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$28.05 -0.23 (-0.81%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

CEVA vs. LASR, CAN, HIMX, ICHR, SGH, DIOD, AMBA, MXL, AOSL, and NVEC

Should you be buying CEVA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CEVA include nLIGHT (LASR), Canaan (CAN), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Ichor (ICHR), SMART Global (SGH), Diodes (DIOD), Ambarella (AMBA), MaxLinear (MXL), Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), and NVE (NVEC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

CEVA vs.

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

CEVA has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nLIGHT has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CEVA has a net margin of -3.22% compared to nLIGHT's net margin of -24.16%. CEVA's return on equity of -2.69% beat nLIGHT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CEVA-3.22% -2.69% -2.35%
nLIGHT -24.16%-19.53%-15.91%

CEVA received 427 more outperform votes than nLIGHT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.03% of users gave CEVA an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave nLIGHT an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CEVAOutperform Votes
622
75.03%
Underperform Votes
207
24.97%
nLIGHTOutperform Votes
195
63.52%
Underperform Votes
112
36.48%

CEVA currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. nLIGHT has a consensus price target of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 49.00%. Given nLIGHT's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe nLIGHT 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
nLIGHT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, CEVA had 1 more articles in the media than nLIGHT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CEVA and 2 mentions for nLIGHT. nLIGHT's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat CEVA's score of 0.34 indicating that nLIGHT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CEVA
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
nLIGHT
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CEVA$97.42M6.80-$11.88M-$0.14-200.34
nLIGHT$209.92M2.50-$41.67M-$1.03-10.53

85.4% of CEVA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of nLIGHT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of CEVA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of nLIGHT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CEVA beats nLIGHT on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CEVA vs. The Competition

MetricCEVAComputer & Data IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$668.16M$80.38B$24.07B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A0.54%2.76%4.06%
P/E Ratio-200.3430.37220.9013.30
Price / Sales6.80229.543,397.9181.01
Price / CashN/A31.2632.7036.03
Price / Book2.497.636.815.74
Net Income-$11.88M$2.40B$658.94M$225.93M
7 Day Performance2.45%-0.24%0.18%-1.32%
1 Month Performance17.46%4.28%0.76%0.60%
1 Year Performance26.52%59.27%18.84%26.23%

CEVA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CEVA
CEVA
1.5064 of 5 stars
$28.05
-0.8%
$34.00
+21.2%
+22.4%$668.16M$97.42M-200.34424
LASR
nLIGHT
3.2026 of 5 stars
$10.85
-0.2%
$16.17
+49.0%
-4.4%$526.43M$209.92M0.001,100Insider Trade
Positive News
CAN
Canaan
2.5527 of 5 stars
$1.67
+5.0%
$3.38
+102.1%
-1.2%$480.74M$211.48M0.00350Options Volume
HIMX
Himax Technologies
2.0076 of 5 stars
$5.22
-0.2%
N/A-16.2%$913.81M$945.43M11.862,164
ICHR
Ichor
3.1592 of 5 stars
$31.10
+2.2%
$42.57
+36.9%
+20.5%$1.03B$811.12M0.002,245Positive News
High Trading Volume
SGH
SMART Global
2.0901 of 5 stars
N/A$32.25
+∞
N/A$1.10B$1.44B-6.773,000
DIOD
Diodes
3.5412 of 5 stars
$55.59
+1.6%
$72.80
+31.0%
-21.6%$2.53B$1.66B42.118,635
AMBA
Ambarella
3.7113 of 5 stars
$59.07
+0.1%
$74.09
+25.4%
+6.0%$2.44B$220.41M-13.67900Upcoming Earnings
MXL
MaxLinear
4.26 of 5 stars
$14.69
+1.4%
$23.86
+62.4%
-20.4%$1.22B$693.26M0.001,328
AOSL
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
3.4737 of 5 stars
$30.39
-5.5%
$38.00
+25.0%
+35.2%$933.93M$658.53M-45.362,332High Trading Volume
NVEC
NVE
2.4932 of 5 stars
$75.58
+0.2%
N/A+7.1%$364.48M$29.80M22.6350News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CEVA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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