Citi upgrades Marvell, adds Nvidia to 'Semis Christmas Shopping list'

Citi analyst Atif Malik upgraded Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) to Buy from Neutral and raised his price target for the shares to $19 from $17.30. The stock closed yesterday up 5c to $15.35. With the stock down 28% year-to-date, the risk/reward looks attractive in next 12-18 months, Malik tells investors in a research note. The analyst expects increasing sales diversification and gross margin expansion from Cavium's networking business should help expand stock's historical storage weighted price-to-earnings multiple over time. Malik also added adding Nvidia (NVDA) to the "Citi Semis Christmas Shopping list on bottom picking." Gaming expectations have been de-risked in the January quarter, the analyst writes. He keeps a Buy rating on the shares with a $244 price target. Nvidia closed yesterday up 71c to $148.90.