Contrasting Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) and Tigo Energy (NASDAQ:TYGO)

Tigo Energy (NASDAQ:TYGO) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Tigo Energy and Marvell Technology”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tigo Energy	$54.01 million	1.06	-$62.75 million	($1.04)	-0.91
Marvell Technology	$5.38 billion	15.27	-$933.40 million	($1.70)	-55.82

Tigo Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

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

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

Tigo Energy presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 218.30%. Marvell Technology has a consensus price target of $127.60, indicating a potential upside of 34.46%. Given Tigo Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tigo Energy is more favorable than Marvell Technology.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.7% of Tigo Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Marvell Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Tigo Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Marvell Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Marvell Technology beats Tigo Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.