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CEVA, Inc. CEVA
$37.10 +4.45% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.03B
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 17.1% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $115.7M, up 8.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 3.0% a quarter earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $26.9M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 40%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 18%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 32%
- Gross marginTop 3%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 34%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 27%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 44%
- 6-month returnTop 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 35%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 20%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 18%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 48%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 12%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.0% | 8.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 86.5% | 87.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -10.7% | -8.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -0.2% | -0.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.8% | 3.0% | ↑ | Bottom 40% |
| Gross margin | 87.4% | 86.5% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Operating margin | -8.3% | -10.7% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | -9.5% | -9.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.9% | -0.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -2.6% | — | Bottom 32% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.1% | — | Bottom 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 14.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +18.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -6.33%
- Shareholder yield
- -6.33%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +17.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +6.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +29.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $46.20
- Target vs current price
- +24.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 86%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +9.2% | -17.5% | -13.9% | -30.3% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +100.0% | -1.4% | -1.2% | +23.5% | -7.4% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | +0.0% | -9.8% | -17.2% | -17.7% | +63.6% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | +10.0% | -0.6% | -6.1% | -15.3% | -20.0% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +40.0% | -1.8% | +7.3% | +7.0% | +27.8% |
| May 7, 2025 | -14.3% | -20.2% | -16.3% | -22.0% | -21.8% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +0.0% | +10.2% | +15.3% | -6.1% | -36.7% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +55.6% | +16.5% | +10.0% | +19.0% | +36.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.08 | $0.07 | +9.2% | $29.0M |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.02 | +100.0% | $27.0M |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.18 | +0.0% | $31.3M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.10 | +10.0% | $28.4M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.05 | +40.0% | $25.7M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.06 | $0.07 | -14.3% | $24.2M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.11 | +0.0% | $29.2M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.14 | $0.09 | +55.6% | $27.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 67.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 8.70× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.10% | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Earnings yield | -1.09% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 10
- Days above the 200-day average
- 12
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -12.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +19.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +25.0%
- RSI (14)
- 69.0
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 83.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 90th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.47
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.59
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -25.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 | Aug 6, 2024 | -78.2% | 873 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | -16.8% | 31 days | 25 days (Dec 31, 2020) |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -14.3% | 5 days | 10 days (Feb 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.03B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.40
- Revenue (TTM)
- $115.7M
- 52-week range
- $17.02 – $51.60
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $113.8M | $120.6M | $97.4M | $106.9M | $109.6M |
| Gross profit | $103.5M | $105.5M | $85.8M | $94.2M | $95.4M |
| Operating income | $7.0M | $3.9M | -$13.5M | -$7.5M | -$11.3M |
| Net income | $396,000 | -$23.2M | -$11.9M | -$8.8M | -$10.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.02 | -$1.00 | -$0.51 | -$0.37 | -$0.44 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $27.2M | $29.2M | $24.2M | $25.7M | $28.4M | $31.3M | $27.0M | $29.0M |
| Net income | -$1.3M | -$1.7M | -$3.3M | -$3.7M | -$2.5M | -$1.1M | -$4.5M | -$2.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.10 | -$0.07 | -$0.14 | -$0.15 | -$0.10 | -$0.04 | -$0.16 | -$0.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $25.8M | $6.9M | -$6.3M | $3.5M | $3.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.2M | -$3.5M | -$2.9M | -$3.0M | -$3.0M |
| Free cash flow | $23.6M | $3.4M | -$9.2M | $516,000 | $516,000 |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $3.2M | -$6.8M | -$6.2M | -$8.5M | $59.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $215.6M
- Total assets
- $391.9M
- Total liabilities
- $51.6M
- Total debt
- $17.4M
- Net debt
- -$26.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $340.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,156,439
- Days to cover
- 4.99
- Change vs previous report
- +12.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 1, 2002
- 10-for-319