Mr. Market is currently offering Marvell Technology, Inc. at $163.66.
The business passes only 3 of 6 of Graham's defensive criteria — well below his required standard.
At $163.66, the stock trades at a 387% premium to its Graham Number of $33.62. Graham would consider this price speculative.
There is no margin of safety at the current price. Graham would advise patience and waiting for a better entry point.
Negative NCAV — liabilities exceed current assets. Common in capital-return businesses (buybacks, debt-funded dividends) and capital-intensive industries. Not automatically a warning sign..
Conclusion: By Graham's standards, this stock is speculative at its current price. The intelligent investor would look elsewhere or wait.
Marvell Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides data infrastructure semiconductor solutions and spanning the data center core to network edge in the United States, Argentina, China, India, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and internationally. The company develops and scales system-on-a-chip architectures, integrating analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing functionality. It offers a portfolio of ethernet solutions, including spanning controllers, network adapters, physical transceivers, and switches; single or multiple core processors; and custom application specific integrated circuits, interconnects, fibre channel adapters, and processors. The company also provides interconnect products, including pulse amplitude modulation, coherent and coherent-lite digital signal processors (DSPs), laser drivers, trans-impedance amplifiers, silicon photonics, co-packaged optics, linear pluggable optics chipsets, data center interconnect, active electrical cable DSPs and peripheral component interconnect express retimer solutions; fibre channel products comprising host bus adapters and controllers for server and storage system connectivity; storage controllers for hard disk drives and solid-state-drives; host system interfaces, including serial advanced technology attachment and serial attached SCSI, peripheral component interconnect express, compute express link switches, non-volatile memory express (NVMe), and NVMe over fabrics; and develops ultra accelerator linkTM switches and ethernet for scale-up networking switches. The company serves data centers, communications, and other markets. It offers its products through direct customers and distributors. Marvell Technology, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Profit % | 51.0% ▲ | 41.3% | 41.6% | 50.5% | N/A |
| Operating Margin % | 16.3% ▲ | -6.4% | -7.9% | 6.1% | N/A |
| Net Income % | 32.6% ▲ | -15.3% | -16.9% | -2.8% | N/A |
| Diluted EPS | 3.07 ▲ | -1.02 | -1.08 | -0.19 | N/A |
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $22.3B | $20.2B | $21.2B | $22.5B | N/A |
| Total Debt | $4.8B ↑ | $4.3B | $4.4B | $4.7B | N/A |
| Working Capital | $3.2B ▲ | $1.1B | $1.2B | $894M | N/A |
| Years to Pay Debt | 1.79 | -4.91 | -4.72 | -28.98 | N/A |
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | $1.4B ▲ | $1.4B | $1.0B | $1.1B | N/A |
| Owner Earnings | $4.3B | $764M | $814M | $1.4B | N/A |
| CapEx % of Net Income | 13.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Expenditure % of Net Income | 13.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Repurchase of Capital Stock | -$2.0B | -$725M | -$150M | -$115M | N/A |
| Free Cash Flow | $1.4B ▲ | $1.4B ▲ | $1.0B ▼ | $1.1B • | N/A • |
| Warren's Owner Earnings | $4.3B | $764M | $814M | $1.4B | N/A |
| Company | Price | Market Cap | P/E | Gross Margin | Net Margin | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRVL | $163.66 | $143.1B | 53.31 | 51.0% | 32.6% | $8.2B |
| NVDA NVIDIA Corporation |
$198.48 | $4,824.1B | 40.5 | 71.1% | 55.6% | $215.9B |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
$341.54 | $556.9B | 131.4 | 52.5% | 12.5% | $34.6B |
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Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL) fundamental analysis — Overall grade C based on profitability, financial health, valuation and cash flow. Graham's Fair Value: $33.62. Margin of safety: 0%. Gross profit margin: 51.0%. Operating margin: 16.3%. Net margin: 32.6%. Market cap: $143.1B. Sector: Technology. Industry: Semiconductors. Analysis powered by 360investing — free fundamental stock analysis based on Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett principles.
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