CEVA

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CEVA is a licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies. The company offers digital signal processors, AI processors, wireless platforms, and complementary software for sensor fusion, image enhancement, computer vision, voice input, and artificial intelligence. It partners with semiconductor companies and OEMs to produce intelligent and connected devices for a variety of end markets, including mobile, consumer, automotive, industrial, and IoT. 
TypePublic
Founded2002
HQMountain View, CA, USMap
Websiteceva-dsp.com
Employee Ratings3.4More
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Employees (est.) (Dec 2018)341(+9%)
Revenue (FY, 2020)$100.3 M(+16%)
Share Price (Mar 2021)$60.1 (-3%)
Cybersecurity ratingCMore

Key People/Management at CEVA

Gideon Wertheizer

Gideon Wertheizer

Chief Executive Officer
Yaniv Arieli

Yaniv Arieli

Chief Financial Officer
Michael Boukaya

Michael Boukaya

Chief Operating Officer
Erez Bar-Niv

Erez Bar-Niv

Chief Technology Officer
Issachar Ohana

Issachar Ohana

Executive VP, Worldwide Sales
Moshe Sheier

Moshe Sheier

VP Marketing
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CEVA Office Locations

CEVA has offices in Mountain View, Rockville, Beijing, Chengdu and in 13 other locations
Mountain View, CA, US (HQ)
1174 Castro St #210
Rockville, MD, US
15245 Shady Grove Rd Suite 400
Beijing, CN
International Financial Center, #87 XiSanHuan North Road, Haidian District
Chengdu, CN
Hongpailou, Wuhou District
Shanghai, CN
RM1203, Building E, Chamtime Plaza Office, Lane 2889 Jinke Road, Pudong New District
Shenzhen Shi, CN
Haide 3rd Rd, Hou Hai, Nanshan Qu
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CEVA Financials and Metrics

CEVA Revenue

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CEVA's revenue was reported to be $100.33 m in FY, 2020
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Revenue (FY, 2020)

100.3m

Gross profit (FY, 2020)

89.6m

Gross profit margin (FY, 2020), %

89.3%

Net income (FY, 2020)

(2.4m)

EBIT (FY, 2020)

(763.0k)

Market capitalization (3-Mar-2021)

1.3b

Closing stock price (3-Mar-2021)

60.1

Cash (31-Dec-2020)

21.1m

EV

1.3b
CEVA's current market capitalization is $1.3 b.
Annual
USDFY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019FY, 2020

Revenue

72.7m87.5m77.9m87.2m100.3m

Revenue growth, %

22%20%(11%)12%

Cost of goods sold

6.1m7.0m8.0m10.1m10.7m

Gross profit

66.6m80.6m69.9m77.0m89.6m
Quarterly
USDQ1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Revenue

21.3m20.6m24.0m17.6m17.5m21.4m17.0m18.4m23.5m23.6m23.6m25.0m

Cost of goods sold

1.7m1.6m1.7m2.0m2.0m2.0m2.0m2.5m2.8m2.8m3.0m2.5m

Gross profit

19.6m19.0m22.3m15.6m15.5m19.4m14.9m15.9m20.7m20.9m20.6m22.5m

Gross profit Margin, %

92%92%93%89%89%91%88%86%88%88%87%90%
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Annual
USDFY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019FY, 2020

Cash

18.4m21.7m22.3m22.8m21.1m

Accounts Receivable

75.0m16.5m26.2m28.3m31.2m

Prepaid Expenses

3.2m3.7m5.3m5.7m6.2m

Current Assets

144.7m159.1m177.3m178.6m167.6m
Quarterly
USDQ1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Cash

12.6m17.1m22.9m18.4m10.7m9.2m21.5m24.5m14.9m22.9m30.0m22.1m

Accounts Receivable

13.8m10.4m12.9m13.9m9.2m7.6m19.4m22.0m26.8m24.9m19.8m29.0m

Prepaid Expenses

4.6m4.8m4.6m4.1m6.2m5.9m7.6m7.4m5.7m7.0m6.6m6.9m

Current Assets

132.0m135.2m155.8m164.3m149.9m149.5m183.8m180.5m174.8m181.2m182.5m177.6m
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Annual
USDFY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019FY, 2020

Net Income

13.1m17.0m574.0k28.0k(2.4m)

Depreciation and Amortization

2.6m3.3m4.2m5.3m5.8m

Accounts Payable

(190.0k)(184.0k)226.0k53.0k186.0k

Cash From Operating Activities

14.5m24.5m8.6m9.7m15.2m
Quarterly
USDQ1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Net Income

4.1m8.0m13.9m(2.2m)(4.3m)(1.7m)(2.3m)(3.8m)(3.0m)(1.2m)(2.3m)(3.0m)

Depreciation and Amortization

752.0k1.5m2.4m935.0k1.8m2.9m991.0k2.0m3.7m809.0k1.6m2.4m

Accounts Payable

(220.0k)(285.0k)(105.0k)102.0k533.0k557.0k124.0k(246.0k)689.0k140.0k384.0k100.0k

Cash From Operating Activities

6.3m10.6m17.7m1.8m3.8m4.1m4.7m1.3m4.3m6.4m12.6m8.3m
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USDFY, 2016

Revenue/Employee

261.3k

Financial Leverage

1.1 x
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CEVA Operating Metrics

CEVA's Chip Shipments was reported to be 929 m in FY, 2018. CEVA's Customers was reported to be 100 in FY, 2018.
FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Chip Shipments

1.08 b1.16 b929 m

Customers

100

Patents (Foreign)

93 100 116 147

Patents (US)

53 52 54 57
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CEVA Acquisitions / Subsidiaries

Company NameDateDeal Size
Hillcrest Labs IncJuly 22, 2019
RivieraWaves SASJuly 08, 2014$19 m
CEVA Development, Inc.
CEVA DSP Limited
CEVA France
CEVA Germany GmbH.
CEVA Inc.
CEVA Ireland Limited
CEVA Limited
CEVA Services Limited
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CEVA Revenue Breakdown

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CEVA revenue breakdown by business segment: 18.9% from Smart Sensing Products and 81.1% from Connectivity Products

CEVA revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 56.3% from Asia Pacific , 24.7% from Europe, Middle East and 19.1% from United States

CEVA Cybersecurity Score

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77/100

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CEVA Online and Social Media Presence

CEVA's Trends

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CEVA Company Culture

  • CEO Rating

    D-

    60/100

  • Compensation

    D

    55/100

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CEVA News and Updates

February 23, 2021

Nations' Latest BLE 5 IC Powered By CEVA Bluetooth® Low Energy IP

ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that Nations Technologies Inc. ("Nations"), a leader in China's information security IC design industry, has licensed and...
February 17, 2021

CEVA Appoints Jaclyn Liu to its Board of Directors; Bruce A. Mann Retires

ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that Jaclyn "Jackie" Liu has been appointed to its Board of Directors, as an independent member, effective February 16,...
February 03, 2021

Worldwide Logistics Industry 2020 Insights - Featuring CEVA Holdings, FedEx and Kenco Group Among Others

DUBLIN, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Emergence of COVID-19: Impact on Logistics Industry" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The logistics industry viewed as an auxiliary for trade and commerce enables industries to deliver the goods and services to the...
January 06, 2021

CEVA, Inc. to Present at the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Growth Conference

ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, announced today that CEVA management will participate in the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Growth Conference on Thursday, January 14th, 2021....
November 06, 2020

CEVA SenslinQ Platform Wins 2020 ASPENCORE World Electronics Achievement Award

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that its SenslinQ™ hardware and software platform for contextually aware IoT devices has been awarded "Promising New...
September 25, 2020

Worldwide Freight Forwarding Industry to 2024 - Featuring Agility, Bollore and CEVA Among Others

DUBLIN, Sept. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Freight Forwarding 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report provides a detailed, up to date look at the impact of COVID-19 on the market and other major trends and drivers affecting the market in 2020...
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CEVA Blogs

February 18, 2021

Optimizing AI for embedded applications

In my previous blog I talked about how demand for AI-based interfaces has become almost unavoidable—and that adding an AI-based interface like face-id to authorize access to a machine may at first seem like a huge leap, it doesn’t have be […] The post Optimizing AI for embedded applications appeared…
February 12, 2021

Home Surveillance and Security Without the Hassle

Fisheye dewarping with no need to install an app: this solution works directly with the WebGL API and on popular browsers for computers and mobile devices, as long as they support HTML5. Convenience and ease-of-use should be watchwords for the […] The post Home Surveillance and Security Without the …
January 22, 2021

Mastering embedded AI

The appeal of putting AI in embedded applications is obvious, for example using face-id to authorize access to machine controls on a factory floor. Facial recognition, voice control, anomaly detection, with AI there are so many possibilities. I’ll use face-id […] The post Mastering embedded AI appea…
December 16, 2020

CEVA-powered 2020 in review

Despite all the challenges that 2020 threw at us, it’s been a fascinating year in terms of digital technology advancements. From endless Zoom conference calls replacing international travel to robot cleaners becoming the “must-have” products of the pandemic era, the […] The post CEVA-powered 2020 in…
December 04, 2020

Achieving maximum throughput at an attractive price

As more devices are added to home networks with Wi-Fi support, we’re further choking our Wi-Fi bandwidth until we upgrade to Wi-Fi 6. But we don’t need to incur the cost of a 4×4 access point. 2×2 is plenty for […] The post Achieving maximum throughput at an attractive price appeared first on CEVA’s…
November 30, 2020

How Sensors Can Power the Next Generation of PCs

As new technologies emerge in the consumer electronics space, demand is rising for new and improved features and form factors in computers. Connectivity and sensing solutions, especially those driving context awareness, will be at the core of these next-gen devices. […] The post How Sensors Can Powe…
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 CEVA Frequently Asked Questions

  • When was CEVA founded?

    CEVA was founded in 2002.

  • Who are CEVA key executives?

    CEVA's key executives are Gideon Wertheizer, Yaniv Arieli and Michael Boukaya.

  • How many employees does CEVA have?

    CEVA has 341 employees.

  • What is CEVA revenue?

    Latest CEVA annual revenue is $100.3 m.

  • What is CEVA revenue per employee?

    Latest CEVA revenue per employee is $294.2 k.

  • Who are CEVA competitors?

    Competitors of CEVA include Imagination Technologies, Mindtree and AImotive.

  • Where is CEVA headquarters?

    CEVA headquarters is located at 1174 Castro St #210, Mountain View.

  • Where are CEVA offices?

    CEVA has offices in Mountain View, Rockville, Beijing, Chengdu and in 13 other locations.

  • How many offices does CEVA have?

    CEVA has 18 offices.