Tigo Energy (NASDAQ:TYGO) & Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) Critical Review

Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) and Tigo Energy (NASDAQ:TYGO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.5% of Marvell Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.7% of Tigo Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Marvell Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Tigo Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Marvell Technology and Tigo Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marvell Technology	$5.38 billion	14.78	-$933.40 million	($1.70)	-54.01
Tigo Energy	$54.01 million	1.00	-$62.75 million	($1.04)	-0.86

Tigo Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marvell Technology. Marvell Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tigo Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Marvell Technology and Tigo Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marvell Technology	0	2	24	2	3.00
Tigo Energy	0	1	2	0	2.67

Marvell Technology currently has a consensus target price of $127.60, indicating a potential upside of 38.97%. Tigo Energy has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 237.08%. Given Tigo Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tigo Energy is more favorable than Marvell Technology.

Volatility and Risk

Marvell Technology has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tigo Energy has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Marvell Technology and Tigo Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marvell Technology	-27.49%	4.59%	3.20%
Tigo Energy	-116.17%	-142.03%	-60.52%

Summary

Marvell Technology beats Tigo Energy on 10 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 Tigo Energy

Tigo Energy, Inc. provides solar and energy storage solutions for the solar industry. It offers module level power electronics (MLPEs) to maximize the energy output of individual solar modules. The company also provides GO Energy Storage Systems that provide solar energy storage management capabilities; and Energy Intelligence (EI) platform, which provides monitoring and energy demand forecasting capabilities. In addition, it offers GO Battery that provides energy resilience in the event of a grid outage and optimizes energy consumption based on rate plans for home energy needs; GO Inverter, which offers energy conversion for home consumption or export to the grid; GO Link/Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS), a component for battery backup of on-grid systems; and GO Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger to reduce transportation costs. The company serves residential, commercial, and utility sectors through distributors and solar installers in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. Tigo Energy, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.