MRVL vs PLTR: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Marvell Technology, Inc. and Palantir Technologies Inc. โ€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-26.
Marvell Technology, Inc. ยท Technology
$258.95
-11.4% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
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Palantir Technologies Inc. ยท Technology
$189.67
+2.4% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
QuantHub Verdict
PLTR has more upside to fair value (+2.4%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric MRVL PLTR
Current Price $258.95 $189.67
Fair Value Estimate $229.46 $194.30
Upside to Fair Value -11.4% +2.4%
Market Cap $226.8B $435.5B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 48.0x 139.9x
Price / Sales 24.0x 70.7x
Price / FCF 134.3x 135.3x
Revenue Growth YoY +36.5% +92.8%
Gross Margin 51.4% 84.8%
Operating Margin 16.7% 42.8%
Return on Equity 16.2% 37.5%
Dividend Yield 0.09% 0%
FCF Yield 0.74% 0.74%
Analyst Consensus Strong Buy Hold
Investment Thesis
MRVL โ€” Marvell Technology, Inc.
Marvell Technology is a data infrastructure semiconductor specialist that designs custom AI accelerators, electro-optics DSPs, ethernet switching, storage controllers and interconnect silicon for hyperscale data centers, communications and carrier markets, employing roughly 7,480 people under CEO Matthew J. Murphy. Business quality is genuinely high on the demand side: revenue grew 36.5% year oveโ€ฆ
PLTR โ€” Palantir Technologies Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc. is a software infrastructure company founded in 2003 and headquartered in Denver that builds and deploys Gotham for intelligence and defense workflows, Foundry as a central data operating system for enterprises, Apollo for software delivery across environments, and its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) for unified access to open-source, self-hosted, and commercial โ€ฆ
Accumulation Zones
Metric MRVL PLTR
Zone Low $172.09 $145.73
Zone High $195.04 $165.16
In Buy Zone? No No
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