CEVA (CEVA) Competitors

CEVA (NASDAQ:CEVA) and MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is CEVA or MXL more profitable?

CEVA has a net margin of -8.22% compared to MaxLinear's net margin of -68.01%. CEVA's return on equity of -2.48% beat MaxLinear's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CEVA	-8.22%	-2.48%	-2.16%
MaxLinear	-68.01%	-21.94%	-13.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CEVA or MXL?

CEVA received 27 more outperform votes than MaxLinear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.18% of users gave CEVA an outperform vote while only 72.22% of users gave MaxLinear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CEVA	Outperform Votes 630 75.18%	Underperform Votes 208 24.82%
MaxLinear	Outperform Votes 603 72.22%	Underperform Votes 232 27.78%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CEVA or MXL?

85.4% of CEVA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of CEVA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of MaxLinear shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CEVA or MXL?

CEVA has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxLinear has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CEVA or MXL?

In the previous week, CEVA had 3 more articles in the media than MaxLinear. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CEVA and 2 mentions for MaxLinear. MaxLinear's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat CEVA's score of 1.24 indicating that MaxLinear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CEVA	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MaxLinear	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CEVA or MXL?

CEVA presently has a consensus price target of $35.60, indicating a potential upside of 65.20%. MaxLinear has a consensus price target of $19.06, indicating a potential upside of 52.38%. Given CEVA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CEVA is more favorable than MaxLinear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CEVA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
MaxLinear	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CEVA or MXL?

CEVA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MaxLinear. CEVA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MaxLinear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CEVA	$109.11M	4.72	-$8.79M	-$0.28	-76.96
MaxLinear	$361.19M	2.93	-$245.20M	-$2.63	-4.76

Summary

CEVA beats MaxLinear on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.