Ceva Inc

CEVA

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc.

Mkt Cap

$467.1M

PE

-37.51

Debt

Cash

$21.22M

EV

FCF

-$12.29M

Market Cap

$467.1M

P/E Ratio

-37.51

Debt

Cash

$21.22M

EV

FCF

-$12.29M

Charts data: {"Earnings":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":-819000},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":6267000},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":13100000},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":17028000},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":574000},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":28000},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":-2379000},{"time":"2021-12-30","value":396000},{"time":"2022-12-30","value":-23183000},{"time":"2023-12-30","value":-11878000}],"Sales":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":50808000},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":59499000},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":72653000},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":87507000},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":77877000},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":87152000},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":100326000},{"time":"2021-12-30","value":122706000},{"time":"2022-12-30","value":134648000},{"time":"2023-12-30","value":97419000}],"Net Margins":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":-0.016119508738781294},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":0.10532950133615691},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":0.18030914070995005},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":0.19459014707394837},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":0.007370597223827317},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":0.00032127776757848354},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":-0.023712696609054482},{"time":"2021-12-30","value":0.003227226052515769},{"time":"2022-12-30","value":-0.17217485592062265},{"time":"2023-12-30","value":-0.12192693417095228}],"Assets":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":208009000},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":212649000},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":242495000},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":276812000},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":277263000},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":297021000},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":306952000},{"time":"2021-12-30","value":328659000},{"time":"2022-12-30","value":308442000},{"time":"2023-12-30","value":304085000}],"Stockholders Equity":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":179049000},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":186095000},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":211551000},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":244670000},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":245879000},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":251157000},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":260889000},{"time":"2021-12-30","value":276732000},{"time":"2022-12-30","value":258871000},{"time":"2023-12-30","value":264341000}],"ROE":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":-0.004574166848181224},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":0.03367634810177597},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":0.0619236023464791},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":0.06959578207381371},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":0.0023344815946054766},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":0.00011148405180823151},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":-0.009118820647861734},{"time":"2021-12-30","value":0.0014309873812930923},{"time":"2022-12-30","value":-0.08955425675336365},{"time":"2023-12-30","value":-0.04493438399642886}],"ROA":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":0.009773615564711142},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":0.034709779966047336},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":0.06773335532691396},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":0.0682737742583414},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":0.004699509130320309},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":0.004602368182721087},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":0.00821301050327087},{"time":"2021-12-30","value":0.017306691738245415},{"time":"2022-12-30","value":-0.016560649976332664},{"time":"2023-12-30","value":-0.02698258710557903}]}

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.

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Chart P/E ratio

In the chart Earnings are multiplied by this value.

Earnings Growth -43%

Earnings Stability -4.9%

Competitiveness and MOAT

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.

The Net Margin is too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Over time the ROA has been decreasing indicating a lower marginal ROA with respect to the calculated one, this could impede growth.

Years	12-2015	12-2016	12-2017	12-2018	12-2019	12-2020	12-2021	12-2022	12-2023	TTM
Net Margin	11%	18%	19%	0.74%	0.032%	-2.4%	0.32%	-17%	-12%	-14%
ROA	3.5%	6.8%	6.8%	0.47%	0.46%	0.82%	1.7%	-1.7%	-2.7%	-2.8%
ROE	3.4%	6.2%	7%	0.23%	0.011%	-0.91%	0.14%	-9%	-4.5%	-4.7%

What is the average Net Margin?

The average Net Margin over the past 5 years is -5.11%.

What is the trend of Net Margin?

The trend of Net Margin over the past 5 years is -3.25%.

What is the average Return on Assets (ROA)?

The average ROA over the past 5 years is -0.15%.

What is the trend of Return on Assets (ROA)?

The trend of ROA over the past 5 years is -0.61%.

What is the average Return on Equity (ROE)?

The average ROE over the past 5 years is -2.33%.

What is the trend of Return on Equity (ROE)?

The trend of ROE over the past 5 years is -1.41%.

Safety & Stabiliy

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.

Data are missing

The Graham’s stability indicate a relevant drawdown, consider checking when it has occured and why.

Years	12-2015	12-2016	12-2017	12-2018	12-2019	12-2020	12-2021	12-2022	12-2023	TTM
Debt FCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debt Equity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MIN
Graham Stability	-	-	100%	4.7%	0.27%	-40%	-	-	-	-40%

What is the Debt/FCF?

The Debt/FCF trailing twelve month is -.

What is the trend of Debt/FCF?

The trend of Debt/FCF over the past 5 years is -.

What is the Graham’s Stability?

Graham’s Stability measure stands at -0.40.

Growth

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.

Earnings growth has not been increasing in the past years.

Years	12-2016	12-2018	12-2020	12-2022	Trend
Revenue	4.3%	4.6%	-0.98%	-28%	-3.1%
Net Income	-	-	-	-	-74%
Stockholders Equity	3.2%	1.5%	0.44%	2.1%	-1.4%
FCF	-	-	-	-	-8%

What is the 5 year Revenue CAGR?

The Revenue CAGR over the past 5 years is +4.58%.

What is the trend of Revenue growth?

The trend of Revenue growth rate over the past 5 years is -3.11%.

What is the 5 year Earnings CAGR?

The Earnings CAGR over the past 5 years is -.

What is the trend of Earnings growth?

The trend of Earnings growth rate over the past 5 years is -73.91%.

What is the 5 year Equity CAGR?

The Equity CAGR over the past 5 years is +1.46%.

What is the trend of Equity growth?

The trend of Equity growth rate over the past 5 years is -1.39%.

What is the 5 year FCF CAGR?

The FCF CAGR over the past 5 years is -.

What is the trend of FCF growth?

The trend of FCF growth rate over the past 5 years is -8%.