NVMI vs. CAMT, SQSP, NOVT, BMI, CRUS, SMAR, CLS, QLYS, ALGM, and PHI
Should you be buying Nova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nova include Camtek (CAMT), Squarespace (SQSP), Novanta (NOVT), Badger Meter (BMI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Smartsheet (SMAR), Celestica (CLS), Qualys (QLYS), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), and PLDT (PHI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) and Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Nova presently has a consensus target price of $221.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.70%. Camtek has a consensus target price of $90.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.46%. Given Nova's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nova is more favorable than Camtek.
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.
Nova has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camtek has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Camtek had 1 more articles in the media than Nova. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Camtek and 11 mentions for Nova. Nova's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Camtek's score of 0.19 indicating that Nova is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.0% of Nova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of Camtek shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 79.4% of Camtek shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nova has a net margin of 26.26% compared to Camtek's net margin of 25.35%. Camtek's return on equity of 20.94% beat Nova's return on equity.
Camtek received 99 more outperform votes than Nova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.41% of users gave Nova an outperform vote while only 71.48% of users gave Camtek an outperform vote.
Summary
Nova beats Camtek on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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