CEVA (CEVA) Competitors

CEVA (NASDAQ:CEVA) and Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CEVA or AMBA?

Ambarella received 228 more outperform votes than CEVA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.06% of users gave CEVA an outperform vote while only 67.94% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CEVA	Outperform Votes 626 75.06%	Underperform Votes 208 24.94%
Ambarella	Outperform Votes 854 67.94%	Underperform Votes 403 32.06%

Do analysts rate CEVA or AMBA?

CEVA presently has a consensus price target of $36.60, indicating a potential upside of 59.34%. Ambarella has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 97.17%. Given Ambarella's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ambarella is more favorable than CEVA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CEVA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ambarella	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CEVA or AMBA?

85.4% of CEVA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Ambarella shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of CEVA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ambarella shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CEVA or AMBA?

CEVA has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CEVA or AMBA more profitable?

CEVA has a net margin of -8.22% compared to Ambarella's net margin of -62.38%. CEVA's return on equity of -2.48% beat Ambarella's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CEVA	-8.22%	-2.48%	-2.16%
Ambarella	-62.38%	-23.52%	-19.93%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CEVA or AMBA?

CEVA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ambarella. CEVA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ambarella, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CEVA	$106.94M	5.14	-$8.79M	-$0.37	-62.08
Ambarella	$284.87M	6.42	-$169.42M	-$2.84	-15.18

Does the media prefer CEVA or AMBA?

In the previous week, Ambarella had 5 more articles in the media than CEVA. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ambarella and 6 mentions for CEVA. CEVA's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Ambarella's score of 0.50 indicating that CEVA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CEVA	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ambarella	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

CEVA and Ambarella tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.