Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The semiconductor company reported ($0.45) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.01) by ($0.44), Zacks reports. Ambarella had a negative net margin of 62.38% and a negative return on equity of 23.52%. The business had revenue of $84.02 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.04 million. Ambarella updated its Q1 2026 guidance to EPS.

Ambarella Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:AMBA traded down $1.40 during trading on Friday, reaching $61.43. 1,958,405 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 822,276. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.56 billion, a PE ratio of -15.91 and a beta of 1.66. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $76.07 and its 200-day simple moving average is $65.18. Ambarella has a 12-month low of $39.69 and a 12-month high of $85.15.

Insider Transactions at Ambarella

In related news, COO Chan W. Lee sold 1,000 shares of Ambarella stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.90, for a total transaction of $75,900.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 110,918 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,418,676.20. This trade represents a 0.89 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Christopher Day sold 1,278 shares of Ambarella stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.61, for a total transaction of $91,517.58. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 17,188 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,230,832.68. The trade was a 6.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 25,861 shares of company stock valued at $1,945,436. 5.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on AMBA. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Ambarella from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on shares of Ambarella from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of Ambarella from $73.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $100.00 price objective on shares of Ambarella in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Susquehanna raised their price objective on shares of Ambarella from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $86.67.

Ambarella Company Profile

Ambarella, Inc develops semiconductor solutions that enable high-definition (HD) and ultra HD compression, image signal processing, and artificial intelligence processing worldwide. The company's system-on-a-chip designs integrated HD video processing, image processing, artificial intelligence computer vision algorithms, audio processing, and system functions onto a single chip for delivering video and image quality, differentiated functionality, and low power consumption.