell Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Applied Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Marvell Technology pays out -42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Materials pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Materials has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Applied Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Applied Materials had 18 more articles in the media than Marvell Technology. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Applied Materials and 36 mentions for Marvell Technology. Applied Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Marvell Technology's score of 1.05 indicating that Applied Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Marvell Technology
25 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Materials
40 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Marvell Technology currently has a consensus target price of $96.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.40%. Applied Materials has a consensus target price of $200.73, suggesting a potential upside of 5.41%. Given Marvell Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marvell Technology is more favorable than Applied Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Marvell Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
Applied Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Applied Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Marvell Technology. Marvell Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Marvell Technology$5.77B11.07-$885M-$0.57-129.61
Applied Materials$27.18B5.62$7.18B$8.2223.17

Summary

Applied Materials beats Marvell Technology on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MRVL vs. The Competition

MetricMarvell TechnologyELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$63.82B$38.54B$27.66B$9.02B
Dividend Yield0.32%2.14%3.13%3.99%
P/E Ratio-129.6146.9837.1720.25
Price / Sales11.07247.771,983.08119.26
Price / Cash30.0432.5934.7528.59
Price / Book4.765.257.215.65
Net Income-$885M$528.96M$763.57M$249.15M
7 Day Performance-4.55%2.70%1.93%2.91%
1 Month Performance8.08%13.07%5.55%4.11%
1 Year Performance2.49%30.77%52,329.17%20.98%

Marvell Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRVL
Marvell Technology
4.9799 of 5 stars
$73.88
-1.7%
$96.33
+30.4%
+4.3%$63.82B$5.77B-129.617,042Positive News
AMAT
Applied Materials
4.7867 of 5 stars
$183.11
+1.6%
$200.24
+9.4%
-21.3%$146.89B$27.18B22.2735,700Positive News
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.2605 of 5 stars
$143.49
+3.7%
$138.19
-3.7%
-19.8%$232.42B$25.79B105.4028,000Positive News
AVGO
Broadcom
4.8315 of 5 stars
$264.35
+0.2%
$281.25
+6.4%
+61.4%$1.24T$51.57B98.9137,000Positive News
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KLAC
KLA
4.5525 of 5 stars
$892.82
+0.4%
$815.39
-8.7%
+7.0%$117.93B$11.55B32.4215,230Positive News
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LRCX
Lam Research
4.5418 of 5 stars
$96.00
+0.4%
$93.97
-2.1%
-9.3%$122.86B$17.14B26.7717,450Positive News
MKSI
MKS
4.252 of 5 stars
$98.64
+0.8%
$130.82
+32.6%
-21.9%$6.64B$3.59B29.4010,200News Coverage
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
4.8748 of 5 stars
$721.84
+0.7%
$789.42
+9.4%
-9.8%$34.51B$2.21B19.134,017Positive News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8895 of 5 stars
$154.21
+4.3%
$175.78
+14.0%
+26.6%$3.75T$130.50B49.5836,000Trending News
TXN
Texas Instruments
4.6707 of 5 stars
$205.41
-0.2%
$190.96
-7.0%
+8.4%$186.45B$15.64B38.9434,000Positive News
MU
Micron Technology
4.9606 of 5 stars
$127.14
-0.6%
$126.75
-0.3%
-7.3%$142.18B$25.11B30.5148,000

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This page (NASDAQ:MRVL) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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