Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.
CEVA, Inc. operates as a licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies to semiconductor and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) companies worldwide. It designs and licenses various digital signal processors, AI processors, wireless platforms, and complementary software for sensor fusion, image enhancement, computer vision, voice input, and artificial intelligence (AI). The company licenses a family of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, and integrated IP solutions, including DSP-based platforms for 5G baseband processing in mobile, broadband, cellular IoT, and radio access network; imaging and computer vision for any camera-enabled devices; audio/voice/sound and ultra-low power always-on/sensing applications for wearables, hearables, and multiple IoT markets; sensor fusion software and inertial measurement unit solutions for hearables, wearables, AR/VR, PC, robotics, remote controls, and IoT; and wireless IoT for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E, Ultra-wideband (UWB), and NB-IoT. Its technologies are licensed to companies, which design, manufacture, market, and sell application-specific integrated circuits and application-specific standard products to mobile, consumer, automotive, robotics, industrial, aerospace and defense, and IoT companies for incorporation into various end products. The company delivers its DSP cores, platforms, and AI processors in the form of a hardware description language definition; and offers development platforms, software development kits, and software debug tools that facilitate system design, debug, and software development. The company licenses its technology through a direct sales force. The company was formerly known as ParthusCeva, Inc. and changed its name to CEVA, Inc. in December 2003. CEVA, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.
In the chart Earnings are multiplied by this value.
High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.
Years | 12-2014 | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 12-2021 | 12-2022 | TTM |
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Net Margin | -1.6% | 11% | 18% | 19% | 0.74% | 0.032% | -2.4% | 0.32% | -17% | -13% |
ROA | 0.98% | 3.5% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 0.47% | 0.46% | 0.82% | 1.7% | -1.7% | -2.9% |
ROE | -0.46% | 3.4% | 6.2% | 7% | 0.23% | 0.011% | -0.91% | 0.14% | -9% | -5.3% |
The average Net Margin over the past 5 years is +0.16%.
The trend of Net Margin over the past 5 years is -5.34%.
The average ROA over the past 5 years is +1.44%.
The trend of ROA over the past 5 years is -1.09%.
The average ROE over the past 5 years is -0.42%.
The trend of ROE over the past 5 years is -2.31%.
Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.
Years | 12-2014 | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 12-2021 | 12-2022 | TTM |
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Debt FCF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Debt Equity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Graham Stability | - | - | 100% | 100% | 4.7% | 0.27% | -40% | - | - | -40% |
The Debt/FCF trailing twelve month is -.
The trend of Debt/FCF over the past 5 years is -.
Graham’s Stability measure stands at -0.40.
Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.
Years | 12-2015 | 12-2017 | 12-2019 | 12-2021 | Trend |
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Revenue | 12% | 9% | 16% | 9.7% | 0.27% |
Net Income | - | - | - | - | -74% |
Stockholders Equity | 4.8% | 1.1% | 1% | -6.5% | -0.46% |
FCF | -21% | -30% | -18% | -85% | -1.2% |
The Revenue CAGR over the past 5 years is +9%.
The trend of Revenue growth rate over the past 5 years is +0.27%.
The Earnings CAGR over the past 5 years is -.
The trend of Earnings growth rate over the past 5 years is -73.91%.
The Equity CAGR over the past 5 years is +1.13%.
The trend of Equity growth rate over the past 5 years is -0.46%.
The FCF CAGR over the past 5 years is -29.97%.
The trend of FCF growth rate over the past 5 years is -1.19%.