APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE vs MARVELL TECHNOLOGY, INC, two Semiconductors stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AMAT and MRVL diverge most: on return on equity, AMAT reads 33.9% and MRVL reads 4.0%; on return on assets, AMAT reads 19.9% and MRVL reads 2.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AMAT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AMAT | MRVL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $506.95 | $274.99 |
| Market cap | $405.6B | $241.1B |
| Sector | Semiconductors | Semiconductors |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 43.8 | 91.1 |
| P/B | 15.83 | 13.01 |
| P/S | 13.15 | 25.52 |
| EV/EBITDA | 42.0 | 104.2 |
| Revenue growth | +7.7% | +30.8% |
| Gross margin | 50.3% | 53.1% |
| Operating margin | 33.7% | 16.8% |
| Net margin | 28.1% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 33.9% | 4.0% |
| Return on assets | 19.9% | 2.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.2% | 5.3% |
| FCF yield | 1.4% | 0.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.30 | 0.27 |
| Current ratio | 2.42 | 3.17 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.32 | 6.71 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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