CEVA vs ARM vs AIP Stock Comparison

Ceva, Arm Holdings and Arteris Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CEVA Ceva Inc
$32.37 -6.7% 1M +14.3% 1Y
Market cap
$889.15M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
2 wins
ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk
$235.90 -16.7% 1M +36.3% 1Y
Market cap
$244.18B
P/E
233.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins
AIP Arteris, Inc.
$21.43 -7.3% 1M +57.0% 1Y
Market cap
$986.66M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$84.62M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Arm Holdings leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Arm Holdings 3, Arteris 3, Ceva 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCEVAARMAIPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $889.15M $244.18B $986.66M ARM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -81.0x 233.9x -25.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 62.2x 114.0x — CEVA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +25.1% +33.8% AIP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 20.2% -46.7% ARM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -101.1% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 3.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.3% +36.3% +57.0% AIP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.6%/yr — -0.8%/yr AIP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.8% 78.9% 79.1% CEVA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 62/100 28/100 ARM

Percentile Scorecard

CEVAARMAIP

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

AxisCEVAARMAIP
Valuation 32 #64 of 94 8 #87 of 94 11 #84 of 94
Growth 71 #27 of 92 88 #12 of 92 74 #25 of 92
Profitability 26 #67 of 90 78 #21 of 90 18 #74 of 90
Financial Health 88 #13 of 99 77 #24 of 99 28 #72 of 99
Shareholder Returns 10 #66 of 73 – 11 #65 of 73
Overall 45 62 28
  • CEVA ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • ARM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • AIP ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCEVAARMAIPSPY
1 month -6.7%-16.7%-7.3% +0.9%
3 months +8.5%+4.9%-20.5% +5.9%
6 months +18.3%+17.0%-20.7% +8.5%
Year to date +50.4%+115.8%+38.3% +13.3%
1 year +14.3%+36.3%+57.0% +12.4%
3 years +89.9%+380.5%+299.1% +88.1%
3 years, per year +23.8%+68.8%+58.7% +23.5%
5 years -29.0%—-4.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year -6.6%—-0.8% +11.0%
10 years +8.6%—— +263.4%
10 years, per year +0.8%—— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCEVAARMAIPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.8%78.9%79.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 75.9%71.4%81.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.443.483.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.190.460.72 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.0%-54.0%-87.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.3%-46.3%-55.9% -0.9%
52-week high $50.06$439.46$48.59 $779.14
52-week low $17.21$104.55$12.32 $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.

MultipleCEVAARMAIP
P/E now vs peer median -82.6xmedian 46.0x 239.7xmedian 46.0x -25.6xmedian 46.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 7.9x 48.5xmedian 7.9x 12.4xmedian 7.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -18,791xmedian 28.3x 212.8xmedian 28.3x -26.0xmedian 28.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -856.8xmedian 41.4x 124.4xmedian 41.4x 155.4xmedian 41.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 4.6x 29.0xmedian 4.6x 15.5xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median -2.74median 2.30 6.76median 2.30 -6.79median 2.30

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 monthsCEVAARMAIP
Revenue – $5.16B $84.62M
Gross profit – $5.03B $74.13M
Operating income – $877.00M -$40.39M
Net income -$10.98M $1.04B -$39.52M
Free cash flow -$1.06M $2.01B $6.77M
R&D – $2.96B $57.09M
EPS (diluted) $-0.45 $0.98 $-0.84
Cash & equivalents $44.30M $3.06B $93.27M
Total debt – – $3.50M
Shares (diluted) 24.30M 1.07B 47.28M
Enterprise value $93.88M $229.89B $732.91M

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
MetricCEVAARMAIP
P/E -82.6x 239.7x -25.6x
P/FCF -856.8x 124.4x 155.4x
P/Operating cash flow 239.4x 119.5x 123.6x
P/S – 48.5x 12.4x
P/B 2.7x 29.0x 15.5x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 29.8x 21.5x
EV/EBITDA -18,791x 212.8x -26.0x
EV/EBIT -173.7x 281.0x -23.1x
EV/Revenue – 47.8x 11.0x
EV/FCF -654.0x 122.5x 137.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 182.7x 117.7x 109.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.74 6.76 -6.79

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCEVAARMAIP
Revenue growth (1Y) – 25.1% 33.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 24.7% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 25.6% 30.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 25.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 14.9% -30.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 21.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) -8.9% 49.4% -19.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 37.2% -6.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -5.9% 48.7% -5.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 30.1% 35.5% 3.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 71.4% 105.5% 850.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.3% 34.7% 36.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -372.4% 121.8% 486.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 47.3% 33.3% 33.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCEVAARMAIP
Gross margin – 97.5% 87.6%
EBITDA margin – 22.5% -42.4%
Operating margin – 17.0% -47.7%
Pretax margin – 24.5% -51.7%
Net margin – 20.2% -46.7%
FCF margin – 39.0% 8.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 40.6% 10.1%
Return on equity -3.2% 16.3% -117.0%
Return on assets -2.8% 12.6% -22.5%
Return on invested capital – – -101.1%
Return on capital employed -1.1% 9.0% -45.4%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.3x 2.0x -0.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 22.4% 25.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCEVAARMAIP
Debt / assets – – 1.6%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 3.3x
Debt / FCF – – 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 13.2% 22.9% 69.9%
Equity / assets 86.8% 77.1% 30.1%
Interest coverage – – -236.2x
Current ratio 10.1x 5.3x 1.6x
Quick ratio 10.2x 4.9x 1.5x
Cash ratio 7.7x 3.2x 1.3x
Altman Z-score – 60.38 2.88

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCEVAARMAIP
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -7.2% – -7.1%
Shareholder yield -7.2% – -7.1%
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.

ConsensusCEVAARMAIP
Forward P/E 62.2xFY2026 114.0xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.52FY2026 $2.07FY2026 $-0.17FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.8%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +46.2% +49.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $117.61MFY2026 $5.71BFY2026 $91.38MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.3%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026 +29.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +26.4% +38.7% +22.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCEVAARMAIP
Held by institutions 88.9% 9.3% 64.9%
Institutions holding 209 955 209
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +12.4% +14.9%
Institutions buying 139 593 163
Institutions selling 49 257 40
Buyers to sellers 2.84 2.31 4.08

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.

CEVAARMAIP
CEVA 1.00 0.64 0.70
ARM 0.64 1.00 0.62
AIP 0.70 0.62 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CEVA, ARM and AIP?

Arm Holdings (ARM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ceva (CEVA) $889.15M, Arm Holdings (ARM) $244.18B, Arteris (AIP) $986.66M.

Which company is growing faster?

Arteris (AIP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, Arteris (AIP) +33.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arm Holdings (ARM) has the highest net margin (Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%, Arteris (AIP) -46.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arteris (AIP) returned the most: Ceva (CEVA) +14.3%, Arm Holdings (ARM) +36.3%, Arteris (AIP) +57.0%. Over five years, Arteris (AIP) compounded fastest (Ceva (CEVA) -6.6%/yr, Arteris (AIP) -0.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ceva (CEVA) has been the steadiest (Ceva (CEVA) 74.8%, Arm Holdings (ARM) 78.9%, Arteris (AIP) 79.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CEVA, ARM and AIP?

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 3. 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.