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CEVA, Inc.

$CEVA·$1.1B·Semiconductors·Technology
$26.86-1.0%YTD+63.2%1Y+18.3%
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$CEVACEVA, Inc.
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $CEVA, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-31

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

CEVA — semi IP licensing Q2 EPS $0.08 beat 9.2%, licensing revenue +21% YoY (3-year high), Zacks Bull of the Day, COO Boukaya resigned effective Aug 1.

CEVA is a semiconductor IP licensing company — DSP, connectivity, and AI-inference cores licensed to fabless-semi and OEM customers. The equity is a growth-cyclical name whose Q2 print signaled the specific licensing-momentum inflection.

  • Q2 2026 EPS $0.08 beat $0.07 consensus by 9.2% on revenue $29M (beat $28.2M by 3.0%) — the beat cadence is consistent (+9.2%, +100%, 0%, +10%), and the important number is Q2 licensing revenue climbing +21% YoY to a three-year high.
  • Revenue growth: Q1 2026 $27M (+11.5% YoY), Q4 2025 $31M (+7.1%), Q3 $28M (+4.3%), Q2 2025 $26M (-9.7%) — the sequential-quarter recovery from Q2 2025 contraction to Q2 2026 acceleration is the specific cycle-turn signal.
  • The Jul 13 8-K disclosed COO Michael Boukaya's mutually-agreed resignation on Jul 8 with last day as COO Aug 1 (remains employee through Dec 31 for transition) — no successor named, which is a specific governance overhang but the Q2 print was strong despite it.
  • The Aug 20 Zacks 'Bull of the Day' framing plus 'Bears are Losing Control' plus the Aug 12 5.4% decline on analyst downgrade capture the specific bull-bear tension in the sell-side view.
  • Fundamentals reflect early-cycle-recovery: P/E -102 (trailing losses), P/S 10.8, ROIC -3.3%, gross margin 87%, op margin -10.7%, EV/EBITDA -234 (loss distortion), FCF yield -0.5% (near breakeven), debt/equity 0.05 (essentially unlevered), beta 2.01 — analyst FY26 EPS $0.53 vs FY27 $0.82 and FY28 $1.01 models specific 55% EPS CAGR.

What extends the run is Q3 EPS topping $0.18 plus a specific new licensee announcement in AI-inference IP — both ratify the physical-AI-portfolio-winner thesis X posts anchor on. What breaks it is a large licensee contract renewal at unfavorable royalty terms or a specific competitor (Cadence, Synopsys) IP win, either of which resets the licensing-momentum trajectory.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X take — Q2 revenue $29M (+13% YoY beat), licensing revenue climbed +21% YoY to a three-year high, adjusted EPS of $0.08 beat $0.07, CEVA grouped with INDI/OUST/VPG as physical AI portfolio winners, operating leverage building on licensing-momentum inflection, one trader glance flagging CEVA as expensive against sales at 6x current, one holder 'taking the biggest bath ever' post-print — captures the semi-IP-licensing-cycle-recovery setup with the specific tape-tension bulls and bears are working through.

What to watch: Q3 EPS above $0.18 plus a new licensee announcement in AI-inference IP extends the run; a large licensee contract renewal at unfavorable royalty terms or a Cadence/Synopsys IP win resets the licensing-momentum trajectory.

On the calendar: 2026-11-09 — Q3 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment8 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-17

CEVA chatter is bullish - Q2 revenue $29M (+13% YoY) beat $28.2M, licensing revenue climbed +21% YoY to a three-year high, and adjusted EPS of $0.08 beat $0.07. CEVA is grouped with INDI, OUST, and VPG as physical AI portfolio winners (+7% on the day). Bulls describe operating leverage building on a licensing-momentum inflection. A trader glance flags CEVA as expensive against sales (6x current, 5x forward vs software peers at 30x). One holder is 'taking the biggest bath ever' post-print.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

IP licensor of wireless connectivity and AI processor cores to semiconductor companies, riding IoT and 5G growth.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CEVA.

Semiconductors · Technology

Hyperscaler AI capex keeps Blackwell allocation tight and HBM3e pricing firm; NVDA's data-center backlog and AVGO's networking wins confirm the cycle is not peaking. LLM context-window expansion — the structural demand pull — extends through at least 2H26.

What this means for $CEVA

Direct beneficiary — semiconductor products are directly in the AI capex supply chain; CEVA, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-102.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-3.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-10.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-0.5%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
10.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-3.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
87.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 10, 2026$0.08$0.07+9.2%
Q1 2026May 11, 2026$0.04$0.02+100.0%
Q4 2025Feb 17, 2026$0.18$0.180.0%
Q3 2025Nov 10, 2025$0.11$0.10+10.0%
Next earningsMon, Nov 9·consensus EPS $0.18

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$27.0M+11.5%85.8%-18.6%$-0.16$-7.2M
Q4 FY25$31.3M+7.1%88.1%-1.3%$-0.04$7.2M
Q3 FY25$28.4M+4.3%88.0%-7.3%$-0.10$-6.3M
Q2 FY25$25.7M-9.7%86.2%-17.5%$-0.15$492K

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$122.8M$122.3M – $123.1M$0.53$0.51 – $0.557
FY27$139.6M$136.4M – $143.0M$0.82$0.66 – $0.917
FY28$156.1M$154.5M – $158.8M$1.01$0.85 – $1.183

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.31%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-26.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-3.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 24.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.1% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.015-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 138-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

CEVA, Inc. and its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Boukaya mutually agreed to Boukaya's resignation on July 8, 2026, with his last day as COO on August 1, 2026; he will remain an employee through December 31, 2026 for transition purposes. No successor was named. COO departure at a semiconductor IP licensing company; investors should monitor whether the role is backfilled or responsibilities redistributed among existing leadership.

8-KShareholder voteJun 38-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

CEVA (CEVA) disclosed the results of its annual meeting of shareholders in an 8-K filing under Item 5.07. Shareholders voted on the election of directors, an advisory say-on-pay resolution, ratification of the independent auditor. All management-sponsored proposals were approved by majority shareholder vote. Annual meeting results are a routine disclosure that confirms shareholder ratification of the board's composition and compensation practices.

8-KOfficer or director changeApr 208-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

CEVA Inc. board member Sven-Christer Nilsson notified the company on April 20, 2026 of his retirement from the Board, effective immediately prior to the 2026 Annual Meeting; CEVA issued a press release as Exhibit 99.1. Routine board retirement; no disagreements noted.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

BlackRock Inc. Acquires New Stake in Ceva, Inc. $CEVAdefenseworld.net·2d agoBears are Losing Control Over Ceva (CEVA), Here's Why It's a 'Buy' Nowzacks.com·11d agoBull of the Day: Ceva (CEVA)zacks.com·12d agoCEVA: Growth Is Picking Up, But The Shares Are Still Relatively Expensiveseekingalpha.com·19d agoCeva (NASDAQ:CEVA) Stock Price Down 5.4% Following Analyst Downgradedefenseworld.net·20d ago

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