AMBA vs AMD vs MXL Stock Comparison

Ambarella, Advanced Micro Devices and Maxlinear Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMBA Ambarella Inc
$66.82 -8.1% 1M -22.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.94B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$417.80M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc
$531.28 -15.8% 1M +110.1% 1Y
Market cap
$917.43B
P/E
142.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$41.31B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
7 wins
MXL Maxlinear, Inc
$66.47 -29.2% 1M +325.5% 1Y
Market cap
$6.76B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$660.53M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Advanced Micro Devices leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Advanced Micro Devices 7, Maxlinear 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMBAAMDMXLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.94B $917.43B $6.76B AMD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -52.2x 142.6x -230.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 86.8x 72.0x 32.6x MXL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.0% +39.5% +56.0% MXL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -13.5% 15.6% -4.4% AMD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.0% -0.9% AMD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.0x 2.1x AMD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.0% +110.1% +325.5% MXL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -18.1%/yr +34.2%/yr +5.1%/yr AMD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.6% 68.4% 117.1% AMD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 60/100 30/100 AMD

Percentile Scorecard

AMBAAMDMXL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMBAAMDMXL
Valuation 31 #66 of 95 28 #69 of 95 15 #81 of 95
Growth 55 #42 of 93 96 #5 of 93 45 #52 of 93
Profitability 26 #68 of 91 67 #31 of 91 32 #62 of 91
Financial Health 59 #42 of 101 68 #33 of 101 23 #78 of 101
Shareholder Returns 31 #52 of 75 41 #45 of 75 34 #50 of 75
Overall 40 60 30
  • AMBA ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • AMD ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • MXL ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMBAAMDMXLSPY
1 month -8.1%-15.8%-29.2% -0.8%
3 months -2.1%+7.3%+2.5% +3.5%
6 months +3.0%+58.8%+28.7% +7.0%
Year to date -5.7%+148.1%+281.4% +12.2%
1 year -22.0%+110.1%+325.5% +13.0%
3 years +42.8%+450.9%+345.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +12.6%+76.7%+64.6% +23.1%
5 years -63.2%+334.5%+28.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year -18.1%+34.2%+5.1% +11.0%
10 years +6.9%+7,187.8%+240.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +0.7%+53.6%+13.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAMBAAMDMXLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.6%68.4%117.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.6%65.6%106.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.613.213.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.291.612.78 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.7%-65.4%-88.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.0%-18.2%-48.1% -1.8%
52-week high $95.51$649.42$128.03 $779.14
52-week low $48.65$190.95$13.05 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMBAAMDMXL
P/E now vs peer median -52.2xmedian 42.1x 134.8xmedian 42.1x -205.5xmedian 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 7.1x 21.0xmedian 7.1x 9.2xmedian 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -72.0xmedian 27.5x 90.1xmedian 27.5x 156.8xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 303.4xmedian 37.2x 103.7xmedian 37.2x -293.4xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 4.2x 12.9xmedian 4.2x 11.3xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median -2.66median 2.23 0.25median 2.23 2.29median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMBAAMDMXL
Revenue $417.80M $41.31B $660.53M
Gross profit $244.50M $21.98B $383.17M
Operating income -$62.24M $6.49B -$6.06M
Net income -$56.32M $6.43B -$29.37M
Free cash flow $9.72M $8.37B -$20.62M
R&D $228.69M $9.39B $221.53M
EPS (diluted) $-1.28 $3.88 $-0.30
Cash & equivalents $101.85M $5.09B $81.09M
Total debt – $12.89B $164.06M
Shares (diluted) 44.01M 1.66B 97.71M
Enterprise value $1.78B $874.18B $6.48B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMBAAMDMXL
P/E -52.2x 134.8x -205.5x
P/FCF 303.4x 103.7x -293.4x
P/Operating cash flow 107.9x 86.0x -834.7x
P/S 7.1x 21.0x 9.2x
P/B 4.8x 12.9x 11.3x
P/Tangible book 5.2x 16.8x 12.4x
EV/EBITDA -72.0x 90.1x 156.8x
EV/EBIT -43.0x 132.1x -1,012x
EV/Revenue 6.4x 20.8x 9.3x
EV/FCF 275.4x 102.5x -297.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 98.0x 85.0x -846.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.66 0.25 2.29

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMBAAMDMXL
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.0% 39.5% 56.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 23.6% -8.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.4% 55.9% 60.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 32.0% -7.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 36.9% 186.2% 96.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.4% 167.6% -28.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 36.4% 127.0% 83.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 537.7% -101.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 38.6% 123.1% 85.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.6% 533.6% -89.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -47.8% 106.7% 61.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 61.4% -27.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -73.7% 106.9% 30.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.8% 64.9% -30.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMBAAMDMXL
Gross margin 58.5% 53.2% 58.0%
EBITDA margin -8.9% 23.0% 5.9%
Operating margin -14.9% 15.7% -0.9%
Pretax margin -12.9% 18.3% -2.2%
Net margin -13.5% 15.6% -4.4%
FCF margin 2.3% 20.3% -3.1%
Operating cash flow margin 6.5% 24.4% -1.1%
Return on equity -9.2% 9.8% -5.8%
Return on assets -7.2% 7.8% -3.4%
Return on invested capital – 8.0% -0.9%
Return on capital employed -9.6% 9.3% -0.9%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x 1.6x 0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 21.9% 4.6% 13.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMBAAMDMXL
Debt / assets – 3.8% 17.9%
Debt / equity – 0.0x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.0x 2.1x
Debt / FCF – 0.4x -8.0x
Liabilities / assets 20.5% 20.4% 41.8%
Equity / assets 79.5% 79.6% 58.2%
Interest coverage – 44.1x -0.6x
Current ratio 2.8x 2.6x 2.2x
Quick ratio 2.2x 1.7x 0.9x
Cash ratio 2.0x 1.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 11.10 31.29 9.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMBAAMDMXL
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.0% -0.1%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 0.0% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMBAAMDMXL
Forward P/E 86.8xFY2026 72.0xFY2026 32.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.77FY2026 $7.38FY2026 $2.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.2%FY2026 +77.0%FY2026 +558.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +40.3% +112.7% +136.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $454.23MFY2026 $53.09BFY2026 $725.99MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.3%FY2026 +53.3%FY2026 +55.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.4% +60.7% +63.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMBAAMDMXL
Held by institutions 81.7% 72.5% 82.7%
Institutions holding 337 3,991 429
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% +10.7% -2.1%
Institutions buying 203 2,270 315
Institutions selling 89 1,456 102
Buyers to sellers 2.28 1.56 3.09

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMBAAMDMXL
AMBA 1.00 0.44 0.50
AMD 0.44 1.00 0.59
MXL 0.50 0.59 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMBA, AMD and MXL?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ambarella (AMBA) $2.94B, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) $917.43B, Maxlinear (MXL) $6.76B.

Which company is growing faster?

Maxlinear (MXL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ambarella (AMBA) +20.0%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +39.5%, Maxlinear (MXL) +56.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has the highest net margin (Ambarella (AMBA) -13.5%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 15.6%, Maxlinear (MXL) -4.4%). On return on invested capital, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) leads (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 8.0%, Maxlinear (MXL) -0.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Maxlinear (MXL) returned the most: Ambarella (AMBA) -22.0%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +110.1%, Maxlinear (MXL) +325.5%. Over five years, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) compounded fastest (Ambarella (AMBA) -18.1%/yr, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +34.2%/yr, Maxlinear (MXL) +5.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has been the steadiest (Ambarella (AMBA) 74.6%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 68.4%, Maxlinear (MXL) 117.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMBA, AMD and MXL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.