CEVA vs QCOM vs ADEA Stock Comparison

Ceva, Qualcomm and Adeia 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
$910.82M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
QCOM Qualcomm Inc/De
$182.97 -2.4% 1M +1.1% 1Y
Market cap
$193.40B
P/E
20.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.07B
Div. yield
1.98%
Semiconductor Design Technology
5 wins
ADEA Adeia Inc.
$22.75 -8.7% 1M +28.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.51B
P/E
20.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$470.87M
Div. yield
0.88%
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Adeia leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Adeia 7, Qualcomm 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCEVAQCOMADEALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $910.82M $193.40B $2.51B QCOM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -82.6x 20.9x 20.4x ADEA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 62.2x 17.0x 16.9x ADEA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +1.9% +24.3% ADEA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 21.0% 26.1% ADEA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 20.5% 16.8% QCOM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.4x 0.7x QCOM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.98% 0.88% QCOM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.3% +1.1% +28.3% ADEA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -6.6%/yr +6.6%/yr +24.0%/yr ADEA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.8% 52.9% 67.0% QCOM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 62/100 70/100 ADEA

Percentile Scorecard

CEVAQCOMADEA

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

AxisCEVAQCOMADEA
Valuation 32 #64 of 94 80 #20 of 94 85 #15 of 94
Growth 71 #27 of 92 32 #63 of 92 67 #31 of 92
Profitability 26 #67 of 90 87 #13 of 90 90 #10 of 90
Financial Health 88 #13 of 99 29 #71 of 99 27 #73 of 99
Shareholder Returns 10 #66 of 73 82 #14 of 73 79 #16 of 73
Overall 45 62 70
  • CEVA ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • QCOM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • ADEA ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCEVAQCOMADEASPY
1 month -6.7%-2.4%-8.7% +0.9%
3 months +8.5%+17.5%-1.8% +5.9%
6 months +18.3%+17.3%-25.9% +8.5%
Year to date +50.4%+7.0%+31.9% +13.3%
1 year +14.3%+1.1%+28.3% +12.4%
3 years +89.9%+71.9%+175.1% +88.1%
3 years, per year +23.8%+19.8%+40.1% +23.5%
5 years -29.0%+37.5%+192.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year -6.6%+6.6%+24.0% +11.0%
10 years +8.6%+167.5%+41.2% +263.4%
10 years, per year +0.8%+10.3%+3.5% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCEVAQCOMADEASPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.8%52.9%67.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 75.9%52.3%65.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.442.082.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.190.020.42 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.0%-45.6%-39.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.3%-27.1%-32.4% -0.9%
52-week high $50.06$251.02$33.63 $779.14
52-week low $17.21$124.07$11.74 $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.

MultipleCEVAQCOMADEA
P/E now vs peer median -82.6xmedian 46.0x 20.9xmedian 46.0x 20.4xmedian 46.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 7.9x 4.4xmedian 7.9x 5.3xmedian 7.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -18,791xmedian 28.3x 16.8xmedian 28.3x 10.3xmedian 28.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -856.8xmedian 41.4x 18.6xmedian 41.4x 13.3xmedian 41.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 4.6x 7.0xmedian 4.6x 5.3xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median -2.74median 2.30 5.02median 2.30 0.60median 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 monthsCEVAQCOMADEA
Revenue – $44.07B $470.87M
Gross profit – $23.90B –
Operating income – $10.22B $195.97M
Net income -$10.98M $9.26B $122.68M
Free cash flow -$1.06M $10.42B $188.57M
R&D – $9.89B $71.74M
EPS (diluted) $-0.45 $8.66 $1.07
Cash & equivalents $44.30M $4.53B $137.10M
Total debt – $12.78B $386.02M
Shares (diluted) 24.30M 1.07B 114.40M
Enterprise value $115.56M $153.32B $1.75B

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
MetricCEVAQCOMADEA
P/E -82.6x 20.9x 20.4x
P/FCF -856.8x 18.6x 13.3x
P/Operating cash flow 239.4x 15.6x 13.1x
P/S – 4.4x 5.3x
P/B 2.7x 7.0x 5.3x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 7.4x 13.3x
EV/EBITDA -18,791x 16.8x 10.3x
EV/EBIT -173.7x 19.4x 13.7x
EV/Revenue – 4.5x 5.7x
EV/FCF -654.0x 19.0x 14.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 182.7x 16.0x 14.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.74 5.02 0.60

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCEVAQCOMADEA
Revenue growth (1Y) – 1.9% 24.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.5% 6.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -0.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -15.0% 57.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 0.6% 17.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -8.9% -20.0% 46.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 2.4% 34.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -5.9% -17.8% 43.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 30.1% 4.2% 34.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 71.4% -2.1% -5.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.3% 12.7% 0.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -372.4% -10.4% -6.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 47.3% 14.9% 1.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCEVAQCOMADEA
Gross margin – 54.2% –
EBITDA margin – 26.8% 55.6%
Operating margin – 23.2% 41.6%
Pretax margin – 25.4% 35.3%
Net margin – 21.0% 26.1%
FCF margin – 23.6% 40.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 28.1% 40.6%
Return on equity -3.2% 33.7% 26.0%
Return on assets -2.8% 16.2% 12.2%
Return on invested capital – 20.5% 16.8%
Return on capital employed -1.1% 22.3% 21.4%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.3x 1.3x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 7.4% 7.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCEVAQCOMADEA
Debt / assets – 22.3% 38.1%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.4x 0.7x
Debt / FCF – 1.2x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 13.2% 51.8% 52.9%
Equity / assets 86.8% 48.2% 47.1%
Interest coverage – 14.8x 5.4x
Current ratio 10.1x 2.0x 3.2x
Quick ratio 10.2x 1.1x 3.8x
Cash ratio 7.7x 0.7x 2.2x
Altman Z-score – 6.17 4.32

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCEVAQCOMADEA
Dividend yield – 2.0% 0.9%
Net buyback yield -7.2% 4.6% 1.1%
Shareholder yield -7.2% 6.5% 2.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 36.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% –

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.

ConsensusCEVAQCOMADEA
Forward P/E 62.2xFY2026 17.0xFY2026 16.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.52FY2026 $10.79FY2026 $1.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.8%FY2026 -10.3%FY2026 -18.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +46.2% -3.0% +11.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $117.61MFY2026 $45.55BFY2026 $427.36MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.3%FY2026 +3.2%FY2026 -3.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +26.4% -5.0% +10.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCEVAQCOMADEA
Held by institutions 88.9% 79.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 209 3,031 304
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +2.8% +5.6%
Institutions buying 139 1,417 186
Institutions selling 49 1,333 86
Buyers to sellers 2.84 1.06 2.16

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.

CEVAQCOMADEA
CEVA 1.00 0.51 0.49
QCOM 0.51 1.00 0.26
ADEA 0.49 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CEVA, QCOM and ADEA?

Qualcomm (QCOM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ceva (CEVA) $910.82M, Qualcomm (QCOM) $193.40B, Adeia (ADEA) $2.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, CEVA, QCOM and ADEA?

Adeia (ADEA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ceva (CEVA) -82.6x, Qualcomm (QCOM) 20.9x, Adeia (ADEA) 20.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Adeia (ADEA) is cheapest (Ceva (CEVA) 62.2x, Qualcomm (QCOM) 17.0x, Adeia (ADEA) 16.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Adeia (ADEA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Qualcomm (QCOM) +1.9%, Adeia (ADEA) +24.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Adeia (ADEA) has the highest net margin (Qualcomm (QCOM) 21.0%, Adeia (ADEA) 26.1%). On return on invested capital, Qualcomm (QCOM) leads (Qualcomm (QCOM) 20.5%, Adeia (ADEA) 16.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Adeia (ADEA) returned the most: Ceva (CEVA) +14.3%, Qualcomm (QCOM) +1.1%, Adeia (ADEA) +28.3%. Over five years, Adeia (ADEA) compounded fastest (Ceva (CEVA) -6.6%/yr, Qualcomm (QCOM) +6.6%/yr, Adeia (ADEA) +24.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Qualcomm (QCOM) has the highest dividend yield: Qualcomm (QCOM) 1.98%, Adeia (ADEA) 0.88%. Ceva (CEVA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Qualcomm (QCOM) has been the steadiest (Ceva (CEVA) 74.8%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 52.9%, Adeia (ADEA) 67.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CEVA, QCOM and ADEA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Adeia (ADEA) 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.