NASDAQ: AMBA

Ambarella (AMBA) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$64.81−2.62 (−3.9%)

Gekko Brief

Oct 12 close

Ambarella closed at $64.81 on 12 October 2026, -3.9% on the day. The price sits between the 50-day ($71.35) and 200-day ($67.95) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $48.30 to $96.69. The GekkoIndex reads 62.5, in the Accumulation zone, up 4.1 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $78.81, so the price is 17.8% below it.

The next earnings report is due on 1 December 2026, 50 days away (after close). Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 8 times, with an average move of 13.5% across the report. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +9.7% over the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

11 firms rate the stock: 6 buy, 5 hold and 0 sell, with a consensus target of $89.36. A typical daily move is about 5.9%, and a typical 20-day move about 11.7%. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 items read supportive and 0 read as a headwind.

A plain summary of the figures as of the Oct 12, 2026 close.

Ambarella price vs fair value

$78.81$64.81Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $64.81200-day averageGekko Fair Value $78.81

Ambarella quick facts

Market cap
$2.84B
P/E ratio
—
Forward P/E
84.8
EPS, TTM
−$1.30
Revenue, TTM
$417.8M
Profit margin
-13.5%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
2.38
Volume
875,589 avg 1.34M
1-year return
−23.1%
Typical daily move
±5.9%
Typical 20-day move
±11.7%
50-day average
$71.35
200-day average
$67.95
Next earnings
Dec 1 after close
Shares outstanding
44.14M
52-week range
$48.30$96.69

Ambarella swing-trade checklist

Ambarella scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

4 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $64.81 sits between the 50-day ($71.35) and 200-day ($67.95) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    62.5, Accumulation

    Reading 62.5 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    17.8% below

    Price is 17.8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 50 days

    Next report Dec 1, 2026, 50 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +9.7% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +9.7% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

    See seasonality

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Ambarella stock chart and price history

Ambarella closed at $64.81 on Oct 12, 2026, −23.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $48.30 to $96.69.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Ambarella share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$50$60$70$80$90NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct64.81

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−4.5%
3 months
−11.1%
6 months
+19.4%
1 year
−23.1%
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About Ambarella

Ambarella designs semiconductor chips focused on processing video, combining video compression, image handling, and deep learning functions onto single system-on-a-chip products. These chips are built to manage high-definition and ultra-high-definition video alongside computer vision and audio processing, while aiming to keep power use efficient. The company is recognized for applying this chip technology across automotive safety and camera systems, including dashcams, rearview displays, driver-assistance cameras, and controllers used in self-driving vehicles.

Its chips also serve security camera manufacturers, robotics and industrial equipment makers, and producers of consumer electronics such as action cameras, drones, video conferencing tools, wearable cameras, and virtual reality devices. Ambarella reaches these markets by selling to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers, using both an internal sales force and outside distributors to move its products into the hands of device makers.

The company was founded in 2004 and operates out of Santa Clara, California. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker AMBA.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Electronic technology
Industry
Semiconductors
Website
ambarella.com

Ambarella GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Ambarella’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 62.5, in the Accumulation zone, up 4.1 points over five sessions.

010062.5Accumulation

Up 4.1 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying49+2.5%+3.7%+5.1%+27.0%
Accumulation (current zone)210+0.7%+2.2%+5.5%+8.7%
Neutral369+0.4%+0.4%+0.5%+0.8%
Distribution52−0.7%−1.2%−4.0%+0.7%
Selling2Too few readings yet

Average AMBA share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Ambarella stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Ambarella trades 17.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $78.81, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Ambarella shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$78.81

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026

17.8% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 20.9% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$79$67Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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Ambarella insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Ambarella, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for AMBA in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in AMBA were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Ambarella has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jul 31, 2026
$2.44M
As a share of market cap
0.09%

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

2of the funds Gekko tracks hold AMBA.

0added2opened0trimmed2sold out
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Ambarella earnings: next date and track record

Ambarella reports on Dec 1, 2026, after the close (50 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.

8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±13.5%average move across the report
2 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+4.6%Nov ’24−14.7%Feb ’25−15.6%May ’25+14.7%Aug ’25−17.5%Nov ’25−14.2%Feb ’26−20.3%May ’26−6.3%Sep ’26

Last earnings call, Sep 3, 2026 AI summary

What they said
Ambarella reported Q2 FY2027 revenue slightly above guidance midpoint with non-GAAP EPS of $0.18, driven by record edge AI revenue. The company is ramping 5nm CV75 and CV72 AI SoCs with sequential growth in both IoT and Auto segments. Management updated its 5-year SAM forecast to grow from $8.5B in FY2027 to $22.9B in FY2032 (20% CAGR), with IoT representing ~70% of terminal year. Rising memory costs are being passed to customers to maintain 59%-62% gross margin targets.
Guidance
Management provided guidance for seasonal Q3 FY2027. The company plans to pass rising supply chain and memory costs to customers to preserve long-term gross margin targets of 59%-62%. Long-term SAM CAGR was raised to 20% from the prior 18% forecast.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Sep 3, 2026$0.18
est $0.17
+5.3%$108.1M
est $107.8M
+0.3%−6.3%
May 28, 2026$0.11
est $0.10
+10.0%$100.4M
est $100.1M
+0.2%−20.3%
Feb 26, 2026$0.13
est $0.10
+30.0%$100.9M
est $100.2M
+0.7%−14.2%
Nov 25, 2025$0.27
est $0.20
+32.8%$108.5M
est $104.2M
+4.1%−17.5%
Aug 28, 2025$0.15
est $0.06
+150.0%$95.51M
est $93.86M
+1.8%+14.7%
May 29, 2025$0.07
est $0.04
+82.6%$85.87M
est $84.00M
+2.2%−15.6%
Feb 26, 2025$0.11
est −$0.02
+650.0%$84.02M
est $84.01M
0.0%−14.7%
Nov 27, 2024$0.11
est $0.03
+217.5%$82.65M
est $79.01M
+4.6%+4.6%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Ambarella stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Ambarella is $89.36, +37.9% from the last close, from 11 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$89.36consensus 12-month target, +37.9% from the last close
Low $65High $120
Buy6
Hold5
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 11 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 18Morgan StanleyBuy, reiterated$96+48.1%
Sep 4Craig-HallumHold, downgraded$70+8.0%
Sep 4Bank of America SecuritiesHold, maintained$70+8.0%
Sep 4KeyBancHold, maintained——
Sep 4Roth MKMHold, maintained$65+0.3%
+5.5%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+9.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±5.9%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Ambarella seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Ambarella averaged +9.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+35.0%2021−2.4%2022−9.5%2023+4.5%2024+23.0%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+1.7%2 of 5
Next 10 trading days+3.4%2 of 5
Next 15 trading days+4.6%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days+9.7%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days+13.1%4 of 5

For scale, AMBA’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 11.7%.

Ambarella market cap and key statistics

Ambarella’s market cap is $2.84B and revenue of $417.8M over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$2.84B
Forward P/E
84.8
EPS, TTM
−$1.30
Gekko Fair Value
$78.81

Trading

Volume
875,589
Avg volume, 20 days
1.34M
52-week high
$96.69
52-week low
$48.30
Shares outstanding
44.14M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$417.8M
Profit margin
-13.5%
Return on equity
-9.4%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
0.0%

Risk and income

Beta
2.38
Typical daily move
±5.9%
Typical 20-day move
±11.7%

Ambarella stock news this week

Coverage of Ambarella this week reads negative: 3 positive, 2 neutral and 4 negative headlines.

News sentiment negative

Ambarella peers

Ambarella’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
NVDANVIDIA−1.0%Neutral14.8% below
AVGOBroadcom−1.3%Neutral1.3% below
MUMicron Technology−1.3%Accumulation27.3% below
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices−0.9%Neutral13.2% above
INTCIntel−1.1%Accumulation1.5% above
TXNTexas Instruments+0.4%Neutral8.2% above

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Ambarella stock FAQ

What is Ambarella’s market cap?

Ambarella’s market cap is $2.84B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $64.81, with 44.14M shares outstanding.

What is the Ambarella stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Ambarella is $89.36, +37.9% from the last close. Of the 11 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 6 rate it a buy, 5 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Ambarella stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Ambarella is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $64.81 is 17.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $78.81. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Ambarella report earnings next?

Ambarella is expected to report on Dec 1, 2026, after the market closes (50 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.32 per share on revenue of $119.4M. Ambarella beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 13.5% on average across the report.

What is Ambarella’s 52-week high and low?

Ambarella’s 52-week high is $96.69 and its 52-week low is $48.30; it closed at $64.81 on Oct 12, 2026, −23.1% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $227.59 on Dec 1, 2021.

Is Ambarella stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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