NVMI vs. CAMT, CLVT, VRNS, BILI, SQSP, STNE, ASGN, PEGA, ST, and CRUS
Should you be buying Nova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nova include Camtek (CAMT), Clarivate (CLVT), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Bilibili (BILI), Squarespace (SQSP), StoneCo (STNE), ASGN (ASGN), Pegasystems (PEGA), Sensata Technologies (ST), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) and Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Camtek currently has a consensus target price of $74.75, indicating a potential downside of 7.28%. Nova has a consensus target price of $198.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.51%. Given Camtek's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nova is more favorable than Camtek.
Nova has a net margin of 26.32% compared to Nova's net margin of 24.93%. Camtek's return on equity of 20.55% beat Nova's return on equity.
Camtek received 98 more outperform votes than Nova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.41% of users gave Nova an outperform vote while only 71.52% of users gave Camtek an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Camtek had 3 more articles in the media than Nova. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Camtek and 3 mentions for Nova. Camtek's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Nova's score of 0.77 indicating that Nova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nova has higher revenue and earnings than Camtek. Nova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camtek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
41.9% of Camtek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Nova shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.4% of Camtek shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nova shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Camtek has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nova has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nova beats Camtek on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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