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what it is
Xperi sells and licenses the tech behind TV software, car dashboards, digital radio, and premium audio brands like TiVo and DTS.
how it gets paid
Last year Xperi made $448M in revenue. Consumer Electronics was the main engine at $140.0M, or 31% of sales.
why growth slowed
Revenue fell 9.2% last year. Full-year 2025 revenue was $448.1M, down from the prior year, and the latest reported quarter showed the company is still trying to trade cost cuts.
what just happened
Xperi posted -$0.37 EPS on $116.5M of Q4 revenue, versus a Yahoo Finance consensus estimate of $0.20 EPS.
At a glance
B balance sheet — gets the job done, barely
10/100 earnings predictability — expect surprises
37.9x trailing p/e — you're paying up for this one
-$0.31 fy2024 eps est
$494M fy2024 rev est
xvary composite: 44/100 — below average
What they do
Xperi sells and licenses the tech behind TV software, car dashboards, digital radio, and premium audio brands like TiVo and DTS.
Xperi wins by being buried inside products you already use. If your TV runs TiVo OS or your car gets HD Radio, that choice was made years before you bought it, so switching is slow. The company also carries only $64 million of long-term debt, or 19% of capital, which gives it some room while it fixes profitability.
How they make money
$448M
annual revenue · their business grew -9.2% last year
Consumer Electronics
$140.0M
Connected Car
$118.0M
Pay TV
$110.0M
Media Platform
$80.1M
The products that matter
media platform & advertising
TiVo One Platform
$45M–$67M target · roughly 10–15% of guided 2026 revenue
management expects this business to double, with monthly active user targets of 5M by the end of 2025 and 7M by the end of 2026. it matters because the rest of the portfolio is not growing fast enough on its own.
turnaround hinge
in-vehicle entertainment tech
Connected Car
~$179M · about 40% of sales
this segment grew 12% vs. prior year and is already a meaningful part of the revenue base. if you want proof the company still has something working, it starts here.
largest growth engine
patent and technology licensing
IP Licensing
~$224M · about half of sales
this is still the biggest revenue bucket. that's the quiet part: TiVo can improve, but if licensing slips too fast, the company can change the story without changing the outcome.
cash engine
Key numbers
$448.1M
ttm revenue
That is the full size of the business today, and it shrank 9.2% vs. prior year, so scale is still moving the wrong way.
9.8%
operating margin
Operating margin means profit after running the business. Negative 9.8% means the business model is not self-funding yet.
$64M
long-term debt
Debt is only 19% of capital, which lowers balance-sheet stress while management tries to stabilize revenue.
37.9x
trailing p/e
Price-to-earnings means what investors pay for past profits. Paying 37.9 times trailing earnings for a shrinking business is a bet on turnaround, not current quality.
Financial health
B
strength
- balance sheet grade B — adequate — nothing special
- risk rank 4 — safer than 20% of stocks
- price stability 25 / 100
- long-term debt $64M (19% of capital)
B — functional but not a standout on the balance sheet.
Total return vs. market
Return history isn't available for XPER right now.
source: institutional data · return history unavailable
What just happened
missed estimates
Xperi posted -$0.37 EPS on $116.5M of Q4 revenue, versus a Yahoo Finance consensus estimate of $0.20 EPS.
Full-year 2025 revenue was $448.1M, down from the prior year, and the latest reported quarter showed the company is still trying to trade cost cuts for growth. The setup is simple: Media Platform needs to scale before the legacy businesses shrink too much.
$116.5M
revenue
$0.37
eps
n/a
n/a
the number that mattered
The number that mattered was -$0.37 EPS, because it missed a $0.20 profit estimate and showed the turnaround still has a hole in it.
source: company earnings report, 2026
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What could go wrong
the top risk is the TiVo turnaround failing to outrun decline in the rest of the portfolio.
med
flat company growth
The 2026 revenue guide is $440–$470M, with a midpoint of $455M. That's only $6.9M above 2025 revenue of $448.1M. For a turnaround story, that is a very small cushion.
If the market stops believing margin expansion can carry the story, the valuation can compress before revenue ever improves.
med
TiVo platform execution
Management wants media platform revenue at $45M–$67M in 2026 and monthly active users at 7M by the end of 2026. Those are the growth metrics investors will judge the turnaround on.
Miss those targets and the company is left with a smaller, slower legacy licensing story wearing a platform multiple.
med
legacy mix deterioration
IP Licensing is still roughly $224M, or about half of sales. Connected Car is about $179M, or roughly 40%. If either slips while TiVo ramps, the mix can improve without the business actually growing much.
That would make the headline strategy look cleaner than the income statement feels.
med
thin predictability, high volatility
Earnings predictability is 10 / 100 and price stability is 25 / 100. In human terms: this stock does not give you much warning before sentiment changes.
That makes execution misses more expensive for you because the market can reprice a small-cap turnaround quickly.
A midpoint of $455M in 2026 revenue is only 1.5% above 2025's $448.1M. If TiVo grows and the rest shrinks faster, the mix changes more than the company does.
source: institutional data · regulatory filings · risk analysis
Pay attention to
earnings
Q1 2026 earnings report
Expected on May 06, 2026. You want two things at once: enough revenue to support the $440–$470M guide and enough margin progress to keep the 17–19% adjusted EBITDA target believable.
platform
TiVo revenue against the $45M–$67M target
This is the number that matters. If the media platform is not scaling toward that range, the whole turnaround pitch loses its sharpest edge.
margin
adjusted EBITDA margin above 15%
Management is guiding to 17–19% in 2026, up from 15%. If the margin line does not start moving, flat revenue becomes a much harder sell.
user base
monthly active user targets
The company has pointed to 5M monthly active users by the end of 2025 and 7M by the end of 2026. If those numbers slip, the platform story slips with them.
Analyst rankings
earnings predictability
10 / 100
in human-speak, analysts do not expect this one to print smooth, boring quarters.
risk rank
4
this is safer than about 20% of stocks. translation: the market sees real risk here.
price stability
25 / 100
the stock has not traded like a bunker. if you own it, expect movement.
source: institutional data
Institutional activity
institutional ownership data for XPER is being compiled.
source: institutional data
Price targets
3-5 year target range
n/a
n/a
$5
current price
n/a
target midpoint · n/a from current
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