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Marvell Technology, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

MRVL · Technology

Major red flags

Revenue
$8.2B
2026
Net Income
$2.7B
2026
Gross Margin
51.0%
Free Cash Flow
$1.4B
01

Screening Summary

7
Passed
5
Watch
5
Failed
-1.59
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO surged by 32 days (65 → 97)

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A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 112.6% exceeds revenue growth 42.1%

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A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue grew 42.1% but CFFO only 4.1%

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory growth 34.8% far exceeds COGS 18.6%, margin rising. Fraud signal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 23.0% vs revenue 42.1%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 18.3%, excellent (<30%)

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung +9.7pp (41.3% → 51.0%)

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $1.4B, FCF/NI = 0.52

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = 4.1%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $2.6B covers 55% of debt $4.8B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $13.1B = 92% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.1x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 105.7% vs revenue 42.1%

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -11% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -1.59 (> -1.78). LIKELY MANIPULATOR

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04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-1.59
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.496
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.81
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.825
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.421
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.102
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.676
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
0.0413
TATA
Accruals level
1.094
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

4.02
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.1454
Liquidity
0.0608
Cumulative profit
0.1458
Operating efficiency
1.7937
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-08

·Latest Quarterly Check

About this →

MRVL is sitting near the watch threshold across the last 5–6 quarters.

  • Q4 · CFO/NI weakCFO/NI = 0.66
  • Q5 · Inv > RevInv YoY +34.8% vs Rev YoY +22.1%

Updated 2026-05-19