CEVA (CEVA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CEVA or AMBA?

Ambarella received 225 more outperform votes than CEVA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.12% of users gave CEVA an outperform vote while only 67.89% of users gave Ambarella an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CEVA	Outperform Votes 625 75.12%	Underperform Votes 207 24.88%
Ambarella	Outperform Votes 850 67.89%	Underperform Votes 402 32.11%

Which has more volatility & risk, CEVA or AMBA?

CEVA has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambarella has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% 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 better earnings and 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	7.62	-$8.79M	-$0.37	-93.21
Ambarella	$226.47M	14.39	-$169.42M	-$3.86	-20.25

Do analysts rate CEVA or AMBA?

CEVA currently has a consensus target price of $36.60, suggesting a potential upside of 6.12%. Ambarella has a consensus target price of $85.42, suggesting a potential upside of 9.27%. Given Ambarella's higher possible 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 insiders & institutionals believe in CEVA or AMBA?

85.4% of CEVA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of Ambarella shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of CEVA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ambarella shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CEVA or AMBA?

In the previous week, Ambarella had 8 more articles in the media than CEVA. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ambarella and 3 mentions for CEVA. Ambarella's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat CEVA's score of 0.43 indicating that Ambarella is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CEVA	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ambarella	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ambarella beats CEVA on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.