Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) Director Sells $15,502.50 in Stock

Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Director Christopher Paisley sold 250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $62.01, for a total value of $15,502.50. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 41,029 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,544,208.29. This represents a 0.61% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Ambarella Stock Down 11.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:AMBA opened at $78.36 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $3.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -48.67 and a beta of 2.11. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $73.66 and a 200 day moving average price of $66.46. Ambarella, Inc. has a twelve month low of $48.30 and a twelve month high of $96.69.

Ambarella (NASDAQ:AMBA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 28th. The semiconductor company reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.11. Ambarella had a negative return on equity of 10.94% and a negative net margin of 17.18%.The company had revenue of $100.36 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $100.12 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.07 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.9% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that Ambarella, Inc. will post -1.13 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $115.00 target price on shares of Ambarella in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Summit Insights downgraded shares of Ambarella from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Ambarella in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of Ambarella from $80.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Finally, Northland Securities set a $101.00 price objective on shares of Ambarella in a research report on Wednesday, June 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ambarella has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $100.50.

Institutional Trading of Ambarella

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AMBA. Western Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Ambarella in the first quarter worth $129,000. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Ambarella by 26.7% in the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 5,360 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $276,000 after buying an additional 1,129 shares during the period. Essential Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Ambarella by 90.1% in the 1st quarter. Essential Partners LLC now owns 481 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 228 shares in the last quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Ambarella by 43.2% in the 1st quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. now owns 5,998 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $309,000 after buying an additional 1,810 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Ambarella by 7.8% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 481,758 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $24,798,000 after acquiring an additional 34,843 shares during the period. 82.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Ambarella News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Ambarella this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Ambarella reported fiscal Q1 2027 revenue of $100.4 million, up 16.9% year over year, with non-GAAP net profit of $5.0 million and record automotive sales, signaling improving demand for its AI-focused chips.
• Positive Sentiment: Rosenblatt named Ambarella a top pick for the second half of 2026 and highlighted it as a “physical AI” pure play, adding to bullish sentiment around the stock.
• Positive Sentiment: Management also guided for higher revenue next quarter, which supports expectations that momentum in its core end markets could continue.
• Neutral Sentiment: Ambarella shareholders recently re-elected directors, approved the auditor, and affirmed the equity plan at the annual meeting, a routine governance update with limited direct trading impact.
• Neutral Sentiment: The stock’s recent surge has made valuation look mixed, with some reports saying it appears fairly valued on a DCF basis but expensive on sales multiples after a sharp run-up.
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider selling by CEO Feng-Ming Wang, VP Chi-Hong Ju, and director Christopher Paisley may weigh on sentiment, even though the sales were disclosed as part of pre-arranged trading plans.

Ambarella Company Profile

Ambarella, Inc is a global semiconductor company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, specializing in video compression, image processing and computer vision technologies. The company designs low-power, high-definition system-on-chip (SoC) solutions that enable the capture, processing and streaming of video in a variety of embedded applications. Ambarella’s platforms combine advanced video encoding, multi-core central processing units and hardware accelerators to deliver high-resolution imaging with low power consumption.

Ambarella’s product portfolio caters to multiple markets, including security and surveillance, automotive vision, wearable cameras, drones and robotics.