AMBA vs ARM vs HIMX Stock Comparison

Ambarella, Arm Holdings and Himax Technologies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMBA Ambarella Inc
$66.82 -8.1% 1M -22.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.96B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$417.80M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
1 win
ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk
$223.35 -28.0% 1M +30.9% 1Y
Market cap
$240.51B
P/E
230.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
5 wins
HIMX Himax Technologies, Inc.
$11.50 -20.4% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$2.08B
P/E
59.0x
Revenue (TTM)
-$9.00M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Arm Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Arm Holdings 5, Himax Technologies 3, Ambarella 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMBAARMHIMXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.96B $240.51B $2.08B ARM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -52.5x 230.4x 59.0x HIMX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 86.8x 107.9x 28.0x HIMX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.0% +25.1% +4.2% ARM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -13.5% 20.2% — ARM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 3.6% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -5.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.0% +30.9% +23.8% ARM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -18.1%/yr — +2.3%/yr HIMX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.6% 79.0% 76.4% AMBA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 62/100 53/100 ARM

Percentile Scorecard

AMBAARMHIMX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMBAARMHIMX
Valuation 31 #66 of 95 7 #88 of 95 76 #24 of 95
Growth 55 #42 of 93 88 #12 of 93 8 #86 of 93
Profitability 26 #68 of 91 77 #22 of 91 36 #59 of 91
Financial Health 59 #42 of 101 77 #24 of 101 72 #29 of 101
Shareholder Returns 31 #52 of 75 – 73 #21 of 75
Overall 40 62 53
  • AMBA ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • ARM ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • HIMX ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMBAARMHIMXSPY
1 month -8.1%-28.0%-20.4% -0.8%
3 months -2.1%-16.1%-9.7% +3.5%
6 months +3.0%+3.5%0.0% +7.0%
Year to date -5.7%+104.3%+40.4% +12.2%
1 year -22.0%+30.9%+23.8% +13.0%
3 years +42.8%+355.0%+117.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +12.6%+65.8%+29.5% +23.1%
5 years -63.2%—+12.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -18.1%—+2.3% +11.0%
10 years +6.9%—+42.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +0.7%—+3.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAMBAARMHIMXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.6%79.0%76.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.6%71.2%74.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.613.472.84 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.290.390.31 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.7%-54.0%-69.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.0%-49.2%-52.5% -1.8%
52-week high $95.51$439.46$24.19 $779.14
52-week low $48.65$104.55$6.93 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMBAARMHIMX
P/E now vs peer median -52.2xmedian 42.1x 227.0xmedian 42.1x 56.9xmedian 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 7.1x 46.0xmedian 7.1x -223.0xmedian 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -72.0xmedian 27.5x 201.3xmedian 27.5x 25.8xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 303.4xmedian 37.2x 117.8xmedian 37.2x 32.1xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 4.2x 27.5xmedian 4.2x 2.2xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median -2.66median 2.23 6.40median 2.23 -3.01median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMBAARMHIMX
Revenue $417.80M $5.16B -$9.00M
Gross profit $244.50M $5.03B –
Operating income -$62.24M $877.00M $40.93M
Net income -$56.32M $1.04B $36.88M
Free cash flow $9.72M $2.01B $62.57M
R&D $228.69M $2.96B $164.70M
EPS (diluted) $-1.28 $0.98 $0.20
Cash & equivalents $101.85M $3.06B $271.30M
Total debt – – $112.13M
Shares (diluted) 44.01M 1.07B 174.59M
Enterprise value $1.80B $226.22B $772.85M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMBAARMHIMX
P/E -52.2x 227.0x 56.9x
P/FCF 303.4x 117.8x 32.1x
P/Operating cash flow 107.9x 113.2x 44.5x
P/S 7.1x 46.0x -223.0x
P/B 4.8x 27.5x 2.2x
P/Tangible book 5.2x 28.2x 2.2x
EV/EBITDA -72.0x 201.3x 25.8x
EV/EBIT -43.0x 265.8x 40.9x
EV/Revenue 6.4x 45.2x -186.1x
EV/FCF 275.4x 115.8x 26.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 98.0x 111.3x 37.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.66 6.40 -3.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMBAARMHIMX
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.0% 25.1% 4.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 24.7% -26.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.4% 25.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 25.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 36.9% 14.9% -38.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.4% 21.6% -4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 36.4% 49.4% -50.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 37.2% -17.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 38.6% 48.7% -52.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.6% 35.5% -18.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -47.8% 105.5% -69.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 34.7% -13.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -73.7% 121.8% -61.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.8% 33.3% -8.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMBAARMHIMX
Gross margin 58.5% 97.5% –
EBITDA margin -8.9% 22.5% –
Operating margin -14.9% 17.0% –
Pretax margin -12.9% 24.5% –
Net margin -13.5% 20.2% –
FCF margin 2.3% 39.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 6.5% 40.6% -500.8%
Return on equity -9.2% 16.3% 4.0%
Return on assets -7.2% 12.6% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – – 3.6%
Return on capital employed -9.6% 9.0% 2.4%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x 2.0x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 21.9% 22.4% -7.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMBAARMHIMX
Debt / assets – – 1.4%
Debt / equity – – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -5.1x
Debt / FCF – – 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 20.5% 22.9% 48.7%
Equity / assets 79.5% 77.1% 51.3%
Interest coverage – – 12.3x
Current ratio 2.8x 5.3x 16.7x
Quick ratio 2.2x 4.9x 20.0x
Cash ratio 2.0x 3.2x 12.3x
Altman Z-score 11.10 57.27 2.26

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMBAARMHIMX
Dividend yield – – 2.2%
Net buyback yield -0.1% – -0.2%
Shareholder yield -0.1% – 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMBAARMHIMX
Forward P/E 86.8xFY2026 107.9xFY2026 28.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.77FY2026 $2.07FY2026 $0.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.2%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026 +64.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +40.3% +49.8% +163.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $454.23MFY2026 $5.71BFY2026 $1.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.3%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026 +22.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.4% +38.7% +24.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMBAARMHIMX
Held by institutions 81.7% 9.3% 23.6%
Institutions holding 337 955 176
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.5% +12.4% +23.1%
Institutions buying 203 593 108
Institutions selling 89 257 47
Buyers to sellers 2.28 2.31 2.30

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMBAARMHIMX
AMBA 1.00 0.41 0.42
ARM 0.41 1.00 0.47
HIMX 0.42 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMBA, ARM and HIMX?

Arm Holdings (ARM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ambarella (AMBA) $2.96B, Arm Holdings (ARM) $240.51B, Himax Technologies (HIMX) $2.08B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMBA, ARM and HIMX?

Himax Technologies (HIMX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ambarella (AMBA) -52.5x, Arm Holdings (ARM) 230.4x, Himax Technologies (HIMX) 59.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Himax Technologies (HIMX) is cheapest (Ambarella (AMBA) 86.8x, Arm Holdings (ARM) 107.9x, Himax Technologies (HIMX) 28.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Arm Holdings (ARM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ambarella (AMBA) +20.0%, Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, Himax Technologies (HIMX) +4.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arm Holdings (ARM) has the highest net margin (Ambarella (AMBA) -13.5%, Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arm Holdings (ARM) returned the most: Ambarella (AMBA) -22.0%, Arm Holdings (ARM) +30.9%, Himax Technologies (HIMX) +23.8%. Over five years, Himax Technologies (HIMX) compounded fastest (Ambarella (AMBA) -18.1%/yr, Himax Technologies (HIMX) +2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ambarella (AMBA) has been the steadiest (Ambarella (AMBA) 74.6%, Arm Holdings (ARM) 79.0%, Himax Technologies (HIMX) 76.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMBA, ARM and HIMX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Arm Holdings (ARM) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.