AMBA vs MRVL vs MPWR Stock Comparison

Ambarella, Marvell Technology and Monolithic Power Systems Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AMBA Ambarella Inc
$60.92 -10.8% 1M -25.7% 1Y
Market cap
$2.69B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$417.80M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc.
$159.80 -41.1% 1M +82.4% 1Y
Market cap
$140.13B
P/E
54.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.45B
Div. yield
0.15%
Semiconductor Design Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Marvell Technology leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Marvell Technology 5, Monolithic Power Systems 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMBAMRVLMPWRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.69B $140.13B $61.53B MRVL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -47.6x 54.3x 69.3x MRVL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 79.1x 38.8x 47.8x MRVL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.0% +30.6% +40.5% MPWR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -13.5% 27.9% 23.9% MRVL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.8% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.4x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.15% 0.60% MPWR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.7% +82.4% +31.7% MRVL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -20.7%/yr +17.3%/yr +18.2%/yr MPWR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.4% 82.4% 54.9% MPWR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 52/100 59/100 MPWR

Percentile Scorecard

AMBAMRVLMPWR

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

AxisAMBAMRVLMPWR
Valuation 33 #63 of 94 40 #57 of 94 24 #72 of 94
Growth 44 #52 of 92 92 #8 of 92 66 #32 of 92
Profitability 26 #67 of 90 57 #39 of 90 80 #19 of 90
Financial Health 58 #43 of 101 42 #59 of 101 69 #32 of 101
Shareholder Returns 33 #53 of 79 28 #57 of 79 59 #33 of 79
Overall 39 52 59
  • AMBA ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • MRVL ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • MPWR ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMBAMRVLMPWRSPY
1 month -10.8%-41.1%-14.8% -1.0%
3 months -25.6%-24.3%-6.3% -0.4%
6 months -19.3%-7.2%-23.7% +4.5%
Year to date -14.0%+88.0%+39.1% +12.4%
1 year -25.7%+82.4%+31.7% +13.6%
3 years +21.5%+211.1%+155.8% +76.4%
3 years, per year +6.7%+46.0%+36.8% +20.8%
5 years -68.6%+122.4%+130.8% +63.7%
5 years, per year -20.7%+17.3%+18.2% +10.4%
10 years +5.2%+1,176.4%+1,544.4% +267.7%
10 years, per year +0.5%+29.0%+32.3% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureAMBAMRVLMPWRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.4%82.4%54.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.3%82.3%58.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.543.262.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.341.000.58 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.7%-62.1%-51.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.2%-49.5%-25.4% -1.6%
52-week high $95.51$316.43$1,689.89 $779.14
52-week low $48.65$73.73$856.96 $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.

MultipleAMBAMRVLMPWR
P/E now vs peer median -47.6xmedian 40.5x 54.3xmedian 40.5x 69.3xmedian 40.5x
P/S now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 6.5x 14.8xmedian 6.5x 16.5xmedian 6.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -65.0xmedian 24.9x 50.0xmedian 24.9x 51.7xmedian 24.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 276.6xmedian 36.9x 81.0xmedian 36.9x 101.5xmedian 36.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 3.9x 7.6xmedian 3.9x 16.5xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median -2.42median 1.85 0.52median 1.85 2.73median 1.85

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 monthsAMBAMRVLMPWR
Revenue $417.80M $9.45B $3.74B
Gross profit $244.50M $4.93B $2.07B
Operating income -$62.24M $1.56B $1.10B
Net income -$56.32M $2.64B $893.25M
Free cash flow $9.72M $1.73B $606.43M
R&D $228.69M $2.44B $455.36M
EPS (diluted) $-1.28 $2.87 $18.16
Cash & equivalents $101.85M $3.93B $560.54M
Total debt – $4.96B –
Shares (diluted) 44.01M 921.20M 49.18M
Enterprise value $1.53B $127.00B $56.40B

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
MetricAMBAMRVLMPWR
P/E -47.6x 54.3x 69.3x
P/FCF 276.6x 81.0x 101.5x
P/Operating cash flow 98.4x 63.7x 70.5x
P/S 6.4x 14.8x 16.5x
P/B 4.3x 7.6x 16.5x
P/Tangible book 4.8x 8.7x 16.5x
EV/EBITDA -65.0x 50.0x 51.7x
EV/EBIT -38.8x 90.4x 54.8x
EV/Revenue 5.8x 14.9x 16.2x
EV/FCF 248.6x 81.6x 99.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 88.4x 64.2x 69.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.42 0.52 2.73

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMBAMRVLMPWR
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.0% 30.6% 40.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 18.9% 27.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.4% 52.8% 40.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 25.0% 25.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 36.9% 1,577% 59.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.4% 100.2% 29.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 36.4% 2,653% -47.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 107.8% 25.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 38.6% 2,512% -48.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.6% 104.2% 25.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -47.8% 19.3% -3.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 26.6% 17.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -73.7% 12.8% -14.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.8% 30.6% 8.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMBAMRVLMPWR
Gross margin 58.5% 52.2% 55.3%
EBITDA margin -8.9% 29.9% 31.2%
Operating margin -14.9% 16.5% 29.5%
Pretax margin -12.9% 32.4% 30.6%
Net margin -13.5% 27.9% 23.9%
FCF margin 2.3% 18.3% 16.2%
Operating cash flow margin 6.5% 23.3% 23.4%
Return on equity -9.2% 14.4% 23.4%
Return on assets -7.2% 9.7% 19.1%
Return on invested capital – 5.8% –
Return on capital employed -9.6% 6.3% 27.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x 0.8x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 21.9% 8.8% 6.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMBAMRVLMPWR
Debt / assets – 18.0% –
Debt / equity – 0.3x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.4x –
Debt / FCF – 2.9x –
Liabilities / assets 20.5% 32.7% 20.1%
Equity / assets 79.5% 67.3% 79.9%
Interest coverage – 7.2x –
Current ratio 2.8x 3.2x 3.7x
Quick ratio 2.2x 2.5x 2.4x
Cash ratio 2.0x 1.6x 1.7x
Altman Z-score 10.12 10.16 42.26

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMBAMRVLMPWR
Dividend yield – 0.2% 0.6%
Net buyback yield -0.1% -0.1% 0.7%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 0.0% 1.3%
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.

ConsensusAMBAMRVLMPWR
Forward P/E 79.1xFY2026 38.8xFY2026 47.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.77FY2026 $4.12FY2026 $26.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.2%FY2026 +45.1%FY2026 +48.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +40.3% +83.5% +41.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $454.23MFY2026 $11.42BFY2026 $4.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.3%FY2026 +39.5%FY2026 +53.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.4% +80.2% +34.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMBAMRVLMPWR
Held by institutions 81.7% 78.7% 96.9%
Institutions holding 340 2,221 1,248
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% +0.1% +3.2%
Institutions buying 206 1,435 642
Institutions selling 89 648 460
Buyers to sellers 2.31 2.21 1.40

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.

AMBAMRVLMPWR
AMBA 1.00 0.42 0.54
MRVL 0.42 1.00 0.59
MPWR 0.54 0.59 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMBA, MRVL and MPWR?

Marvell Technology (MRVL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ambarella (AMBA) $2.69B, Marvell Technology (MRVL) $140.13B, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) $61.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMBA, MRVL and MPWR?

Marvell Technology (MRVL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ambarella (AMBA) -47.6x, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 54.3x, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 69.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Marvell Technology (MRVL) is cheapest (Ambarella (AMBA) 79.1x, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 38.8x, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 47.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ambarella (AMBA) +20.0%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) +30.6%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +40.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Marvell Technology (MRVL) has the highest net margin (Ambarella (AMBA) -13.5%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 27.9%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 23.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Marvell Technology (MRVL) returned the most: Ambarella (AMBA) -25.7%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) +82.4%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +31.7%. Over five years, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) compounded fastest (Ambarella (AMBA) -20.7%/yr, Marvell Technology (MRVL) +17.3%/yr, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +18.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) has the highest dividend yield: Marvell Technology (MRVL) 0.15%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 0.60%. Ambarella (AMBA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) has been the steadiest (Ambarella (AMBA) 74.4%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 82.4%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 54.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMBA, MRVL and MPWR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Marvell Technology (MRVL) leads on 5. 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.