AMD vs MRVL vs MXL Stock Comparison

Advanced Micro Devices, Marvell Technology and Maxlinear Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc
$566.42 -6.8% 1M +114.3% 1Y
Market cap
$924.40B
P/E
143.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$41.31B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
6 wins
MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc.
$218.34 -17.1% 1M +142.2% 1Y
Market cap
$191.46B
P/E
74.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.45B
Div. yield
0.11%
Semiconductor Design Technology
2 wins
MXL Maxlinear, Inc
$71.61 -22.8% 1M +370.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.52B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$660.53M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Advanced Micro Devices leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Advanced Micro Devices 6, Maxlinear 3, Marvell Technology 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMDMRVLMXLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $924.40B $191.46B $6.52B AMD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 143.7x 74.2x -221.4x MRVL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 76.8x 53.0x 35.1x MXL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +39.5% +30.6% +56.0% MXL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.6% 27.9% -4.4% MRVL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.0% 5.8% -0.9% AMD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x 0.4x 2.1x AMD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.11% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +114.3% +142.2% +370.8% MXL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +36.4%/yr +26.1%/yr +2.6%/yr AMD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.5% 80.5% 117.4% AMD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 50/100 27/100 AMD

Percentile Scorecard

AMDMRVLMXL

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

AxisAMDMRVLMXL
Valuation 27 #69 of 94 32 #64 of 94 14 #81 of 94
Growth 95 #6 of 92 89 #11 of 92 43 #53 of 92
Profitability 66 #31 of 88 60 #36 of 88 28 #64 of 88
Financial Health 70 #30 of 96 43 #55 of 96 21 #76 of 96
Shareholder Returns 35 #47 of 72 25 #54 of 72 31 #50 of 72
Overall 58 50 27
  • AMD ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • MRVL ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • MXL ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMDMRVLMXLSPY
1 month -6.8%-17.1%-22.8% +0.7%
3 months +16.7%+19.1%+7.0% +3.7%
6 months +59.8%+32.2%+1.2% +7.1%
Year to date +164.5%+156.9%+310.8% +12.8%
1 year +114.3%+142.2%+370.8% +11.9%
3 years +488.9%+366.2%+378.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year +80.7%+67.1%+68.6% +22.8%
5 years +371.1%+218.7%+13.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +36.4%+26.1%+2.6% +10.9%
10 years +7,766.9%+1,566.7%+287.5% +262.0%
10 years, per year +54.7%+32.5%+14.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMDMRVLMXLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.5%80.5%117.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.7%77.9%106.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.233.273.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.671.773.16 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.4%-62.1%-88.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.8%-31.0%-44.1% -1.2%
52-week high $649.42$316.43$128.03 $779.14
52-week low $190.95$73.73$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.

MultipleAMDMRVLMXL
P/E now vs peer median 143.7xmedian 46.4x 74.2xmedian 46.4x -221.4xmedian 46.4x
P/S now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 7.8x 20.3xmedian 7.8x 9.9xmedian 7.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 96.1xmedian 27.5x 68.2xmedian 27.5x 168.7xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 110.5xmedian 40.1x 110.7xmedian 40.1x -316.1xmedian 40.1x
P/B now vs peer median 13.8xmedian 4.7x 10.3xmedian 4.7x 12.2xmedian 4.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 2.10 0.71median 2.10 2.46median 2.10

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 monthsAMDMRVLMXL
Revenue $41.31B $9.45B $660.53M
Gross profit $21.98B $4.93B $383.17M
Operating income $6.49B $1.56B -$6.06M
Net income $6.43B $2.64B -$29.37M
Free cash flow $8.37B $1.73B -$20.62M
R&D $9.39B $2.44B $221.53M
EPS (diluted) $3.88 $2.87 $-0.30
Cash & equivalents $5.09B $3.93B $81.09M
Total debt $12.89B $4.96B $164.06M
Shares (diluted) 1.66B 921.20M 97.71M
Enterprise value $881.14B $178.33B $6.24B

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
MetricAMDMRVLMXL
P/E 143.7x 74.2x -221.4x
P/FCF 110.5x 110.7x -316.1x
P/Operating cash flow 91.7x 87.0x -899.2x
P/S 22.4x 20.3x 9.9x
P/B 13.8x 10.3x 12.2x
P/Tangible book 17.9x 11.8x 13.3x
EV/EBITDA 96.1x 68.2x 168.7x
EV/EBIT 141.0x 123.3x -1,089x
EV/Revenue 22.1x 20.4x 10.0x
EV/FCF 109.3x 111.3x -320.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 90.7x 87.5x -910.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27 0.71 2.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMDMRVLMXL
Revenue growth (1Y) 39.5% 30.6% 56.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 23.6% 18.9% -8.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 55.9% 52.8% 60.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 32.0% 25.0% -7.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 186.2% 1,577% 96.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 167.6% 100.2% -28.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 127.0% 2,653% 83.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 537.7% 107.8% -101.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 123.1% 2,512% 85.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 533.6% 104.2% -89.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 106.7% 19.3% 61.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.4% 26.6% -27.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 106.9% 12.8% 30.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 64.9% 30.6% -30.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMDMRVLMXL
Gross margin 53.2% 52.2% 58.0%
EBITDA margin 23.0% 29.9% 5.9%
Operating margin 15.7% 16.5% -0.9%
Pretax margin 18.3% 32.4% -2.2%
Net margin 15.6% 27.9% -4.4%
FCF margin 20.3% 18.3% -3.1%
Operating cash flow margin 24.4% 23.3% -1.1%
Return on equity 9.8% 14.4% -5.8%
Return on assets 7.8% 9.7% -3.4%
Return on invested capital 8.0% 5.8% -0.9%
Return on capital employed 9.3% 6.3% -0.9%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 0.8x 0.2x
Stock comp / revenue 4.6% 8.8% 13.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMDMRVLMXL
Debt / assets 3.8% 18.0% 17.9%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.3x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x 0.4x 2.1x
Debt / FCF 0.4x 2.9x -8.0x
Liabilities / assets 20.4% 32.7% 41.8%
Equity / assets 79.6% 67.3% 58.2%
Interest coverage 44.1x 7.2x -0.6x
Current ratio 2.6x 3.2x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.7x 2.5x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.1x 1.6x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 33.29 13.58 10.39

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMDMRVLMXL
Dividend yield – 0.1% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% -0.1% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 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.

ConsensusAMDMRVLMXL
Forward P/E 76.8xFY2026 53.0xFY2026 35.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.38FY2026 $4.12FY2026 $2.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +77.0%FY2026 +45.1%FY2026 +558.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +112.7% +83.5% +136.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.09BFY2026 $11.42BFY2026 $725.99MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +53.3%FY2026 +39.5%FY2026 +55.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +60.7% +80.2% +63.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMDMRVLMXL
Held by institutions 72.5% 78.7% 82.7%
Institutions holding 3,993 2,217 430
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.7% +0.1% -2.1%
Institutions buying 2,270 1,432 316
Institutions selling 1,458 647 102
Buyers to sellers 1.56 2.21 3.10

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.

AMDMRVLMXL
AMD 1.00 0.58 0.60
MRVL 0.58 1.00 0.49
MXL 0.60 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMD, MRVL and MXL?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) $924.40B, Marvell Technology (MRVL) $191.46B, Maxlinear (MXL) $6.52B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMD, MRVL and MXL?

Marvell Technology (MRVL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 143.7x, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 74.2x, Maxlinear (MXL) -221.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Maxlinear (MXL) is cheapest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 76.8x, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 53.0x, Maxlinear (MXL) 35.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Maxlinear (MXL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +39.5%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) +30.6%, Maxlinear (MXL) +56.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Marvell Technology (MRVL) has the highest net margin (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 15.6%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 27.9%, Maxlinear (MXL) -4.4%). On return on invested capital, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) leads (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 8.0%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 5.8%, Maxlinear (MXL) -0.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Maxlinear (MXL) returned the most: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +114.3%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) +142.2%, Maxlinear (MXL) +370.8%. Over five years, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) compounded fastest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +36.4%/yr, Marvell Technology (MRVL) +26.1%/yr, Maxlinear (MXL) +2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Marvell Technology (MRVL) 0.11%. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Maxlinear (MXL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has been the steadiest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 68.5%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) 80.5%, Maxlinear (MXL) 117.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMD, MRVL 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 6. 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.