CEVA

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CEVA is the leading licensor of cellular, multimedia and connectivity technologies to semiconductor companies and OEMs serving the mobile, consumer, automotive and IoT markets. Its DSP IP portfolio includes comprehensive platforms for multimode 2G/3G/LTE/LTE-A baseband processing in terminals and infrastructure, computer vision and computational photography for any camera-enabled device, audio/voice/speech and ultra-low power always-on/sensing applications for multiple IoT markets. For connectivity, the Company offers the industry’s most widely adopted IPs for Bluetooth (Smart and Smart Ready), Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n/ac up to 4x4) and serial storage (SATA and SAS). 
TypePublic
Founded2002
HQMountain View, USMap
Websiteceva-dsp.com
Employee Ratings3.8More
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Employees (est.) (Dec 2018)341(+9%)
Job Openings31
Revenue (FY, 2018)$77.9 M(-11%)
Share Price (Jan 2020)$29.3

Key People/Management at CEVA

Gideon Wertheizer

Gideon Wertheizer

CEO
Yaniv Arieli

Yaniv Arieli

CFO
Issachar Ohana

Issachar Ohana

Executive VP, World Wide Sales
Michael Boukaya

Michael Boukaya

Chief Operating Officer
Erez Bar-Niv

Erez Bar-Niv

Chief Technology Officer
Moshe Sheier

Moshe Sheier

VP Marketing
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CEVA Office Locations

CEVA has offices in Mountain View, Rockville, Shenzhen, Biot Sophia-Antipolis and in 9 other locations
Mountain View, US (HQ)
1174 Castro St #210
Rockville, US
15245 Shady Grove Rd #400
Shenzhen, CN
Nanshan
Dublin, IE
18 William St S
Limerick, IE
Mary Rosse Centre Holland Rd
Herzliya, IL
2 Maskit St
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CEVA Financials and Metrics

CEVA Revenue

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CEVA's revenue was reported to be $77.88 m in FY, 2018
USD

Revenue (Q3, 2019)

23.5m

Gross profit (Q3, 2019)

20.7m

Gross profit margin (Q3, 2019), %

88.2%

Net income (Q3, 2019)

775.0k

EBIT (Q3, 2019)

(267.0k)

Market capitalization (20-Jan-2020)

644.0m

Closing stock price (20-Jan-2020)

29.3

Cash (30-Sept-2019)

14.9m

EV

644.1m
CEVA's current market capitalization is $644 m.
Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018

Revenue

60.2m53.7m48.9m50.8m59.5m72.7m87.5m77.9m

Revenue growth, %

4%17%22%

Cost of goods sold

3.6m4.0m5.2m5.0m5.4m6.1m7.0m8.0m

Gross profit

56.7m49.7m43.7m45.8m54.1m66.6m80.6m69.9m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019

Revenue

14.4m14.8m15.1m13.6m12.0m12.1m12.8m10.0m13.7m9.2m14.1m13.8m13.4m16.2m16.5m17.1m17.8m21.3m20.6m24.0m17.6m17.5m21.4m17.0m18.4m23.5m

Cost of goods sold

876.0k811.0k870.0k1.0m1.0m1.6m1.1m1.1m1.1m1.4m1.3m1.2m1.6m1.3m1.6m1.4m1.4m1.7m1.6m1.7m2.0m2.0m2.0m2.0m2.5m2.8m

Gross profit

13.5m14.0m14.2m12.6m11.0m10.5m11.7m8.9m12.6m7.8m12.8m12.6m11.8m15.0m14.9m15.7m16.4m19.6m19.0m22.3m15.6m15.5m19.4m14.9m15.9m20.7m

Gross profit Margin, %

94%95%94%93%91%87%91%89%92%85%91%91%88%92%90%92%92%92%92%93%89%89%91%88%86%88%
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018

Cash

15.0m18.4m24.1m16.2m18.9m18.4m21.7m22.3m

Accounts Receivable

5.1m6.2m5.6m8.3m4.1m75.0m16.5m26.2m

Prepaid Expenses

2.3m2.4m2.0m4.0m4.0m3.7m5.3m

Inventories

3.2m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019

Cash

14.4m22.7m6.3m20.5m21.7m10.0m7.5m11.6m28.2m22.9m14.0m14.0m12.1m16.3m11.3m18.7m20.0m12.6m17.1m22.9m18.4m10.7m9.2m21.5m24.5m14.9m

Accounts Receivable

3.6m4.5m5.5m4.7m6.0m7.3m9.2m9.1m3.1m5.1m8.3m11.4m9.4m9.1m6.7m10.8m17.3m13.8m10.4m12.9m13.9m9.2m7.6m19.4m22.0m26.8m

Prepaid Expenses

5.2m4.5m2.8m2.5m2.4m3.7m3.1m2.4m3.6m2.7m4.6m5.4m5.3m3.9m2.9m3.8m2.9m4.6m4.8m4.6m4.1m6.2m5.9m7.6m7.4m5.7m

Current Assets

148.7m148.2m147.7m145.8m152.0m147.1m141.0m140.0m145.7m134.7m129.3m107.6m86.1m98.1m115.9m137.1m140.1m132.0m135.2m155.8m164.3m149.9m149.5m183.8m180.5m174.8m
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018

Net Income

18.6m13.7m6.7m(819.0k)6.3m13.1m17.0m574.0k

Depreciation and Amortization

506.0k525.0k670.0k1.4m2.4m2.6m3.3m4.2m

Accounts Payable

7.0k594.0k(102.0k)(655.0k)(161.0k)(190.0k)(184.0k)226.0k

Cash From Operating Activities

27.1m18.6m13.7m9.1m19.4m14.5m24.5m8.6m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019

Net Income

8.8m13.7m4.9m8.3m10.9m1.7m3.9m3.6m2.0m459.0k1.1m486.0k654.0k4.0m1.8m4.5m7.9m4.1m8.0m13.9m(2.2m)(4.3m)(1.7m)(2.3m)(3.8m)(3.0m)

Depreciation and Amortization

253.0k377.0k129.0k259.0k387.0k154.0k320.0k495.0k162.0k318.0k528.0k255.0k515.0k784.0k298.0k611.0k998.0k443.0k923.0k1.4m576.0k1.2m1.9m702.0k1.4m2.3m

Accounts Payable

226.0k(24.0k)244.0k444.0k448.0k(87.0k)32.0k(506.0k)(455.0k)(196.0k)(335.0k)428.0k54.0k21.0k716.0k325.0k370.0k(220.0k)(285.0k)(105.0k)102.0k533.0k557.0k124.0k(246.0k)689.0k

Cash From Operating Activities

13.8m18.0m5.6m9.9m12.7m670.0k1.4m2.7m4.8m1.3m6.1m(672.0k)2.3m7.8m236.0k(1.3m)2.0m6.3m10.6m17.7m1.8m3.8m4.1m4.7m1.3m4.3m
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USDY, 2019

EV/EBIT

-2.4 k x

EV/CFO

149.2 x

Financial Leverage

1.2 x
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CEVA Operating Metrics

CEVA's Chip Shipments was reported to be 352 m in Q1, 2017.
Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014FY, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015FY, 2015FY, 2016Q1, 2017

Chip Shipments

212 m198 m216 m881 m233 m206 m225 m917 m1.08 b352 m

Patent Applications

39 38 37

Patents (Foreign)

37 38 40

Patents (US)

50 51 53
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CEVA Revenue Breakdown

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CEVA revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 12.6% from United States, 15.0% from Europe, Middle East and 72.4% from Asia Pacific

CEVA Online and Social Media Presence

CEVA's Trends

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CEVA News and Updates

July 22, 2019

CEVA, Inc. Reports Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors for smarter, connected devices, today announced that on July 19, 2019, the company issued a total of 52,000 Restricted ...
July 05, 2019

Road Haulage Market to Witness Robust Expansion by 2025– Top Key players like AM Cargo Logistic,CEVA Logistics

In 2018, the global Road Haulage market size was xx million US$ and it is expected to reach xx million US$ by the end of 2025, with a CAGR of xx% during 2019-2025. Posted via Industry Today. Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday
May 20, 2019

CEVA Announces Availability of SLAM Software Development Kit for CEVA-XM Intelligent vision DSPs and NeuPro AI Processors

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors for smarter, connected devices, announced the availability of its CEVA-SLAM™ software development kit, aimed at...
May 06, 2019

UPDATE 1-Israeli chip designer Ceva predicts non-phone upturn after profit dip

Israeli chip designer Ceva Inc missed expectations with a drop in quarterly profit on reduced handset royalty revenue but forecast improving returns from other market segments.
May 06, 2019

Israeli chip designer Ceva Q1 profit, revenue slip

Israeli chip designer Ceva Inc reported on Monday a drop in quarterly profit that missed estimates due to a decrease in royalty revenue in the handset market.
April 12, 2019

CEVA Logistics renews contract with FCA until 2022

São Paulo, Brazil, 12 April, 2019 - CEVA Logistics, one of the world's leading supply chain management companies, is further consolidating its partnership with Fiat Chrysler Automotive (FCA) in Brazil by renewing its existing business partnership with the awarding of additional four and a half year…
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CEVA Blogs

December 19, 2019

Get Ready for Aural Reality

There’s a new reality headed to town and it’s not the visual kind: virtual reality, mixed reality, Google glasses or their kin. This new extended reality will be through your ears and it promises much, much more than simply wireless […] The post Get Ready for Aural Reality appeared first on CEVA’s E…
December 19, 2019

How Motion Sensing Enables Next-Gen Stylus Features

Traditionally, styluses and touchscreen pens have been used for touchscreen devices such as tablets and game consoles. They are a tool used to navigate, engage with or even create content. Styluses and pens have come a long way, so let’s […] The post How Motion Sensing Enables Next-Gen Stylus Featur…
November 24, 2019

How DSP Supports Always-On Functions

For always-on functions, such as voice control and activity classification, devices need to process inputs from sensors in real time and then perform operations based on the results. Digital signal processing (DSP) is the art of getting this done, but […] The post How DSP Supports Always-On Function…
November 21, 2019

Decisions, decisions: Hardware accelerator or DSP?

In my first two blogs on this topic I talked about why DSPs are suddenly popping up everywhere and why particularly they are starting to displace some custom hardware accelerators (HWA) as a more flexible and future-proofed option. In this blog I want to […] The post Decisions, decisions: Hardware a…
November 05, 2019

When a DSP beats a hardware accelerator

Embedded CPUs took off almost everywhere because they offer flexibility along with pretty good performance and low power and usually much lower cost. When compared with a solution requiring a separate microprocessor or microcontroller coupled to your custom hardware, switching […] The post When a DS…
October 22, 2019

Why DSPs are suddenly everywhere

When ARM CPU cores were first validated though adoption by some of the premier names in computing including Apple, usage exploded especially for mobile applications. In retrospect the advantage was obvious – any device could be made much more flexible […] The post Why DSPs are suddenly everywhere ap…
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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 Issachar Ohana.

  • How many employees does CEVA have?

    CEVA has 341 employees.

  • What is CEVA revenue?

    Latest CEVA annual revenue is $77.9 m.

  • What is CEVA revenue per employee?

    Latest CEVA revenue per employee is $228.4 k.

  • Who are CEVA competitors?

    Competitors of CEVA include Aehr Test Systems, Melexis and Nordic Semiconductor.

  • 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, Shenzhen, Biot Sophia-Antipolis and in 9 other locations.

  • How many offices does CEVA have?

    CEVA has 17 offices.