CEVA vs DLB vs WDC Stock Comparison

Ceva, Dolby Laboratories and Western Digital Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CEVA Ceva Inc
$31.37 -13.3% 1M +10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$903.43M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
DLB Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
$62.74 +7.0% 1M -7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$5.79B
P/E
25.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.35B
Div. yield
0.02%
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
3 wins
WDC Western Digital Corp
$380.88 -16.6% 1M +200.7% 1Y
Market cap
$144.41B
P/E
14.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.48B
Div. yield
0.00%
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Western Digital leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Western Digital 7, Dolby Laboratories 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCEVADLBWDCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $903.43M $5.79B $144.41B WDC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -82.3x 25.6x 14.4x WDC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 60.3x 14.0x 15.8x DLB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +0.6% +43.0% WDC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 16.7% 69.2% WDC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 53.8% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% DLB
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.5% -7.2% +200.7% WDC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.0%/yr -6.4%/yr +54.5%/yr WDC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.7% 30.2% 81.3% DLB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 66/100 77/100 WDC

Percentile Scorecard

CEVADLBWDC

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

AxisCEVADLBWDC
Valuation 34 #62 of 94 87 #13 of 94 51 #55 of 112
Growth 75 #24 of 92 25 #69 of 92 98 #3 of 109
Profitability 28 #65 of 90 72 #26 of 90 97 #4 of 104
Financial Health 88 #13 of 99 60 #40 of 99 66 #40 of 116
Shareholder Returns 10 #66 of 73 85 #12 of 73 73 #23 of 81
Overall 47 66 77
  • CEVA ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • DLB ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • WDC ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCEVADLBWDCSPY
1 month -13.3%+7.0%-16.6% -0.2%
3 months -1.0%+19.5%-17.8% +3.9%
6 months +26.3%-0.3%-2.6% +8.2%
Year to date +45.8%-2.3%+121.1% +12.9%
1 year +10.5%-7.2%+200.7% +12.3%
3 years +84.0%-20.2%+1,192.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +22.6%-7.3%+134.8% +23.3%
5 years -30.5%-28.2%+779.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year -7.0%-6.4%+54.5% +10.9%
10 years +4.4%+29.9%+745.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year +0.4%+2.7%+23.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCEVADLBWDCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.7%30.2%81.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 75.6%31.5%82.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.430.543.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.14-0.242.47 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.0%-49.6%-55.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.3%-9.2%-49.0% -1.2%
52-week high $50.06$69.09$746.23 $779.14
52-week low $17.21$48.50$124.92 $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.

MultipleCEVADLBWDC
P/E now vs peer median -80.0xmedian 45.6x 26.1xmedian 45.6x 13.9xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 7.7x 4.4xmedian 7.7x 9.8xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -18,030xmedian 29.0x 15.8xmedian 29.0x 23.3xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -830.4xmedian 40.6x 15.1xmedian 40.6x 33.2xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 4.6x 2.3xmedian 4.6x 15.3xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median -2.66median 2.28 12.55median 2.28 0.18median 1.17

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 monthsCEVADLBWDC
Revenue – $1.35B $14.48B
Gross profit – $1.19B $7.62B
Operating income – $239.10M $5.71B
Net income -$10.98M $228.00M $10.02B
Free cash flow -$1.06M $392.67M $4.29B
R&D – $265.94M $1.15B
EPS (diluted) $-0.45 $2.39 $26.10
Cash & equivalents $44.30M $669.39M $1.31B
Total debt – – $12.58B
Shares (diluted) 24.30M 94.52M 384.00M
Enterprise value $108.16M $3.18B $134.24B

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
MetricCEVADLBWDC
P/E -80.0x 26.1x 13.9x
P/FCF -830.4x 15.1x 33.2x
P/Operating cash flow 232.0x 13.5x 29.3x
P/S – 4.4x 9.8x
P/B 2.6x 2.3x 15.3x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 2.7x 15.3x
EV/EBITDA -18,030x 15.8x 23.3x
EV/EBIT -166.7x 21.9x 24.9x
EV/Revenue – 3.9x 9.8x
EV/FCF -627.6x 13.4x 33.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 175.3x 12.0x 29.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.66 12.55 0.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCEVADLBWDC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 0.6% 43.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.7% 57.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -0.5% 85.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 1.5% 126.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -15.1% 104.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -1.0% 85.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -8.9% -14.2% 288.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 1.3% 83.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -5.9% -12.3% 286.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 30.1% 2.1% 75.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 71.4% -6.0% 108.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.3% 9.5% 88.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -372.4% -10.4% 121.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 47.3% 9.3% 66.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCEVADLBWDC
Gross margin – 87.6% 52.6%
EBITDA margin – 24.5% 42.1%
Operating margin – 17.7% 39.4%
Pretax margin – 20.4% 73.2%
Net margin – 16.7% 69.2%
FCF margin – 29.0% 29.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 32.3% 33.6%
Return on equity -3.2% 8.7% 110.0%
Return on assets -2.8% 7.1% 71.3%
Return on invested capital – – 53.8%
Return on capital employed -1.1% 8.6% 57.3%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.3x 1.9x 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 9.6% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCEVADLBWDC
Debt / assets – – 5.5%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.1x
Debt / FCF – – 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 13.2% 17.9% 34.3%
Equity / assets 86.8% 82.1% 65.7%
Interest coverage – – 48.8x
Current ratio 10.1x 3.2x 1.4x
Quick ratio 10.2x 3.1x 0.9x
Cash ratio 7.7x 1.6x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 8.47 20.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCEVADLBWDC
Dividend yield – 2.3% 0.1%
Net buyback yield -7.4% 3.5% 2.1%
Shareholder yield -7.4% 5.8% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 58.9% 2.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 34.2% 4.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 8.6% 151.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 9.6% –

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.

ConsensusCEVADLBWDC
Forward P/E 60.3xFY2026 14.0xFY2026 15.8xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.52FY2026 $4.49FY2026 $24.04FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +23.8%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026 +135.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +46.2% +4.7% +70.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $117.61MFY2026 $1.50BFY2026 $20.04BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +7.3%FY2026 +11.1%FY2026 +55.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +26.4% -7.7% +39.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCEVADLBWDC
Held by institutions 88.9% 100.0% 93.7%
Institutions holding 209 389 1,846
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +5.8% -1.3%
Institutions buying 139 195 1,127
Institutions selling 49 148 597
Buyers to sellers 2.84 1.32 1.89

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.

CEVADLBWDC
CEVA 1.00 0.09 0.48
DLB 0.09 1.00 0.01
WDC 0.48 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CEVA, DLB and WDC?

Western Digital (WDC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ceva (CEVA) $903.43M, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) $5.79B, Western Digital (WDC) $144.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, CEVA, DLB and WDC?

Western Digital (WDC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ceva (CEVA) -82.3x, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 25.6x, Western Digital (WDC) 14.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) is cheapest (Ceva (CEVA) 60.3x, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 14.0x, Western Digital (WDC) 15.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Western Digital (WDC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dolby Laboratories (DLB) +0.6%, Western Digital (WDC) +43.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Western Digital (WDC) has the highest net margin (Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 16.7%, Western Digital (WDC) 69.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Western Digital (WDC) returned the most: Ceva (CEVA) +10.5%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) -7.2%, Western Digital (WDC) +200.7%. Over five years, Western Digital (WDC) compounded fastest (Ceva (CEVA) -7.0%/yr, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) -6.4%/yr, Western Digital (WDC) +54.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has the highest dividend yield: Ceva (CEVA) 0.00%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 0.02%, Western Digital (WDC) 0.00%. Ceva (CEVA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has been the steadiest (Ceva (CEVA) 74.7%, Dolby Laboratories (DLB) 30.2%, Western Digital (WDC) 81.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CEVA, DLB and WDC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Western Digital (WDC) leads on 7. 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.