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MetricMRVLMarvell Technology, Inc.TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCADIANALOG DEVICES INCQCOMQUALCOMM INC/DEMedian of the restexcluding MRVL
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$223.47▼ 21.29 (8.70%)
$279.50▼ 5.15 (1.81%)
$385.76▼ 20.20 (4.98%)
$172.83▼ 5.13 (2.88%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/109.0/1010.0/109.0/109.0/10
Market value$189.35B$254.44B$188.89B$185.62B
Revenue$8.19B$17.68B$11.02B$44.28B
Profit$2.67B$5.00B$2.27B$5.54B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.42.1%13.0%16.9%13.7%13.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.51.0%57.0%61.5%55.4%57.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.16.1%34.1%26.6%27.9%27.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.32.6%28.3%20.6%12.5%20.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.17.0%14.7%38.8%28.9%28.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.18.7%30.7%6.7%26.1%26.1%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.7.2%19.5%6.2%32.0%19.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.70.91x50.88x83.31x33.50x50.88x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.123.77x33.40x58.26x13.97x33.40x
Price to book13.23x15.64x5.59x8.75x8.75x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.56x1.13x0.42x1.36x1.13x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/97/98/96/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How MRVL compares with the others

  • MRVL's operating margin of 16.1% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (27.9%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 42.1% against 13.7%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 70.9x against 50.9x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.6x against 1.1x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.