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Ambarella Inc. (AMBA)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Ambarella Inc. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2027. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Ambarella Inc.

Ambarella Inc develops low-power system-on-a-chip semiconductors and software for edge and physical artificial intelligence applications. Its products are used in video security cameras, automotive camera systems, robots, industrial applications, intelligent transportation systems, and consumer devices like action and drone cameras. The company serves markets including IoT security, portable video, and automotive safety and telematics.

Snapshot

Revenue
$390.7M
Revenue growth (YoY)
37.2%
Net income
$-75.9M
Diluted EPS
$-1.78
Gross margin
59.2%
Operating margin
-21.1%
Net margin
-19.4%
FCF margin
14.8%
ROE
-12.8%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
n/m
not meaningful: a reported loss in the fiscal year or the trailing twelve months
Market cap
$2.71B
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended January 31, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Ambarella

  • Revenue grew 37.2% to $391M in FY2026, faster than the 25.8% the year before.
  • Operating margin is -21.1% in FY2026, -12.2 pp against -8.9% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2027: revenue $108M, up 13.2% from Q2 FY2026.
  • Free cash flow was $58M in FY2026, 14.8% of revenue.
  • Net loss narrowed to $76M in FY2026, from $117M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Ambarella’s fundamentals sit among the 89 semiconductor companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin59.2%
85th percentile of 79
Operating margin-21.1%
19th percentile of 80
Net margin-19.4%
19th percentile of 81
FCF margin14.8%
68th percentile of 79
Revenue growth (YoY)+37.2%
80th percentile of 88
ROE-12.8%
20th percentile of 76
Short interest3.52d
49th percentile of 89

Ambarella’s gross margin of 59.2% ranks in the 85th percentile of the 79 semiconductor companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 6 insider sales totaling $1.1M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
6
$1.1M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-25
filed 2026-09-28
Christopher B. PaisleyDirectorSell250$70.76$18K
2026-09-18
filed 2026-09-21
John Alexander YoungCFOSell1.9K$67.28$128K
2026-09-17
filed 2026-09-18
Feng-Ming WangCEOSell6.1K$64.83$395K
2026-09-17
filed 2026-09-18
John Alexander YoungCFOSell3.1K$64.83$203K
2026-09-17
filed 2026-09-18
Chan W. LeeChief Operations OfficerSell2.9K$64.83$188K
2026-09-17
filed 2026-09-18
Chi-Hong JuSenior VP, Systems & GMSell2.0K$64.83$130K
2026-07-09
filed 2026-07-10
Yun-Lung ChenVP, Business Dev. & MarketingSell6.0K$78.66$469K
2026-07-01
filed 2026-07-02
Feng-Ming WangCEOSell16.3K$90.08$1.5M
2026-07-01
filed 2026-07-02
Chi-Hong JuSenior VP, Systems & GMSell10.0K$88.84$888K
2026-06-26
filed 2026-06-30
Christopher B. PaisleyDirectorSell250$62.01$16K
2026-06-17
filed 2026-06-18
Feng-Ming WangCEOSell6.2K$67.87$421K
2026-06-17
filed 2026-06-18
John Alexander YoungCFOSell3.2K$67.87$216K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
5.2M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-9.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.52
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.5M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-305.2M-9.7%3.52
2026-09-155.7M+30.8%2.25
2026-08-314.4M+7.2%4.63
2026-08-144.1M-21.0%3.42
2026-07-315.2M+30.6%2.16
2026-07-153.9M+19.7%2.27
2026-06-303.3M+14.8%1.79
2026-06-152.9M+29.5%1.76

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$390.7M$284.9M$226.5M$337.6M$331.9M
Gross profit
Operating income$-82.5M$-126.6M$-154.6M$-74.3M$-29.6M
Net income$-75.9M$-117.1M$-169.4M$-65.4M$-26.4M
Diluted EPS$-1.78$-2.84$-4.25$-1.70$-0.72

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$191.0M$144.6M$144.9M$113.5M$171.0M
Current assets$410.3M$320.6M$280.2M$304.6M$266.7M
Total assets$798.6M$689.0M$657.7M$710.2M$657.5M
Current liabilities$177.9M$121.0M$83.0M$83.5M$89.3M
Long-term debt—————
Total liabilities$203.8M$127.6M$97.8M$104.1M$110.4M
Total equity$594.8M$561.4M$559.9M$606.1M$547.2M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$73.5M$33.8M$19.0M$44.1M$38.8M
Capital expenditure$15.5M$10.4M$12.0M$15.1M$9.7M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2027$108.1M13.2%$-6.7M$-0.15
Q1 FY2027$100.4M16.9%$-18.1M$-0.41
Q4 FY202620.1%
Q3 FY2026$108.5M31.2%$-15.1M$-0.35
Q2 FY2026$95.5M49.9%$-20.0M$-0.47
Q1 FY2026$85.9M57.6%$-24.3M$-0.58
Q4 FY202562.8%
Q3 FY2025$82.7M63.4%$-24.1M$-0.58

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorTechnology
SIC industrySemiconductors & Related Devices
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended January 31, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2027 (ended July 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2017
SEC CIK1280263

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-23
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10-Q2026-09-04
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10-Q2026-06-02
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8-K2026-09-03
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8-K2026-07-01
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8-K2026-05-28
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8-K2026-02-27
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.