Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

Marvell Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVL)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Marvell Technology Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Aug 1, 2026 May 2, 2026 Jan 31, 2026 Nov 1, 2025 Aug 2, 2025 May 3, 2025 Feb 1, 2025 Nov 2, 2024 Aug 3, 2024 May 4, 2024 Feb 3, 2024 Oct 28, 2023 Jul 29, 2023 Apr 29, 2023 Jan 28, 2023 Oct 29, 2022 Jul 30, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 29, 2022 Oct 30, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 May 1, 2021 Jan 30, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Aug 1, 2020 May 2, 2020
Net income (loss) 308,000 34,500 396,100 1,901,300 194,800 177,900 200,200 (676,300) (193,300) (215,600) (392,700) (164,300) (207,500) (168,900) (15,400) 13,300 4,300 (165,700) 6,168 (62,532) (276,428) (88,242) 16,536 (22,908) (157,893) (113,033)
Depreciation and amortization 93,100 95,400 93,400 86,900 84,100 84,200 78,800 76,600 76,300 72,600 73,800 72,100 75,500 78,400 77,900 74,400 76,900 75,700 76,257 71,592 66,248 51,837 47,990 47,834 51,605 50,483
Stock-based compensation 326,200 207,600 143,000 152,100 153,600 142,100 147,600 158,400 154,900 136,500 155,300 158,500 152,800 143,200 130,700 146,100 144,500 131,100 134,757 119,090 114,105 92,727 59,479 59,787 62,586 59,687
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 214,900 225,200 223,600 229,000 243,700 245,700 247,100 264,900 275,700 264,900 286,300 269,800 271,800 270,000 273,200 269,900 271,800 272,500 294,784 279,282 276,672 128,639 109,682 109,433 111,579 112,922
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability 101,900 331,800 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Change in fair value of forward stock purchase contract (49,900) (81,100) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Amortization of inventory fair value adjustment associated with acquisitions — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 12,700 10,400 6,300 9,300 3,243 21,470 155,840 13,720 — — — 17,284
Restructuring related (gains) charges, net — — — — — (14,000) 4,700 521,800 1,600 700 700 800 21,300 10,100 700 3,000 1,000 900 995 1,049 4,156 — 7,344 6,013 117,546 —
Deferred income taxes 24,900 13,800 44,400 7,000 (4,900) (4,300) (5,700) (47,900) (36,100) (22,200) 434,500 (57,000) (87,600) (139,100) (3,200) (124,800) 13,400 165,000 (26,324) (15,984) (29,005) (22,581) (39,906) 859 (2,816) 2,372
Gain on sale of business — — — (1,830,400) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other expense, net 35,100 23,200 24,400 4,300 36,700 44,100 23,800 9,000 11,300 21,800 15,000 18,200 8,900 12,800 9,100 31,300 16,500 5,800 11,636 17,214 30,561 31,309 12,284 7,755 3,459 11,451
Accounts receivable (346,600) 314,900 (640,200) (94,700) (307,700) (115,600) (30,500) 62,200 (178,200) 239,700 93,000 (5,500) (208,200) 191,300 198,800 (101,800) (100,200) (139,500) (67,635) (192,229) (91,216) (57,999) (46,397) (6,729) (14,782) 23,586
Prepaid expenses and other assets (305,200) (28,500) 41,100 (190,100) (117,500) 24,100 (172,800) (45,500) 135,900 85,800 (107,500) 53,700 (47,200) 7,900 (98,000) (197,500) (42,000) (142,900) (96,467) (19,149) (50,603) 4,413 (32,942) (5,677) 3,679 (6,694)
Inventories 48,300 (11,400) (370,500) 35,200 15,400 (69,900) (169,800) (108,200) 9,200 38,800 78,800 70,600 11,300 41,200 (122,500) (56,300) (81,300) (125,800) (91,211) (118,388) (69,038) (13,249) 96 (5,984) (33) 35,834
Accounts payable 22,300 (355,900) 378,400 (11,000) (30,700) (37,400) 71,700 75,000 93,100 (58,300) (61,600) (700) 18,000 (104,800) (53,900) (37,800) (57,500) 61,400 (631) 93,200 52,197 (51,609) 4,895 5,121 33,204 (3,557)
Accrued employee compensation 44,300 (84,400) 57,500 22,800 26,800 (117,600) 31,600 71,100 33,000 (92,200) 17,600 59,700 1,100 (60,100) (3,800) 60,000 (3,700) (50,000) 16,599 69,289 (616) (55,693) 1,439 56,741 6,964 (25,503)
Accrued liabilities and other non-current liabilities 88,200 (46,300) (17,500) 269,900 167,300 (26,400) 87,300 175,200 (77,000) (148,000) (46,600) 27,100 102,300 (73,600) (54,800) 320,800 81,500 97,000 84,152 761 39,234 (46,999) 17,795 5,289 10,732 10,796
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions (448,700) (211,600) (551,200) 32,100 (246,400) (342,800) (182,500) 229,800 16,000 65,800 (26,300) 204,900 (122,700) 1,900 (134,200) (12,600) (203,200) (299,800) (155,193) (166,516) (120,042) (221,136) (55,114) 48,761 39,764 34,462
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 297,500 604,300 (22,400) (1,319,000) 266,800 155,000 313,800 1,212,600 499,700 540,100 939,300 667,300 320,000 377,300 366,900 397,700 327,200 360,500 340,155 327,197 498,535 74,515 141,759 280,442 383,723 288,661
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 605,500 638,800 373,700 582,300 461,600 332,900 514,000 536,300 306,400 324,500 546,600 503,000 112,500 208,400 351,500 411,000 331,500 194,800 346,323 264,665 222,107 (13,727) 158,295 257,534 225,830 175,628
Purchases of technology licenses (4,500) (500) (1,100) (1,200) (1,100) (1,100) (800) (500) (5,200) (500) (10,600) (300) (200) (2,800) (2,000) (4,900) (2,600) (1,600) (8,426) (2,731) (3,197) (3,443) (4,232) (1,712) (3,080) (3,684)
Purchases of property and equipment (126,700) (155,700) (114,300) (73,500) (47,500) (118,800) (69,900) (75,000) (48,200) (91,500) (71,000) (54,400) (111,100) (99,800) (54,000) (42,700) (72,600) (36,900) (38,841) (76,804) (32,235) (21,444) (18,556) (35,359) (17,540) (35,343)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment — — — 100 1,400 25,900 — 100 300 100 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired — (1,270,900) — — — — — — (10,400) — 5,500 — (5,500) — (9,300) (4,400) (54,600) (44,000) (15,207) 60,436 — (3,600,165) — — — —
Net proceeds from sale of business — — — 2,478,600 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other, net 900 5,700 (6,700) (12,800) (30,000) (100) 400 (100) 10,500 (10,000) (100) 100 (200) (100) 1,100 100 (100) 100 (616) (53) (2,851) 447 (361) (476) 34 665
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (130,300) (1,421,400) (122,100) 2,391,200 (77,200) (94,100) (70,300) (75,500) (53,000) (101,900) (76,200) (54,600) (117,000) (102,700) (64,200) (51,900) (129,900) (82,400) (63,090) (19,152) (38,283) (3,624,605) (23,149) (37,547) (20,586) (38,362)
Repurchases of common stock (200,000) (200,000) (200,100) (1,300,000) (200,000) (340,000) (200,000) (200,000) (175,000) (150,000) (100,000) (50,000) — — — (50,000) (50,000) (15,000) — — — — — — — (25,202)
Proceeds from employee stock plans 54,200 3,300 27,200 400 50,500 600 35,200 800 49,300 2,300 38,100 700 52,900 7,500 38,800 1,100 48,900 2,500 41,700 2,428 39,807 549 36,145 2,256 42,776 5,458
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock — 2,000,000 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for net share settlement (138,000) (227,200) (77,300) (62,500) (50,700) (50,200) (84,600) (58,600) (57,600) (74,100) (55,000) (44,900) (51,200) (72,600) (26,400) (29,500) (34,100) (137,600) (136,656) (52,851) (42,975) (73,175) (25,468) (25,912) (25,213) (31,501)
Dividend payments to stockholders (53,900) (53,800) (50,800) (50,800) (51,700) (51,800) (51,900) (51,900) (51,900) (51,800) (51,900) (51,800) (51,700) (51,400) (51,300) (51,100) (51,100) (50,900) (50,731) (50,429) (49,332) (40,557) (40,463) (40,229) (40,119) (39,763)
Payments on technology license obligations (29,400) (27,200) (26,300) (47,700) (27,500) (26,800) (29,200) (58,900) (35,300) (30,200) (40,100) (31,600) (28,600) (50,000) (38,900) (32,400) (22,200) (49,000) (36,577) (30,551) (23,175) (44,132) (23,224) (34,285) (18,702) (23,807)
Proceeds from borrowings — 998,900 — — 998,600 200,000 — — — — — 1,045,300 50,000 200,000 — — 200,000 — 90,000 — 75,000 3,731,096 — — — —
Principal payments of debt — (500,000) — — (757,800) (32,800) (32,800) (32,800) (21,900) (21,900) (21,900) (1,006,900) (571,800) (21,900) (21,800) (91,900) (141,000) (10,900) (100,938) (150,938) (75,000) (200,000) (150,000) (100,000) — —
Payment for repurchases and settlement of convertible notes — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (316) (109,812) (71,079) — — — —
Proceeds from capped calls — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 33 49,132 111,154 — — — —
Other, net (18,900) (6,600) — (22,800) (7,300) (200) (200) — — — (14,400) (7,000) — — (100) 1,000 — — — 996 (10,364) (1,479) (15,710) (21,310) — (2,507)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (386,000) 1,987,400 (327,300) (1,483,400) (45,900) (301,200) (363,500) (401,400) (292,400) (325,700) (245,200) (146,200) (600,400) 11,600 (99,700) (252,800) (49,500) (260,900) (193,202) (281,628) (146,719) 3,412,377 (218,720) (219,480) (41,258) (117,322)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 89,200 1,204,800 (75,700) 1,490,100 338,500 (62,400) 80,200 59,400 (39,000) (103,100) 225,200 302,200 (604,900) 117,300 187,600 106,300 152,100 (148,500) 90,031 (36,115) 37,105 (225,955) (83,574) 507 163,986 19,944

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2026-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-11-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-02-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-11-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-02).


The company exhibits a significant divergence between reported net income and net cash provided by operating activities. While net income is characterized by extreme volatility—marked by substantial quarterly losses followed by a dramatic surge in profitability starting in late 2024—the net cash provided by operating activities has remained consistently positive and generally trended upward, demonstrating a robust ability to generate cash despite accounting losses.

Operating Cash Flow and Non-Cash Adjustments
Operating cash flow has shown steady growth, rising from approximately 175 million in early 2020 to over 600 million by mid-2026. This resilience is primarily driven by significant non-cash add-backs. Stock-based compensation has scaled aggressively, increasing from roughly 60 million per quarter in 2020 to a peak of 326 million by August 2026. Similarly, amortization of acquired intangible assets has remained a massive and consistent contributor to cash flow, generally fluctuating between 220 million and 295 million per quarter.
Investment Strategy and Capital Expenditures
Investing activities are marked by large, episodic transactions rather than steady flows. A major acquisition event occurred in May 2021, resulting in a cash outflow of 3.6 billion. This was offset by a significant divestiture in November 2025, which generated 2.48 billion in proceeds from the sale of a business. Capital expenditures for property and equipment have trended upward over the analyzed period, moving from an average of 20-30 million in 2020 to peaks of 155 million in early 2026, indicating an increase in investment in physical infrastructure.
Financing and Capital Allocation
The financing strategy has evolved from initial debt-funded expansion to aggressive shareholder returns. In May 2021, the company secured 3.73 billion through borrowings to fund acquisitions. Over time, the company shifted toward significant stock repurchases, which accelerated from 15-50 million per quarter in 2022 to a peak of 1.3 billion in November 2025. Dividend payments have remained remarkably stable, gradually increasing from approximately 40 million to 54 million per quarter. A notable capital injection occurred in May 2026 via the issuance of 2 billion in preferred stock.
Working Capital and Asset Management
Changes in assets and liabilities have introduced significant quarterly volatility to the cash position. Substantial fluctuations are observed in accounts receivable and inventories, with a particularly large negative impact on cash in early 2026 due to a 640 million increase in accounts receivable and a 370 million increase in inventories. These swings suggest periodic shifts in inventory buildup and revenue collection cycles.

Overall, the financial profile is one of a company utilizing non-cash accounting charges and strategic financing to maintain liquidity and fund growth. The transition toward massive net income gains in late 2025, coupled with high-volume share buybacks and a large preferred stock issuance, suggests a shift in the company's financial maturity and capital structure strategy.

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