Insider Selling: Ambiq Micro (NYSE:AMBQ) CEO Sells 13,500 Shares of Stock

Ambiq Micro, Inc. (NYSE:AMBQ) CEO Fumihide Esaka sold 13,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.28, for a total transaction of $813,780.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 460,460 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $27,756,528.80. The trade was a 2.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Fumihide Esaka also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, September 11th, Fumihide Esaka sold 50,000 shares of Ambiq Micro stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.36, for a total value of $3,168,000.00.
• On Monday, August 31st, Fumihide Esaka sold 48,500 shares of Ambiq Micro stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.44, for a total value of $2,785,840.00.
• On Tuesday, September 1st, Fumihide Esaka sold 48,973 shares of Ambiq Micro stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $56.39, for a total transaction of $2,761,587.47.
• On Wednesday, September 2nd, Fumihide Esaka sold 11,027 shares of Ambiq Micro stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $56.69, for a total transaction of $625,120.63.
• On Friday, August 14th, Fumihide Esaka sold 13,500 shares of Ambiq Micro stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $64.39, for a total value of $869,265.00.

Ambiq Micro Price Performance

Shares of AMBQ traded up $1.11 on Tuesday, reaching $60.72. 358,288 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 501,346. The firm has a market cap of $1.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -28.64 and a beta of 5.58. Ambiq Micro, Inc. has a 12 month low of $22.12 and a 12 month high of $91.61. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $66.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $57.28.

Ambiq Micro (NYSE:AMBQ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $33.90 million during the quarter. Ambiq Micro had a negative return on equity of 11.85% and a negative net margin of 37.77%.Ambiq Micro has set its Q3 2026 guidance at -0.200–0.120 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Ambiq Micro, Inc. will post -1.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on AMBQ shares. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of Ambiq Micro from $70.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. UBS Group set a $85.00 target price on shares of Ambiq Micro in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Ambiq Micro in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Northland Securities set a $81.00 price target on shares of Ambiq Micro in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Ambiq Micro in a report on Monday, June 29th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ambiq Micro has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $82.20.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Engineers Gate Manager LP bought a new position in shares of Ambiq Micro during the second quarter worth $525,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its position in shares of Ambiq Micro by 603.5% in the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 63,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,583,000 after buying an additional 54,240 shares in the last quarter. Spark Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ambiq Micro in the 2nd quarter valued at $777,000. Azimuth Capital Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Ambiq Micro during the 2nd quarter worth $234,000. Finally, AXQ Capital LP acquired a new stake in Ambiq Micro during the 2nd quarter worth $539,000.

About Ambiq Micro

Ambiq Micro, Inc is a semiconductor company that develops ultra-low-power system-on-chip (SoC) solutions and microcontrollers for edge computing and artificial intelligence applications. Its technology is designed to help battery-powered devices perform data processing locally while extending battery life.

The company’s product portfolio includes its Apollo family of low-power microcontrollers and SoCs, as well as solutions that integrate processing, memory, wireless connectivity and AI capabilities.