While MRVL's exposure to China and elevated valuation are legitimate concerns, its promising product pipeline and efficient execution make the stock worth holding on to.
Marvell's data center revenue soared 92% year-over-year in Q2, now making up 69% of total revenue. Marvell capitalizes on AI demand with custom silicon solutions, targeting a $421 billion AI market by 2033. The giant introduced the industry's first 1.6 Tbps DSP and 800G DSPs, enhancing data transfer speeds for AI workloads.
Marvell Technology's AI networking and custom compute chips are well-positioned to bolster its AI growth inflection prospects. It faces tough competition against Broadcom while attempting to gain more share against customers adopting merchant silicon. However, increasingly expensive AI training requirements could compel tier-one hyperscalers to turn to Marvell's custom AI compute and networking portfolio.
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Marvell's diverse end markets provide diversification, but until this last quarter, the strong data center growth has been more than offset by weakness in other end markets. With management confidently stating that enterprise networking and carrier markets have bottomed and sequential growth anticipated, most of Marvell's business is now moving in the same positive direction. I see strong upside for the second half due to better-than-expected custom silicon ramps and optics business.
Shares of Marvell Technology Inc (MRVL, Financial) surged 3.26% in mid-day trading on Oct 2. The stock reached an intraday high of $72.87, before settling at $72.60, up from its previous close of $70.31.
Marvell Technology's stock has not made a great deal of progress since we last covered it and is effectively down by 9%. We are now revising our rating from a HOLD to a BUY. The AI-related momentum is proving to be better than expected, whilst the non-data center related segments have stabilized and are looking to grow from a low base.
Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU)'s data center strength demonstrated in its latest quarterly results is a “positive read across” for other chipmakers, including NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, ETR:NVD), Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO, ETR:1YD), Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, ETR:AMD), analysts at the Bank of America believe.
I reiterate a buy rating for Marvell Technology (MRVL) due to expected growth acceleration and EBITDA margin expansion. The Data Center segment's revenue grew 7.9% sequentially, and with no signs of slowdown in data center investments, I expect to continue leading MRVL's growth. Margin expansion is supported by strong operating leverage, which should result in increased cash generation, enabling more capital returns to shareholders.
Marvell (MRVL) has seen solid earnings estimate revision activity over the past month, and belongs to a strong industry as well.
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The Indonesia born billionaire led Marvell Technology to become one of the world's largest chipmakers before stepping down from the company he co-founded after being accused of fraud