On the stock market since 2002, it operates in the world of technology. It has 406 employees. Now — the numbers.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. For now, time is on the company’s side.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 10% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
The company sells $109.6M a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.
There is $222.0M in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $191.5M would remain.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 7 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
A loss of $10.6M against $109.6M in annual sales.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 19/100.
Today’s price already includes part of tomorrow’s optimism. Report-card grade: 38/100.
On our five-subject report card, CEVA sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: CEVA is a small company that closed last year at a loss. The road back to profit runs through spending discipline.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.