INTEL CORP vs Marvell Technology, Inc., two Semiconductors stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
What the prices bet: Marvell at 91.4 times earnings is paid for AI silicon design wins to compound; Intel, with no meaningful multiple because trailing earnings are negative, is paid, at $649B of market value, for a foundry-and-products turnaround the income statement has not yet met. The current facts are stark: Intel's operating margin is negative 23.1% and its free cash slightly negative, while Marvell earns thin but real profits, a 14% operating margin, with 0.27 leverage and a 3.3 current ratio. A buyer of Marvell pays a fortune per current dollar of profit; a buyer of Intel pays for dollars that do not exist yet. The pair measures how differently a market can price two versions of hope.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | INTC | MRVL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $109.68 | $236.84 |
| Market cap | $557.5B | $211.6B |
| Sector | Semiconductors | Semiconductors |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | — | 81.4 |
| P/B | 4.46 | 11.61 |
| P/S | 10.37 | 24.27 |
| EV/EBITDA | 426.6 | 152.8 |
| Revenue growth | +1.5% | +36.0% |
| Gross margin | 39.4% | 52.1% |
| Operating margin | -23.1% | 14.0% |
| Net margin | -12.6% | 6.9% |
| Return on equity | -5.4% | 3.3% |
| Return on assets | -3.3% | 2.2% |
| Return on invested capital | -0.7% | 4.7% |
| FCF yield | -0.6% | 0.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 0.27 |
| Current ratio | 2.31 | 3.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.73 | 6.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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