MPWR vs NVDA vs ORCL Stock Comparison

Monolithic Power Systems, Nvidia and Oracle Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NVDA Nvidia Corp
$210.96 -6.5% 1M +15.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.23T
P/E
27.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$302.97B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
9 wins
ORCL Oracle Corp
$126.08 -12.8% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$373.36B
P/E
19.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.78B
Div. yield
0.02%
ERP Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Nvidia leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Nvidia 9, Oracle 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMPWRNVDAORCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $57.39B $5.23T $373.36B NVDA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 71.6x 27.1x 19.8x ORCL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 43.4x 24.1x 14.7x ORCL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.7% +83.4% +21.6% NVDA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.5% 63.7% 26.2% NVDA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 71.1% 11.0% NVDA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.2x 2.6x NVDA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.5% +15.8% -55.0% NVDA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.4%/yr +56.2%/yr +5.1%/yr NVDA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.9% 37.8% 56.9% NVDA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 73/100 54/100 NVDA

Percentile Scorecard

MPWRNVDAORCL

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

AxisMPWRNVDAORCL
Valuation 27 #70 of 95 56 #42 of 95 56 #45 of 101
Growth 66 #32 of 93 97 #4 of 93 65 #35 of 97
Profitability 81 #18 of 91 99 #2 of 91 87 #13 of 94
Financial Health 79 #22 of 102 65 #36 of 102 40 #66 of 109
Shareholder Returns 45 #42 of 76 47 #41 of 76 21 #51 of 64
Overall 60 73 54
  • MPWR ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • NVDA ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • ORCL ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMPWRNVDAORCLSPY
1 month -15.9%-6.5%-12.8% -1.0%
3 months -14.5%+2.0%+9.6% +2.9%
6 months -30.1%+1.3%-27.2% +6.4%
Year to date +25.8%+13.1%-35.3% +11.4%
1 year +6.5%+15.8%-55.0% +13.1%
3 years +172.8%+383.2%+22.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +39.8%+69.1%+6.9% +21.5%
5 years +123.1%+828.3%+28.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +17.4%+56.2%+5.1% +10.9%
10 years +1,369.4%+12,390.2%+232.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +30.8%+62.1%+12.8% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureMPWRNVDAORCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.9%37.8%56.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.1%36.6%56.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.561.942.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.120.42-0.97 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.9%-66.4%-65.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.5%-11.8%-55.5% -2.5%
52-week high $1,689.89$239.24$283.33 $779.14
52-week low $856.96$165.17$115.01 $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.

MultipleMPWRNVDAORCL
P/E now vs peer median 69.9xmedian 41.5x 26.5xmedian 41.5x 19.9xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 17.1xmedian 6.9x 16.8xmedian 6.9x 5.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 54.6xmedian 27.3x 25.1xmedian 27.3x 13.8xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 96.2xmedian 35.6x 40.0xmedian 35.6x -13.3xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 14.4xmedian 4.2x 22.2xmedian 4.2x 5.7xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 3.39median 2.31 0.16median 2.31 0.84median 0.86

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 monthsMPWRNVDAORCL
Revenue $3.27B $302.97B $71.78B
Gross profit $1.81B $226.24B –
Operating income $940.17M $197.58B $23.06B
Net income $801.95M $192.88B $18.92B
Free cash flow $582.61M $127.01B -$28.72B
R&D $412.95M $23.59B $10.18B
EPS (diluted) $16.28 $7.94 $6.27
Cash & equivalents $1.01B $22.44B $36.37B
Total debt – $33.37B $497.56B
Shares (diluted) 49.26M 24.29B 3.00B
Enterprise value $52.08B $5.00T $245.49B

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
MetricMPWRNVDAORCL
P/E 69.9x 26.5x 19.9x
P/FCF 96.2x 40.0x -13.3x
P/Operating cash flow 68.1x 37.8x 8.1x
P/S 17.1x 16.8x 5.3x
P/B 14.4x 22.2x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 14.4x 22.5x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 54.6x 25.1x 13.8x
EV/EBIT 58.1x 25.6x 20.4x
EV/Revenue 16.7x 16.7x 6.5x
EV/FCF 93.7x 39.8x -16.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 66.4x 37.6x 10.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.39 0.16 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMPWRNVDAORCL
Revenue growth (1Y) 28.7% 83.4% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 21.0% 110.1% 12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 28.4% 96.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.3% 120.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 42.3% 105.9% 28.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 21.4% 163.5% 18.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -52.0% 122.7% 52.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.0% 165.3% 26.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -53.2% 125.0% 46.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 20.6% 167.9% 23.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -8.0% 74.4% 118.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.8% 124.3% 38.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -17.5% 76.3% -388.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 23.9% 130.9% -71.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMPWRNVDAORCL
Gross margin 55.2% 74.7% –
EBITDA margin 30.6% 66.4% 47.3%
Operating margin 28.7% 65.2% 32.1%
Pretax margin 30.1% 75.8% 30.3%
Net margin 24.5% 63.7% 26.2%
FCF margin 17.8% 41.9% -40.0%
Operating cash flow margin 25.1% 44.3% 65.4%
Return on equity 21.2% 90.9% 34.3%
Return on assets 17.6% 66.5% 6.7%
Return on invested capital – 71.1% 11.0%
Return on capital employed 23.1% 80.0% 9.8%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.0x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 0.7x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 6.4% 2.4% 6.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMPWRNVDAORCL
Debt / assets – 10.4% 41.3%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 1.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.2x 2.6x
Debt / FCF – 0.3x -4.4x
Liabilities / assets 16.9% 28.5% 77.8%
Equity / assets 83.1% 71.5% 22.2%
Interest coverage – – 4.5x
Current ratio 5.0x 4.6x 1.2x
Quick ratio 3.5x 3.0x 1.0x
Cash ratio 2.8x 1.5x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 45.23 37.93 1.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMPWRNVDAORCL
Dividend yield 0.7% 0.2% 1.6%
Net buyback yield 0.0% 1.1% -5.3%
Shareholder yield 0.7% 1.3% -3.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 31.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -20.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 17.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 15.1%

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.

ConsensusMPWRNVDAORCL
Forward P/E 43.4xFY2026 24.1xFY2026 14.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $26.25FY2026 $8.75FY2026 $8.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +47.7%FY2026 +83.4%FY2026 +12.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +41.0% +91.8% +23.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.26BFY2026 $383.27BFY2026 $95.06BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +52.7%FY2026 +77.5%FY2026 +41.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +34.1% +85.7% +45.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMPWRNVDAORCL
Held by institutions 96.9% 69.0% 44.7%
Institutions holding 1,245 5,922 3,495
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.2% +4.0% +6.5%
Institutions buying 640 3,278 1,807
Institutions selling 459 2,313 1,308
Buyers to sellers 1.39 1.42 1.38

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.

MPWRNVDAORCL
MPWR 1.00 0.49 0.22
NVDA 0.49 1.00 0.44
ORCL 0.22 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MPWR, NVDA and ORCL?

Nvidia (NVDA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) $57.39B, Nvidia (NVDA) $5.23T, Oracle (ORCL) $373.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, MPWR, NVDA and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 71.6x, Nvidia (NVDA) 27.1x, Oracle (ORCL) 19.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oracle (ORCL) is cheapest (Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 43.4x, Nvidia (NVDA) 24.1x, Oracle (ORCL) 14.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nvidia (NVDA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +28.7%, Nvidia (NVDA) +83.4%, Oracle (ORCL) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nvidia (NVDA) has the highest net margin (Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 24.5%, Nvidia (NVDA) 63.7%, Oracle (ORCL) 26.2%). On return on invested capital, Nvidia (NVDA) leads (Nvidia (NVDA) 71.1%, Oracle (ORCL) 11.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nvidia (NVDA) returned the most: Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +6.5%, Nvidia (NVDA) +15.8%, Oracle (ORCL) -55.0%. Over five years, Nvidia (NVDA) compounded fastest (Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +17.4%/yr, Nvidia (NVDA) +56.2%/yr, Oracle (ORCL) +5.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 0.00%, Nvidia (NVDA) 0.00%, Oracle (ORCL) 0.02%. Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) and Nvidia (NVDA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nvidia (NVDA) has been the steadiest (Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 54.9%, Nvidia (NVDA) 37.8%, Oracle (ORCL) 56.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MPWR, NVDA and ORCL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nvidia (NVDA) leads on 9. 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.