Having already built an impressive data center portfolio, in part through acquisitions, that included processors, storage, security, and Ethernet components, Marvell (MRVL) decided to go one large step further, announcing the acquisition of Inphi (IPHI) and its high-speed optical interconnect assets in a deal worth close to $8.7 billion. Marvell is paying around $8.7B to expand its served addressable market by about $3 billion a year, but adding Inphi should also create meaningful cost, development, and revenue synergies over time. Moreover, it takes a premier asset off the board, preventing another rival from acquiring it, and I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of end-market growth exceeding current expectations.
I can’t fault Marvell’s ambition, but it wasn’t the company’s ambition or execution that concerned me coming out of the analyst day. Obviously, 5G infrastructure and data center offer very attractive multiyear growth opportunities, but there’s an increasingly high bar in terms of growth and margin performance to drive further re-rating.
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Marvell Adds A Premier Silicon Photonics Asset To Its Data Center Arsenal
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