Yahoo Finance Rainbows and Unicorns: Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL) Analysts Just Became A Lot More Optimistic
Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to next year's statutory forecasts. The consensus statutory numbers for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased, with their view clearly much more bullish on the company's business prospects. The market may be pricing in some blue sky too, with the share price gaining 16% to US$83.59 in the last 7 days. Could this upgrade be enough to drive the stock even higher?
Following the upgrade, the current consensus from Marvell Technology's 26 analysts is for revenues of US$5.9b in 2023 which - if met - would reflect a sizeable 50% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. Losses are expected to turn into profits real soon, with the analysts forecasting US$0.69 in per-share earnings. Prior to this update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$5.2b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.38 in 2023. There has definitely been an improvement in perception recently, with the analysts substantially increasing both their earnings and revenue estimates.
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With these upgrades, we're not surprised to see that the analysts have lifted their price target 30% to US$98.15 per share. The consensus price target is just an average of individual analyst targets, so - it could be handy to see how wide the range of underlying estimates is. There are some variant perceptions on Marvell Technology, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at US$115 and the most bearish at US$50.00 per share. Note the wide gap in analyst price targets? This implies to us that there is a fairly broad range of possible scenarios for the underlying business.
Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. The analysts are definitely expecting Marvell Technology's growth to accelerate, with the forecast 39% annualised growth to the end of 2023 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 8.3% per annum over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 11% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Marvell Technology to grow faster than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates for next year, expecting improving business conditions. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. With a serious upgrade to expectations and a rising price target, it might be time to take another look at Marvell Technology.
Still, the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Marvell Technology going out to 2024, and you can see them free on our platform here..
Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are upgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.
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