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Marvell Technology (MRVL) shares soared 6% after-hours on Friday after S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the semiconductor maker will be added to the S&P 500 index later this month, highlighting the sweeping impact of the artificial intelligence boom on major equity benchmarks.
Electronic manufacturer Flex will also be added to the S&P 500 along with Marvell.
The two technology firms will officially replace consumer products staples Pool Corp. and Campbell's Co. before the opening bell on Monday, June 22.
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The adjustments reflect a broader effort by the index provider to migrate rapidly growing enterprises out of the S&P MidCap 400 index, preventing massively capitalized companies from skewing the performance of gauges designed to track smaller corporations.
Marvell had repeatedly surfaced as a leading candidate for inclusion during the prior two quarterly rebalancing cycles. However, its inclusion became a near certainty as its valuation swelled far beyond the index's minimum requirement of $22.7 billion. By early June, the chipmaker's market capitalization had reached roughly $230 billion.
The index inclusion caps a historic, highly volatile period for Marvell, which has seen its share price more than triple so far this year. The stock embarked on a historic rally early in the week following high-profile validation from Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang.
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Speaking at the Computex technology trade show, Huang publicly singled out Marvell Chief Executive Matt Murphy, predicting that the specialized data-infrastructure provider would become the market's "next trillion-dollar company." The comment sent Marvell shares surging as much as 32% in a single trading session.
Marvell’s trajectory into the benchmark index was cleared after it passed S&P's strict cumulative profitability testing requirements. The turnaround has been explicitly propelled by corporate cloud providers investing heavily in custom silicon and data center infrastructure workloads.
In its first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings report, the company posted record-setting revenue of $2.42 billion, a 28% increase compared to the same period last year, while delivering non-GAAP earnings of $0.80 cents per share to edge past Wall Street projections.
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Backed by a strategic $2 billion investment from Nvidia, Marvell’s management provided an optimistic forward-looking guidance. The company anticipates second-quarter revenues to climb to $2.7 billion—a 35% year-over-year jump.
Retail sentiment on Stocktwits was “extremely bullish” with “extremely high” message volumes.
Retail chatter on MRVL stock on Stocktwits has soared 435% over the past week, 955% over the past month and 812% over the past year.
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One bullish user said they’re waiting for the stock to hit the $1 trillion milestone.
MRVL stock has gained 209% year-to-date.
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