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Ambarella
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Rating:56Neutral
Price Target:
$71.00
▲(0.31% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:09/10/26
The score is led by improving fundamentals and a strong, low-debt balance sheet, supported by upbeat guidance and growth catalysts from product ramps and partnerships. These positives are tempered by weak technical momentum, ongoing losses (negative P/E), and cash-flow/inventory execution risks highlighted on the earnings call.
Positive Factors
Revenue Growth and Gross Margins
Ambarella is combining strong top-line recovery with resilient gross margins, indicating improving demand for its products and solid underlying product economics. If these trends persist, the company has a stronger base for absorbing operating costs and converting future growth into profitability.
Negative Factors
Continued Net Losses
Despite revenue growth and healthy gross margins, Ambarella has not yet translated scale into sustained operating or net profitability. Continued losses can constrain internally funded investment, weaken returns on shareholder capital, and leave earnings dependent on further growth and operating-cost discipline.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Revenue Growth and Gross Margins
Ambarella is combining strong top-line recovery with resilient gross margins, indicating improving demand for its products and solid underlying product economics. If these trends persist, the company has a stronger base for absorbing operating costs and converting future growth into profitability.
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Ambarella Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Revenue by Geography
Tracks the share of Ambarella’s sales coming from each region, indicating how well the company is penetrating automotive, surveillance, and consumer camera markets around the world. Useful for spotting concentration risk if a few countries dominate revenue and for identifying regions that could drive future growth.
Tracks the share of Ambarella’s sales coming from each region, indicating how well the company is penetrating automotive, surveillance, and consumer camera markets around the world. Useful for spotting concentration risk if a few countries dominate revenue and for identifying regions that could drive future growth.
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Market Cap
$2.79B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)1.53M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)2.01
Revenue Growth20.04%
EPS Growth38.40%
CountryUS
Employees959
SectorTechnology
Sector Strength88
IndustrySemiconductors
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-1.29
Shares Outstanding44,140,972
10 Day Avg. Volume1,356,447
30 Day Avg. Volume1,530,361
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.96
Price to Book (P/B)4.60
Price to Sales (P/S)7.00
P/FCF Ratio47.15
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.26
Enterprise Value/Revenue8.44
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit14.47
Enterprise Value/Ebitda-121.98
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$91.33Price Target Upside29.04% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering11
EPS Forecast (FY)0.8
Revenue Forecast (FY)$440.39M
Ambarella Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Ambarella, Inc. is a global semiconductor company specializing in advanced video processing technology. They develop chips that facilitate high-definition (HD) and ultra-HD (UHD) video compression, sophisticated image manipulation, and cutting-edg...
How the Company Makes Money
Ambarella makes money primarily by selling its semiconductor products (computer-vision and video-processing SoCs, and related software/firmware) to device manufacturers and module makers that integrate these chips into end products such as automot...
Ambarella Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Sep 03, 2026
(Q2-2027)
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Next Earnings Date:Dec 01, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call was broadly positive, supported by record edge AI and automotive revenue, double-digit year-over-year growth, a higher five-year serviceable market forecast, new product ramps, design wins, and major channel partnerships. The company also provided favorable Q3 revenue guidance. Offsetting concerns included memory scarcity, rising supply chain costs, uncertainty around Q4 customer demand, below-midpoint gross margin, negative free cash flow, higher inventory days and competition in the AI accelerator market.Positive Updates
Q2 Revenue and Earnings Above Guidance Midpoint
Fiscal Q2 revenue was $108.1 million, slightly above the midpoint of the prior guidance range of $105 million to $111 million, up 7.7% sequentially and 13.2% year-over-year. Non-GAAP net profit was $8.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share.
Negative Updates
Memory Scarcity and Rising Supply Chain Costs
Memory vendors and supply chains are prioritizing AI data center demand, resulting in rising supply chain costs and scarce memory supply. Ambarella is facing rising supply chain costs and plans to pass those costs to customers.
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Q2-2027 Updates
Positive
Negative
Q2 Revenue and Earnings Above Guidance Midpoint
Fiscal Q2 revenue was $108.1 million, slightly above the midpoint of the prior guidance range of $105 million to $111 million, up 7.7% sequentially and 13.2% year-over-year. Non-GAAP net profit was $8.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share.
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Company Guidance
For fiscal Q3, Ambarella anticipates revenue in the range of $115 million to $124 million, or $119.5 million at the midpoint, non-GAAP gross margin in the range of 59% to 60%, non-GAAP OpEx in the range of $56.5 million to $59.5 million, net interest and other income of approximately $1.9 million, non-GAAP tax expense of approximately $700,000, and diluted share count of approximately 44.9 million shares; the company expects Q3 growth to be led by Physical AI demand from the IoT market, maintains its long-term gross margin target of 59% to 62%, expects the 2-nanometer CV8 semi-custom SoC to generate first production revenue in fiscal 2028, expects meaningful revenue from the CapGemini and Macnica partnerships in 2 to 3 years, and expects revenue of $0.5 billion with each one of them over the next 7 years.Ambarella Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
47
Neutral
Balance Sheet
76
Positive
Cash Flow
64
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2023 | Jan 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 417.80M | 390.70M | 284.87M | 226.47M | 337.61M | 331.86M |
| Gross Profit | 243.52M | 226.47M | 167.63M | 136.82M | 208.93M | 208.13M |
| EBITDA | -28.89M | -48.10M | -91.67M | -123.72M | -51.00M | -14.63M |
| Net Income | -56.32M | -75.86M | -117.13M | -169.42M | -65.39M | -26.41M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 780.21M | 798.60M | 688.97M | 657.65M | 710.20M | 657.54M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 272.33M | 312.57M | 250.26M | 219.93M | 206.86M | 171.04M |
| Total Debt | 12.64M | 13.44M | 5.26M | 5.34M | 8.64M | 11.71M |
| Total Liabilities | 159.89M | 203.81M | 127.56M | 97.78M | 104.11M | 110.37M |
| Stockholders Equity | 620.32M | 594.79M | 561.41M | 559.87M | 606.09M | 547.18M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 9.08M | 58.01M | 23.45M | 7.05M | 29.04M | 29.12M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 27.33M | 73.52M | 33.84M | 19.02M | 44.09M | 38.80M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -70.34M | -30.49M | -40.53M | 7.84M | -107.30M | -119.55M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 2.13M | 3.81M | 6.40M | 4.51M | 5.70M | 10.53M |
Ambarella Technical Analysis
Neutral
70.78
Price Trends
68.56
Negative
70.54
Negative
67.63
Negative
Market Momentum
-1.46
Positive
49.76
Neutral
52.02
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For AMBA, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 70.78 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 66.39, above the 50-day MA of 68.56, and above the 200-day MA of 67.63, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -1.46 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 49.76 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 52.02 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for AMBA.
Ambarella Risk Analysis
Ambarella disclosed 59 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Ambarella reported the most risks in the "Production" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Ambarella Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
88 Outperform | $5.22T | 27.92 | 110.11% | 0.23% | 83.38% | 124.42% | |
76 Outperform | $187.63B | 20.27 | 37.33% | 2.03% | 1.87% | -16.70% | |
61 Neutral | $37.18B | 12.37 | -10.20% | 1.83% | 8.50% | -7.62% | |
56 Neutral | $2.79B | -51.16 | -9.34% | ― | 20.04% | 38.40% | |
55 Neutral | $838.43M | -73.90 | -3.42% | ― | 8.82% | 2.60% | |
54 Neutral | $4.66B | -9.31 | -38.70% | ― | 11.44% | -940.34% | |
49 Neutral | $2.02B | 60.02 | 3.94% | 2.11% | -7.60% | -52.67% |
* Technology Sector Average
AMBA
Ambarella
66.00
-17.45
-20.91%
CEVA
Ceva
29.78
2.36
8.61%
HIMX
Himax Technologies
11.92
3.11
35.29%
NVDA
Nvidia
221.97
40.25
22.15%
QCOM
Qualcomm
177.96
11.40
6.84%
SYNA
Synaptics
117.50
46.43
65.33%
Ambarella Corporate Events
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Ambarella shareholders affirm directors, auditor and equity plan
Positive
Jul 1, 2026
At its annual meeting held on June 26, 2026, Ambarella shareholders elected three Class II directors—Gregory M. Bryant, D. Jeffrey Richardson and Elizabeth M. Schwarting—to serve until the 2029 annual meeting, with approximately 86% of...
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