AI Chip Stocks Rally: Nvidia, Broadcom, Marvell Climb
Rendy Andriyanto
Gotrade Team
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Gotrade News - AI chip stocks rallied broadly this week on analyst upgrades and demand optimism. Broadcom was upgraded to Buy, while Marvell was called a future trillion-dollar company.
The strength follows surging AI infrastructure spending and bullish commentary from several industry executives. That optimism has lifted valuations across many large-cap US semiconductor names in recent sessions.
Key Takeaways
Erste Group upgraded Broadcom to Buy on June 5, 2026.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called Marvell a future trillion-dollar company.
Rising valuations are sparking debate about stretched AI chip prices.
As reported by Investing.com, Erste Group lifted Broadcom (AVGO) to Buy from Hold back on June 5. The firm cited materially faster growth than its sector peers as the core investment thesis.
Broadcom guided third-quarter sales to roughly $29.4 billion, an 89% jump from a year earlier. AI semiconductor sales alone are expected to reach about $16 billion in that single quarter.
Optimism extended to Marvell after a high-profile endorsement from a key industry figure. According to The Motley Fool, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Marvell would eventually join the trillion-dollar club.
The comment came at the COMPUTEX show in Taipei as scale-out networking demand keeps accelerating. Marvell shares jumped 33% on June 2, reaching a market cap of nearly $230 billion that day.
The rally has reignited a broader debate over how richly AI chip names are now priced. Marvell (MRVL) would still need to grow about 4.4 times to reach a $1 trillion valuation.
That wide gap shows investors are paying a steep premium for AMD's future growth potential. Some market participants now warn that parts of the AI trade have run well ahead of fundamentals.
Per Barchart, AMD now trades at a forward P/E of 84.4 versus just 25.4 for Nvidia (NVDA). AMD shares have surged more than 130% so far this year through 2026.
AMD reported first-quarter revenue of $10.3 billion, up 38% from a year earlier. Its data center segment contributed $5.8 billion, marking a 57% annual increase over last year.
The broad rally reflects optimism about a multiyear demand cycle in AI model training and inference. Investors expect global data center spending to keep expanding steadily and well into the coming years.
Sector sentiment was also boosted by reports of a planned new Samsung chip-packaging plant overseas. Advanced packaging capacity has become a critical bottleneck for shipping AI accelerators around the world today.
Competition and Valuation Risk
Rising competition is now testing the single-dominant-supplier thesis. According to TechBuzz, Microsoft-backed startup D-Matrix claims a chip 10 times faster for inference workloads.
D-Matrix has raised $110 million in funding and is now entering its full production phase. Rivals such as Amazon Trainium and Google TPUs are also chasing a fast-growing $50 billion accelerator market.
The mix of high valuations and fresh competition remains the single key risk for investors right now. AI demand stays clearly strong, but current share prices already reflect fairly aggressive future growth expectations.
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