Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL – Get Free Report) and ACM Research (NASDAQ:ACMR – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Marvell Technology and ACM Research, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Marvell Technology | 0 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 2.90 |
| ACM Research | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 |
Marvell Technology currently has a consensus target price of $285.62, indicating a potential downside of 0.49%. ACM Research has a consensus target price of $122.75, indicating a potential upside of 62.91%. Given ACM Research’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ACM Research is more favorable than Marvell Technology.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Marvell Technology | $8.19 billion | 30.71 | $2.67 billion | $3.03 | 94.72 |
| ACM Research | $901.31 million | 5.41 | $94.08 million | $2.10 | 35.88 |
Marvell Technology has higher revenue and earnings than ACM Research. ACM Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marvell Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Marvell Technology and ACM Research’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Marvell Technology | 27.93% | 13.57% | 8.98% |
| ACM Research | 14.48% | 4.08% | 2.80% |
Volatility & Risk
Marvell Technology has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACM Research has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
83.5% of Marvell Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of ACM Research shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Marvell Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of ACM Research shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Marvell Technology beats ACM Research on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Marvell Technology
Marvell Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, spanning the data center core to network edge. The company develops and scales complex System-on-a-Chip architectures, integrating analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing functionality. It offers a portfolio of Ethernet solutions, including controllers, network adapters, physical transceivers, and switches; single or multiple core processors; and custom application specific integrated circuits. The company also provides electro-optical products, including pulse amplitude modulations, coherent digital signal processors, laser drivers, trans-impedance amplifiers, silicon photonics, and data center interconnect solutions; fibre channel products comprising host bus adapters and controllers; storage controllers for hard disk drives and solid-state-drives; and host system interfaces, including serial attached SCSI, serial advanced technology attachment, peripheral component interconnect express, non-volatile memory express (NVMe), and NVMe over fabrics. It has operations in the United States, Argentina, China, India, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Marvell Technology, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
About ACM Research
ACM Research, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells single-wafer wet cleaning equipment for enhancing the manufacturing process and yield for integrated chips worldwide. It offers space alternated phase shift technology for flat and patterned wafer surfaces, which employs alternating phases of megasonic waves to deliver megasonic energy in a uniform manner on a microscopic level; timely energized bubble oscillation technology for patterned wafer surfaces at advanced process nodes, which provides cleaning for 2D and 3D patterned wafers; Tahoe technology for delivering cleaning performance using less sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide; and electro-chemical plating technology for advanced metal plating. The company markets and sells its products under the SAPS, TEBO, ULTRA C, ULTRA Fn, Ultra ECP, Ultra ECP map, and Ultra ECP ap trademarks through direct sales force and third-party representatives. ACM Research, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
Receive News & Ratings for Marvell Technology Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Marvell Technology and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
