MRVL vs. MCHP, NXPI, STM, SWKS, ENPH, QRVO, ARM, SPOT, RSG, and CPRT Should you be buying Marvell Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marvell Technology include Microchip Technology (MCHP), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), STMicroelectronics (STM), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Qorvo (QRVO), ARM (ARM), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Republic Services (RSG), and Copart (CPRT).
Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP ) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Microchip Technology currently has a consensus price target of $92.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.08%. Marvell Technology has a consensus price target of $81.13, indicating a potential upside of 16.19%. Given Microchip Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marvell Technology is more favorable than Microchip Technology.
Marvell Technology received 558 more outperform votes than Microchip Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.83% of users gave Microchip Technology an outperform vote while only 66.80% of users gave Marvell Technology an outperform vote.
Microchip Technology has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marvell Technology has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Microchip Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Marvell Technology. Marvell Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microchip Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.5% of Microchip Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Marvell Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Microchip Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Marvell Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Microchip Technology had 11 more articles in the media than Marvell Technology. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Microchip Technology and 22 mentions for Marvell Technology. Marvell Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Microchip Technology's score of 0.63 indicating that Microchip Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Microchip Technology has a net margin of 27.59% compared to Microchip Technology's net margin of -16.95%. Marvell Technology's return on equity of 45.59% beat Microchip Technology's return on equity.
Microchip Technology pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Marvell Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Microchip Technology pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marvell Technology pays out -22.2% 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. Microchip Technology has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Microchip Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary Microchip Technology beats Marvell Technology on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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