Nova Ltd NVMI

What the company does

Nova Ltd is a large-cap company in the Technology sector (Semiconductor Equipment & Materials), with a market value of $10.5B, based in the USA.

It employs about 1,612 people and has been listed since Apr 07, 2000.

Nova Ltd. engages in the design, development, production, and sale of process control systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors in Taiwan, the United States, China, Korea, and internationally. The company's product portfolio includes a set of metrology platforms for dimensional, films, and materials and chemical metrology measurements for process control for various semiconductor manufacturing process steps, such as lithography, Etch, chemical mechanical planarization, deposition, electrochemical plating, and advanced packaging.

Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 40.0 versus 40.6 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (65 companies) — priced in line with its group.

Revenue is growing 16% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 25.8 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 515.12, 66% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 13% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • The share count grew 8% in a year — each share owns a smaller slice of the company.
• • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 1.8) — big daily moves both ways.
• • The stock is 50% below its one-year high.
• • Quarterly report in 13 days (2026-11-05) — a day the stock can move a lot.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 29 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ More cash than debt.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (6 vs 0).
• ✅ Revenue is growing 16% a year.

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock fell 5.9% (for comparison: S&P 500 -1.0%, sector ETF XLK -3.6%).

This week's news

• Western Digital, Nova, Amtech, Monolithic Power Systems, and Texas Instruments shares skyrocket, what you need to know finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-21
  What the article says

  What happened? A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after strong demand for artificial intelligence hardware and robust corporate earnings reignited investor optimism across the broader AI technology landscape. As reported by CNBC, this rally lifted major players across semiconductor manufacturing and… source ↗

• Q2 Rundown: Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) Vs Other Semiconductor Manufacturing Stocks finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-19
  What the article says

  Q2 Rundown: Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) Vs Other Semiconductor Manufacturing Stocks Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q2 behind us, let's have a look at Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) and its peers. The semiconductor industry is driven by demand for advanced… source ↗

• Samsung Stock And 2 AI Hardware Shares Retail Investors Are Watching finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-19
  What the article says

  China's Q3 GDP print at 4.5%, powered by AI-related exports, has turned the country's data center supply chain into a live stress test for global markets. Capital is racing toward anything tied to GPUs, servers, and high-tech exports, while policy support and trade risks pull in opposite directions. This article… source ↗

What changed since last week

• New risk flag: earnings report coming up.

• The price fell 12.1% since the last summary.

• The average analyst target moved from 532.00 to 515.12.