Perbak Capital Partners LLP Invests $238,000 in Ambarella, Inc. $AMBA

Key Points

• Perbak Capital Partners LLP invested $238,000 in Ambarella, purchasing 4,721 shares during the first quarter.
• Several institutional investors, including Vanguard Group and Fuller & Thaler, have increased their holdings in Ambarella, indicating a strong interest in the semiconductor company's stock.
• Analysts have raised their price targets for Ambarella, with Northland Securities setting a new target of $95.00, reflecting a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy."

Perbak Capital Partners LLP purchased a new stake in Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 4,721 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $238,000.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Rhumbline Advisers raised its stake in Ambarella by 4.0% in the first quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 58,571 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,948,000 after buying an additional 2,249 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in Ambarella by 238.3% in the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 13,474 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $678,000 after buying an additional 9,491 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Ambarella by 6,804.3% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 16,156 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $813,000 after buying an additional 15,922 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in Ambarella by 61.8% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 25,794 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,298,000 after buying an additional 9,857 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its stake in Ambarella by 232.6% in the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 75,169 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $3,783,000 after buying an additional 52,570 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.09% of the company's stock.

Ambarella Price Performance

NASDAQ:AMBA traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $82.81. The company's stock had a trading volume of 205,152 shares, compared to its average volume of 878,645. Ambarella, Inc. has a 1 year low of $38.86 and a 1 year high of $93.44. The stock has a market cap of $3.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -39.22 and a beta of 2.08. The business's fifty day moving average is $69.00 and its two-hundred day moving average is $59.23.

Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.10. Ambarella had a negative net margin of 25.46% and a negative return on equity of 14.73%. The company had revenue of $95.51 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $90.01 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.13) earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 49.9% on a year-over-year basis. Ambarella has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. Analysts anticipate that Ambarella, Inc. will post -2.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Ambarella news, Director Christopher B. Paisley sold 1,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.58, for a total value of $62,580.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 39,281 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,458,204.98. This represents a 2.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 5.70% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AMBA has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Ambarella from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Ambarella from $80.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 29th. BNP Paribas raised Ambarella to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 29th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on Ambarella from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 29th. Finally, Oppenheimer reaffirmed a "market perform" rating on shares of Ambarella in a research report on Friday, August 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $93.88.

Ambarella Profile

Ambarella, Inc develops semiconductor solutions that enable high-definition (HD) and ultra HD compression, image signal processing, and artificial intelligence processing worldwide. The company's system-on-a-chip designs integrated HD video processing, image processing, artificial intelligence computer vision algorithms, audio processing, and system functions onto a single chip for delivering video and image quality, differentiated functionality, and low power consumption.