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Ambarella Q4 2026 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q4 2026 earnings summary26 Feb, 2026

Executive summary

  • Fiscal year 2026 revenue grew 37.2% to $390.7 million, driven by strong IoT and automotive segments, with Q4 revenue at $100.9 million, up 20.1% year-over-year.

  • Edge AI SoCs accounted for 80% of revenue, with over $1 billion in cumulative edge AI revenue and 370+ unique customer AI projects in production.

  • Major customer wins in video conferencing, security, automotive, and robotics markets.

  • Fourth quarter GAAP net loss narrowed to $16.4 million from $20.2 million year-over-year; full-year GAAP net loss was $75.9 million, improved from $117.1 million.

  • Non-GAAP net profit for the quarter was $5.5 million, up from $4.8 million; full-year non-GAAP net profit was $26.9 million, reversing a prior year non-GAAP net loss.

Financial highlights

  • Fiscal 2026 non-GAAP gross margin was 60.7%, down from 62.7% in 2025; Q4 non-GAAP gross margin was 59.8%.

  • Q4 non-GAAP net profit was $5.5 million, or $0.13 per diluted share; full-year non-GAAP EPS was $0.62.

  • Free cash flow for the year was $58 million (14.8% of revenue); Q4 free cash flow was $15 million.

  • Cash and marketable securities ended at $312.6 million, up $62.3 million year-over-year.

  • Research and development expenses for the year were $238.5 million, up from $226.1 million.

Outlook and guidance

  • Q1 FY27 revenue expected between $97 million and $103 million, with auto up and IoT seasonally down.

  • Q1 non-GAAP gross margin forecasted at 59%-60.5%; OpEx expected at $55-$58 million.

  • Fiscal 2027 growth guidance of 10%-15%, driven by both unit and ASP increases in IoT and auto.

F2027 Edge AI SoC revenue growth expectation?
What drove the FY26 non-GAAP net profit turnaround?
Ambarella's GenAI strategy and market focus?
E-commerce warehouse robotics growth outlook
Auto market weakness impact on design wins
Gross margin impact from new business models
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Ambarella, Inc. develops semiconductor processing solutions for video that enable high-definition (HD), video capture, sharing, and display worldwide. The company's system-on-a-chip designs integrated HD video processing, image processing, computer vision functionality, audio encoding and decoding, and system functions onto a single chip for delivering video and image quality, differentiated functionality, and low power consumption. It offers H Series solutions for IP security cameras; S Series solutions for sports cameras; A Series solutions for automotive cameras; and CV flow processors to address AI computing initiation from the Edge of the cloud. The company has a collaboration with Baidu Research to support car maker demand for next-generation ADAS and autonomous driving platforms.

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